Introduction

The Internet Resources

Mrs. K's top 5 Sites

• Information Please Country Information - This is an on-line almanac. It provides information similar to that found in The World Almanac and Book of Facts. Each country is listed. This source provides the hard to find information about NATURAL RESOURCES.

• Grolier Multimedia - Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia gives students access to three general encyclopedias and 3 specialized encyclopedias. Note: See Mrs. K for the password so you can access this site from home.

• Asia Source - Asia Source provides many interesting topics about Asia. You can click on Asia Today for current events or choose Asia profiles for quick fact info about each country. Note: There are also sources for both students and teachers on this site. To find them, choose Ask Asia Instructional Resources.

• CIA World Fact Book - This site provides information on the people, geography, government, economy, etc.

• Cultural Profiles Project - Citizenship and Immigration Canada provides this excellent web cite. It provides information on family life, education, holidays, food, religion etc. for the people on the profiled country.

General Resources

• Infonation - Easy to use database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. You can compare birth rates, life expectancy, etc.

• Country Watch School - Much of this site is available for free. Quizzes are available for most of the countries of the world.

• Electronic Embassy - This site provides information about every foreign embassy in the United States. It also provides diplomatic quotes about diplomacy, war, peace, conflict and resolution. Country Watch is also accessible from this site.

• Country Watch - Country Watch provides basic information for countries of the world including 'times around the world', for free. Information listed in red is available only through a paid subscription. Country watch school is accessible via this site.

• CNN International/Asia/East

• Culture Quest World Tour

• National Anthems - This site provides colorful graphics and is easy to use. You can choose the country you want by clicking on the appropriate continent or by using a drop down alphabetical list. The flag or each country, the anthem music, words, and translation is all provided. It even gives the current time in that country correlated to time in the U.S.

Location and Region

• Asian Rainforest Animals

• World Atlas - This is an excellent site for maps of your country. You can see several different types of maps at one time. Also, this site procides a currency converter.

Asian Arts and Food

• Asia Food (Asia Source) - The glossary is arranged in alphabetical order. If you don't know an asian food, just click on a letter. A list of foods beginning with that letter appears. Choose a food and then click recipe; and one will be provided.

• Asian-Art.net - This site describes various forms of Asian art. The history of the art and numerous examples are available at this site.