NAME: Linda Ross SCHOOL: Chardon High School WORKSHOP LOCATION: Kent State University TITLE OF COMPANION ACTION PLAN: Countries of the World GRADE LEVEL: Grade 9 CURRICULUM/SUBJECT AREA: Social Studies/Civics SPECIFIC TOPIC: Geographic regions Countries of the World Electronic Resources from INFOhio: Go to www.infohio.org *SIRS Discoverer is a highly recommended online electronic resource for maps and information. From www.infohio.org>Core Collection>SIRS icon >click on Maps of the World link >Nations link >click on your chosen country From www.infohio.org> Core Collection>EBSCOhost >Check the boxes in front of MasterFILE and MAS Ultra. >Click continue. You can do a search on your country. For example, if you enter Egypt AND customs in the top search box it would give you a list of articles on how guests are treated in Egypt, etc. From www.infohio.org> Core Collection>Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition Search Encyclopedia Britannica by entering your country in the search box. You will get a list of articles, maps and Internet sites. You can double click on the maps to enlarge and print. Online Resources: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html Portals to the World from the Library of Congress. Links to electronic resources from around the world. http://www.theodora.com/maps/ Quick Maps-Political and physical maps of the countries of the world. http://www.atlapedia.com/ Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps on countries of the world. Countries A to Z** section provides facts, figures and statistical data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, economy & more. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ Provides a snapshot of the world and is updated regularly, generally weekly, throughout the year. Includes selected data and maps. Awesome resource! http://geography.miningco.com/library/maps/blindex.htm This online World Atlas includes maps and geographical information. Lots of information here. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ Background Notes are factual publications that contain information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations. They include facts on the country's land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries and the United States. http://www.emulateme.com/ Country information from around the world. http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm World Atlas: Maps and Geography of the World http://www.geographic.org/countries/countries.html From the USA CIA World Factbooks, the United Nations Statistical Office, The Library of Congress Country Studies and other sources More helpful sites: Library of Congress Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html): In addition to the basic facts about countries, this site gives a more in-depth view of the people of each country: their religion, values, and views on issues. Currently, the site offers profiles of 85 countries, so you may have to check other sources if you do not find here the country that you are researching. World Wise Schools (http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/): This site profiles 80 countries that are served by the Peace Corps. You can find facts as well as information about a country's culture. If you are looking for information about an undeveloped country, you might find it at this site. Progress of Nations (http://www.unicef.org/pon99/): Look here for information about a country's ranking according to its achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning and progress for women. Governments on the WWW (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/): From this site, you can access the embassies of foreign nations. The pages include the addresses of the embassies as well as information about the countries. If you have time, you may wish to write or e-mail the embassy of a particular country and ask for information. This is a good way to get print materials that you can often use in reports and projects. Map Machine (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/): This National Geographic site offers physical and political maps of the countries of the world. It also has facts and profiles of the different nations. Maps and Geography of the World (http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm): Search an alphabetical index to find maps for a specific region or country. Detailed factual information is provided for each country, although much of this information comes from sources mentioned Print Resources: You can find many books on our shelves that will be helpful for your Civics project. Our library media center has atlases, encyclopedias and many print sources perfect for your topic! To locate Books: Use the Library Catalog link. Begin your search by clicking on "Basic" search. Enter the name of your country and click on All Fields to do a search. Browse the results and go to the shelves. Most books on countries will be found in the 900 section for geography and history. Reference books include: REF 030 WOR The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2003 ed. by World Almanac Books 330.9 WOR World Economic Data ed. by Rose Schumacher REF 910 CUL Culture Grams 2003 by Axiom Press REF 306.03 COU Countries and Their Cultures Vol. 1-4 REF 911 TIM The Times Atlas of World History/ / edited by Geoffrey Barraclough REF 910 PEA The DK Geography of the World D K Publishing, Inc. REF 912 HAM Hammond Atlas of the World by Hammond Inc. 912 NYS Nystrom Desk Atlas 912 TIM The Times Atlas of the World: 10th comprehensive edition by Times Books, Inc. Valuable sources that will give you information on your individual country: Background Notes and Culturegrams are contained in large notebooks in Reference. There are also atlases and encyclopedias. And in the World Almanacs go to Nations of the World on the back cover index. Find your country and it gives imports, exports, GDP, etc. Bibliography Resources: Easybib.com - This bibliography generator allows you to complete a form for each source you use. It generates an MLA works cited entry based on the information you give it.