Africa Project

January 2009     Project Handout - MS Word document
  Print Resources:

• Search Falk School Library Catalog
  • Subject Search country

General Reference Books:

• General encyclopedias -- R 031
• The World Almanac and Book of Facts -- R 317.3 WOR (print and online) 1. Demographics
  • Available see Facts for Learning in POWER Library

Specialized Reference Books:

• Lands and Peoples -- R 910 LAN -- (print and online)
  • Available in Grolier Online
     
• Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations -- R 910 JUN -- (print and online)
  • Available online in Gale Virtual Reference Library Ebook 2. Location, Topography  4. Culture, Tourism and Recreation
     
• Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures -- R 306 JUN -- (print and online) 4. Culture  5. Current Issues, Social Problems
  • Available online in Gale Virtual Reference Library Ebook
     
• Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography -- R 910 JUN -- (print)

Online Resources:

• Grolier Online
  • Search country name
  • See Lands and Peoples article
    • 2. Location - click map - location on continent - see "The Land" section and "Facts and Figures" link
    • 3. History, Flag - click link - gives significance
    • 5. Current Issues (scroll to Recent Events or click "Side Bar")
  • To see Country's Newspaper 5. Current Issues
    • Go to Grolier homepage.
    • Click "World Newspaper"
    • Scroll to country name
    • Click "GO" at top
    • Review Newspaper to find one in English
    • Click to see online newspaper
       
• The Britannica Online School Edition
  • Search country name 3. History, 2. Location, 4. Culture
     
• Gale Student Resource Center (reads aloud)
  • Search by country name
  • Click name of country under "Subject Terms" at left
  • Click "News" and "Magazines" tabs at top 5. Current Issues
  • Click "Multimedia"
  • Scroll to "Map" - outline map, printable pdf 2. Location
    
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
  • Click "Document title"
  • Search by country name

• Go to POWER Library from school. 
   Carnegie Library - POWER Library from home.
   
• Use Facts for Learning (Children's Resources)
  • At very top click "Grades 5 & Above"
  • Click "Almanacs" under "Resource Libraries"
  • Click "World Almanac and Book of Facts"
  • Click "Nations of the World"
  • Browse country list 1. Demographics
   
• Use SIRS Discoverer (Children's Resources)
  • See "Country Facts" in box at lower right  1. Demographics
    • Browse country list. 
    • Click "related articles" at bottom of page
    • Look for "Culture Facts" 4. Culture

Web Sites:

• Travel Guides - sites 4. Culture, Tourist attractions
  • Official Travel Guides
  • Fodor's Travel Guides
  • Frommer's Travel Guides
  • The Index on Africa: The Norwegian Council for Africa - click country, scroll down to "Tourism and Travel"
  • Africa Travel Centre - Click "Destinations" at top
  • Enchanting Africa: Destination Africa
  • Trip Advisor Africa - Scroll down to see "Other Destinations" in Africa
   
• Country Information
  • Countries of the World : From the USA CIA World Factbooks, the United Nations Statistical Office, The Library of Congress Country Studies and other sources
  • U.S. Department of State: Background Notes and Country Pages - See links to countries
  • National Geographic.com
  • Library of Congress: Country Studies
  • The Index on Africa: The Norwegian Council for Africa

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