Tour Europe or Country Collage Project

November 2008

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 Basic information, flag, capital, population, languages, currency, etc... Specialized Reference Books: Lands and Peoples -- R 910 LAN -- (print and online) Arranged by continents ; use index Available in Grolier Online Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations -- R 910 JUN -- (print and online) Available online in (GVRL) OR Search Library Catalog for title See Ebook Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures -- R 306 JUN -- (print and online) Available online in (GVRL) OR Search Library Catalog for title See Ebook Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World -- R 641.3 JUN -- (print and online) Available online in (GVRL) OR Search Library Catalog for title See Ebook Online Resources: Grolier Online Search country name The Britannica Online School Edition Search country name Gale Student Resource Center (reads aloud) Search by country name Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -- includes Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World Search by country name POWER Library Databases: Go to POWER Library from school.   Carnegie Library - POWER Library from home.   Use SIRS Discoverer (Children's Resources) -- Basic information, flag, capital, population, languages, currency, etc... See "Country Facts" in box at lower right Browse country list.  Great basic information, maps and flag. See "Pictures" in box at lower right on Home Page Search country name Use Facts for Learning (Children's Resources) -- Basic information, statistics At very top click "Grades 5 & Above" Click "Almanacs" under "Resource Libraries" Click "World Almanac and Book of Facts" Click "Nations of the World"

Web Sites:

• 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
     
• Recipe Sites
  • World Hearth Recipe Collection
  • World Cuisine: All Recipes
  • Recipe Source: Europe
  • Betty Crocker: Cuisine
  • Epicurious: International Recipes
     
• Travel Guides - sites
  • Official Travel Guides: Europe
  • Fodor's Travel Guides: Europe
  • Frommer's Travel Guides
  • ArtCyclopedia: is the guide to great art on the internet: Art Museums in Europe
     
• Time Magazine

Websites from students:

• Rome Guide: Monuments and Museums - Quick Finder works ; verify information with other sources ;  icons at center are dead ends

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