Spanish Fall Project 2008

Spanish speaking countries:

Argentina	Cuba	Honduras	Peru	Equatorial Guinea	Spain	Panama
Bolivia	Dominican Republic	Mexico	Puerto Rico	Costa Rica	Colombia	Venezuela
Chile	Ecuador	Nicaragua	Uruguay	Guatemala	El Salvador	Paraguay

Search library catalog for books:

• Look in the library catalog under the name of the country.  Falk School Library Catalog is available online.
  • Type country name. Click on Subject

Reference Books:

• General Encyclopedias -- R 031
   
• Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Food and Recipes of the World -- R 641.3 JUN
  • Available as E-Book - search Falk School Library Catalog by title
     
• Lands and Peoples -- R 910 LAN 
  • Available in Grolier Online
     
• Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations -- R 910 JUN
  • Available as E-Book - search Falk School Library Catalog by title
     
• Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures -- R 306 JUN
  • Available as E-Book - search Falk School Library Catalog by title
     
• Peoples of the Americas -- R 970.004 PEO

Online Resources:

• Student Resource Center
  • Includes magazine articles on contemporary topics

• Grolier Online
  • Includes international newspapers

POWER Library Databases:

• Go to POWER Library from school. 
  Carnegie Library - POWER Library from home.
   
• Use SIRS Discoverer from School
  • Select "Cultures" from Browse Topic Tree

Country Sites:

• 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
• Library of Congress: Country Studies

Specific Topics:

• Games in Latin America
• Comic Strips in Argentina
• Culture of Argentina, Cuba or Venezuela
• Specialty Foods of Latin America - includes Recipe sites
• Political Issue of Latin America: Immigration
• Day of the Dead holiday
• Folktales and Fairytales of Latin America - not complete
• Puerto Rican "hip-hop/reggae" music
• Latin American Countries in the 2008 Olympics
• Marine Life and Latin American travel
• Monkeys of the Rainforests

Miscellaneous Site:

• Mallorca Restaurant, Pittsburgh

General Recipe Sites:

• Food Network.com
• All Recipes.com
• Food Down Under
• Recipe Source
• World Hearth Recipe Collection  See bottom of page to search by country
• World Cuisine: All Recipes
• About.com: Spanish Foods

News Websites:

• Scholastic News: American's Leading News Source for Kids
• The Learning Network: Grades 3-12 (The New York Times)
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• TribLIVE: Tribune-Review Publishing Company
• USA Today
• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• MSNBC: Newsweek
• MSNBC
• CNN.com
• Time Online Edition
• National Geographic News: Reporting Our World Daily
• National Geographic KIDS
• BBC World Service

Travel Websites:

• List of 101 Best Travel Websites
  • CNN.com/travel
  • Concierge.com: Inspired Travel Starts Here
  • Fodor's: For Choice Travel Experiences
  • Frommer's: The Best Trips Start Here
  • Lonely Planet
  • National Geographic Traveler
  • Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory
  • Travel + Leisure
  • TripAdvisor: Get the Truth. Then Go
  • TravelForKids

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