HOW TO USE YOUR BLOG

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Search for your country. When you view results, be sure to click MULTIMEDIA for photos, maps and video clips.
Do you want to use Britannica Online at home?

Grolier Online: Lands and Peoples
The encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and geography.
Do you want to use Grolier Online at home?

WEB SITES

World Factbook
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

My World: PBS Kids Africa
Photo albums from real schools in Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa.

International Schools in Africa
This links to the main page. There are two lists of schools: FULL SCHOOL MEMBERS, and AFFILIATE MEMBERS. Choose a school from either list.

Lonely Planet Travel Guides
How to get there, weather through the year, money, places to go, health and safety, photos, and more.

• Mali
• South Africa
• Kenya
• Sudan
• Sierra Leone
• Madagascar
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Nigeria

Official Tourism Web Sites

• Ghana
• Ethiopia
• South Africa
• Madagascar
• Sudan (Embassy in U.S.)
• Kenya
• Sierra Leone
• Mali
• Nigeria

Cool Planet - From OXFAM, including stories of children

• Ghana
• Ghana virtual journey
• Sudan
• Kenya
• Mali virtual journey

Organizations that Help Africa

• FARM-Africa
• Fair Trade Shopping
• Africare
• Peace Corps

World Paper Money: Africa
Images of banknotes (historical and current) from Africa. Be sure you use recent money for this project!

Peace Corps Challenge Game
"You are Peace Corps volunteer assigned to the tiny town of Wanzuzu, where the villagers have big hearts and even bigger problems. Are you prepared to solve critical challenges and help the villagers make their home a better place?"

Traveler IQ Challenge: Africa
A game to help you learn.

African Cooking and Recipes
Regional and by specific country.

Food and Recipes of the World
We have many books about how to prepare food from other countries. Look for 641.5 in the nonfiction section of the library.

United Nations Cyberschoolbus
COUNTRY AT A GLANCE gives basic information and statistics about United Nations Member States all over the world.

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updated 01/27/2011