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| Spanish Assignment: South/Central American Country Project Puerto Rico General sites for country information are listed first. As you scroll down, you will see sites specific to your country. General Sites for Country Information: BBC News Country Profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm CIA World Factbook 2003 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html InfoPlease.com http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ U.S. Department of State Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ Cultural Profiles Project http://www.settlement.org/cp/english/index.html Lonely Planet Guides; travel guides; click on your country for a map, then click the information icon to go to the information pages http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/loc-ame.htm Artists by Nationality http://www.artcyclopedia.com/nationalities/ Fox Sports en Espanol; note that this site is not limited to South/Central America http://espanol.sports.yahoo.com/ South America: The Best Festivals and Celebrations; look to find your country http://www.frommers.com/destinations/central&southamerica/1010020861.html South America: The Best Historic Sites; look to find your country http://www.frommers.com/destinations/central&southamerica/1010020118.html South America Daily; online newspaper in English http://www.southamericadaily.com/ South American Literature http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~sparks/worldread/southamerica.html Las Mujeres; in English; female writers; you will have to click on each writer to find their country of origin http://www.lasmujeres.com/ Puerto Rico History of Puerto Rico and its People: Welcome to Puerto Rico http://welcome.topuertorico.org/history.shtml Artists: Puerto Rican Artists http://www.artcyclopedia.com/nationalities/Puerto_Rican.html Authors: Literature http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3684/lit.html Women Writers from Puerto Rico http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_generate/PUERTO%20RICO.html Food/Cuisine: Puerto Rico for the Gourmet Traveler http://www.eturismo.com/gtrav/puerto-rico.html Historic Figures: Holidays and Festivals: Puerto Rico http://www.shagtown.com/days/puertorico.html Sports: Puerto Rico Herald – Sports Beat http://www.puertorico-herald.org/PRBtnArch/PRBtnArch2004/PRSportsBeat.shtml Puerto Rico in Major League Baseball http://members.tripod.com/gumster/ Baseball Players born in Puerto Rico http://baseballreference.com/bio/P-R-_born.shtml Yahoo Sports http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ramosdraft&prov=st&type=lgns Tourist Attractions: Puerto Rico Attractions http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/caribbean/puerto_rico/attractions.htm |
