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• Countries: General 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/ • Maps • Xpeditions Atlas; National Geographic site; select your region/country and click “basic” for outline maps to practice for map quizzes http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html Perry-Castenada Library Map Collection; University of Texas; one of the best map sites we’ve found; current, historical, and thematic maps; worldwide coverage http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html Ancient World Mapping Center; focuses on Mediterranean area http://www.unc.edu/awmc/downloads/index.html Atlapedia; political and physical maps http://www.atlapedia.com/online/map_index.htm • Primary Sources • • American American Memory Project; amazing collection of primary sources relating to America; search on your topic to find documents, photos, audio files, and video files http://memory.loc.gov/ National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/index.html US Historical Documents; pre-colonial to the present http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/ AMDOCS; Documents for the Study of American History; from excerpts of Columbus’ journals to 2003; huge list http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html 100 Milestone Documents; 1776-1965 http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?page=milestone FindLaw; Cases and Codes from the state level to U.S. Supreme Court Decisions http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/ Oyez; U.S. Supreme Court http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm |
