American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/wauhtml/aipnhome.html This digital collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau.
History Link
http://www.historylink.org
An online encyclopedia of Seattle, King County, and Washington history.
The CIA Homepage for Kids includes a World Fact Book for looking up information about specific countries.
The E-Conflict World Encyclopedia has information on just about every country in the world, including a map, summary of the history, geography, and people. It will even play the national anthem of each country for you. E-Conflict is short for "Eradicate Conflict by Increasing Cultural Awareness". There are ads on this web site.
The geographia web site has information about many countries. It is organized by region of the world.
The United Nations Cyber School Bus InfoNation allows you to easily compare a wide variety of statistics for your choice of countries. Also available in French and Spanish.
The World Bank provides basic statistics for many, many countries. Just click on the region of the world map that you're interested in.
National Geographics Map Machine will let you scroll around the world, and see flags and basic information about any country you choose.
The online version of African Voices, a permanent exhibition of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa’s peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment.
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has an online exhibit on Africa.
The Washington Post has run a series of occasional articles that chronicles the joys and struggles in the everyday lives of African peoples. This African Lives series includes topics such as Midwives in Ethiopia, AIDS in Kenya, and Child Brides in Ivory Coast.
You can follow the Bancroft Arnesen Expedition on the web. This is the first all-women expedition to cross Antartica. They will travel using skiis and sails from November 2000 to Feb. 2001.
The about-australia web site is a good place to start.
You can also take an online tour of the Vikings: The North Atlantic exhibit.This National Museum of Natural History exhibit is about an extraordinary people who set out from their European homelands for unknown places beyond the horizon, including North America, 1000 years ago.
An interactive timeline of Russia is available based on the PBS series Face of Russia.
Georgetown University and the Organization of American States has an online Political Database of the Americas for research on governments in North and South America.
Amazon Interactive is an interactive study of the geography of the Amazon rain forest in Ecuador.
The Brooklyn Expedition to Latin America has information on ancient and modern Latin American cultures, history, and animals.
Mexico for Kids is a web site that can be viewed in English, Spanish, or French.