Useful Web sites for Adopted Country Project

(in addition to websites on gifted center)

http://allafrica.com/

links to current articles

http://www.asiasource.org/profiles/ap_mp_04.cfm

links to current articles and country info

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/countryprofiles.html

maps, country profiles

http://www.gesource.ac.uk/worldguide/worldmap.html

maps, country info

http://www.thearda.com/

religion data base

http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/x4400e/x4400e00.htm

agriculture

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm

historical atlas

http://www.epa.gov/

environment

http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center/

human rights

http://migration.ucdavis.edu/

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm

migration issues and info

http://www.prb.org/

http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp?panel=1

population data, news, issues

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html

population pyramids

http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/

human development index information

http://www.oecd.org/home/0,2605,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

global economics

http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/

click on country studies and you can find a wealth of info on your country

http://www.iht.com/

International Herald Tribune

http://www.thepaperboy.com/

find your country’s newspapers