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Recommended Web Sites

Latin American Network Info. Center

LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America.

Ben’s Guide to Government for Kids

This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers that will teach how our government works. The site is created by the U.S. Government Printing Office.

Map Machine

Brought to you by National Geographic, on this site you can obtain satellite pictures of specific locations, zone into your address and view an overview of your neighborhood. Themed maps (weather, national disasters farming & natural disasters, congressional districts, population density and trip planning) are just some of the other maps that can be selected for viewing.

Complete list of Geography & Government web sites.

Books


Time for Kids World Atlas J 912 T48202 2011	See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election schemes, and the Race to the White House By Susan E Goodman J 324 G624s 2008	The President, Vice President and Cabinet By Elaine Landau

Databases
Help	Title	Description	Grade Level
	Britannica PreK-8	Britannica Online School Edition PreK-8, a favorite with educators with content for both elementary and middle school students, also includes the Britannica Learning Zone, a PreK-2 interactive learning environment.	K-12+
	Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia	Provides access to over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering an array of topics along with various images and brief biographies.	1-12+
	Homework Help Now!	Live online homework help, skills building, writing assistance, and a Study Suite contains powerful assessment and learning tools. Students can also form study groups to work on class projects.	K-12
	Spanish Reference Center	This site offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia: Enciclopedia Moderna for high school ages and up and Britannica Escolar Online for ages 6-12.	K-12+