World Languages
Please visit the following KP teacher's
websites for additional resources.
GENERAL TOPICS
- Anthems,
flags and facts http://www.imagesoft.net/flags/flags.html
Information on many nations including flags and anthems.
- CIA
Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/country.html
Concise information about most countries of the world.
- Fodor's Travel
Online http://www.fodors.com
Commercial site with brief information on countries, cities and
regions.
- Foreign
Language Resources
http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~thorne/HumanResources.html
Offers starting points for searching the Web for foreign language
and culture-specific resources.
- GlobeGate
http://globegate.utm.edu/
Centralized Internet resoures for students and teachers of foreign
languages.
- National anthems
http://www.emulateme.com/anthems
National anthems for most countries, including sound files, some
with text.
- Online City Guide
http://www.olcg.com
- Rough Guides
http://travel.roughguides.com
Commercial Site. Text-based guide to many countries, cities, and
regions. Easy to navigate.
- U.S. State Department,
Bureau of Consular Affairs http://travel.state.gov
Information on travel to, and from, foreign countries, visas,
passports, warnings and much more.
- Yahoo
Country http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Regions/
Brief information about most countries of the world.
MUSEUMS AND ORGANIZATIONS
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
FRENCH AND FRENCH SPEAKING
COUNTRIES
- d'Annecy
http://ava.univ-savoie.fr/francais/INFO_ANNECY/visite.html
Visite d'Annecy region of France near Switzerland and Italy. (in
French).
- les
châteaux de la Loire
http://web.univ-orleans.fr/ENVIRONS/chateaux/ Links the the
chateaus of the the Loire valley. (text in French).
- les
châteaux de la Loire
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jvddoel/loire/ Links the the chateaus of the
the Loire valley. (text in French).
- Diana's
Gourmet Corner http://belgourmet.com/sitegb/index.html
Cuisine from around the world, including Belgium.
- Lexpress
http://www.lexpress.ch/ Le plus ancien journal de langue
française au monde. French language magazine.
- France Way
http:// www.franceway.com
Culture and heritage of France and it's regions.
- Le Figaro
http://www.lefigaro.fr/ Bienvenue sur le site institutionnel du
Figaro. Découvrez notre groupe, nos publications,
abonnez-vous en ligne et consultez nos
petites annonces. French newspaperr (in French).
- French Music
Database http://www.sirius.com/~alee/ This site is dedicated
to french music from all over the world, i.e., France,
Québec, Belgium, etc..., and not just music from France.
This is a personal project. Includes lyrics of many songs.
- Law-
and French-oriented Web sites
http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/france/Law-France/websites.htm links to
numerous sites.
- Living
in Belgium http://www.living-in-belgium.com/d1100000.htm
Foods
http://www.living-in-belgium.com/c2121029.htm
- Le Monde
http://www.lemonde.fr/ French newspaper (in French).
- Le Soir en Ligne
http://www.lesoir.com/ Belgium newspaper (in French)
- Newspapers - US
and Worldwide http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html links to
newspapers in US by state and Worldwide by country.
- Ouest-France
http://www.france-ouest.com/Pages/Jour/une.htm le service en
ligne du journal. Daily news from France (in French).
- Paris Match
http://www.parismatch.com/ French magazinee (in French)
- Journal de
Montreal http://www.journaldemontreal.com/ Canadian
newspaper (in French).
- Thirty Below
http://www.clic.net/~thirtybe/ Quebec traditional & folk
music site. Music seller with lists and samples of
songs.
SPANISH AND SPANISH SPEAKING
COUNTRIES
LATIN