Spanish Speaking Countries Project

Websites:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/

http://about.com/

http://www.yahooligans.com/around_the_world/

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/south_america_map.htm

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/central_america_map.htm

 http://www.maporama.com

Database:

Country Reports Org (ask the librarian for the user name and password if you need it to log on)

Books:

Getting to Know Spain -- 946 Lye

People and Places: Spain -- 946 Tol

Guatemala -- 972.81 She

Belize -- 972.82 Jer

Honduras -- 972.83 Mcg

El Salvador -- 972.84 Mor

El Salvador -- 972.84 Shi

Nicaragua -- 972.85 Ada

Costa Rica -- 972.86 Mor

Panama -- 972.87 Vaz

The Caribbean -- 972.9 May

Cuba -- 972.91 Cro

Mexico:  The Land -- 972 Kal

Mexico:  The People -- 972 Kal

Mexico:  The Culture -- 972 Kal

Dominican Republic -- 972.93 Fol

The Dominican Republic -- 972.93 Rog

Puerto Rico -- 972.95 Ken

Puerto Rico -- 972.95 Tho

Argentina -- 982 Lie

Argentina -- 982 Pet

Chile -- 983 Hin

Bolivia -- 984 Mor

Peru: The People and Culture -- 985.06 Kal

Colombia - 986.1 Mor

Ecuador -- 986.6 Fol

Ecuador -- 986.6 Lep

Venezuela -- 987 Mor

Paraguay -- 989.2 Jer

Uruguay -- 989.5 Jer

Culturegrams -- Prof 910 Cul

FRENCH VOCABULARY

Type in a phrase.  Then translate your English into French!
http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

http://french.about.com/library/pronunciation/bl-audiodico-a.htm

Website French Names (Pronunciations):
http://french.about.com/library/travel/bl-fr-names-m.htm

Website with the Meaning of Names:
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search.php?g=0&t=1&s=Ann

HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD (includes recipes)

Discover Francehttp://www.discoverfrance.net/France/index2.shtml

About France

http://www.theholidayspot.com/

http://dmoz.org/Home/Cooking/World_Cuisines/

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/holidays.htm

http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/

http://www.world-cuisines.com/

<>http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Holidays_and_Observances/
            

French Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales (contains themes, terms, famous writers, fairy tales text, and valuable links to fairy tale material)

http://www.inkspell.homestead.com/fairytales.html

Annotated Fairy Tales (contains lots of background information about the development of fairy tales, plus fairy tales text)

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/

Titles of Variants of Fairy Tales

http://www.aicgs.org/resources/daad/1992015.shtml

Fairy Tales by Theme (listing not actual text)

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nce/Zipes/toc.htm

Text of Perrault's Fairy Tales

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault.html

Text of Fairy Tales around the World (by Theme)

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Background on Perrault and good info on his fairy tales

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Perrault

http://dmoz.org/Society/Folklore/Literature/Tales/Fairy_Tales/

http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Folklore/Literature/Tales/Fairy_Tales/

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/

Passport Template

Click on this link to bring up the Passport Template

Then choose "edit page" in the file menu.  Fill in your name and home address.  Print the edited page.

8th Grade Roots Workbook