SOCIAL STUDIES WEB SITES

http://www.firstladies.org - excellent site which has a photo, basic information, and an official White House biography of each First Lady

http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com - mammoth collection of satellite images - search by place name, geographic coordinates, or map location

http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/mainindex.htm - excellent site for locating color illustrations of the flags of the world's nations

Information on World War I

http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/ - archive of primary documents from World War I

http://www.worldwar1.com/ - World War I - Trenches on the Web - an Internet History of the Great War

Information on countries

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ - a web site created by the CIA which contains information on current issues, history, geography, population, government, economy, communication, transportation, military and transnational issues for approximately 300 countries, principalities, and territories

www.teachersfirst.com - for country information, click on Content Matrix, click on Library Resources, click on CIA Factbook, click on Country Listing

Ancient Egypt sites

http://guardians.net/egypt/ - articles, pictures, essays, songs, games and facts and figures about everything Egyptian