Geography and World Studies Links

United States / Rate a State or Province Project

FBI Uniform Crime Reports Scroll down the page to "Index of Crime" tables for individual states and the "Offenses Known to Law Enforcement" tables by various population

Homicide Trends from U.S. Bureau of Justice

InfoPlease States

International Trade Association Export Statistics Select "State Export Data"

Library of Congress State and Local Goverments

Netstate

Stately Knowledge

Teacher Oz's 50 states Links

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Look for links to "State and County"; "State and Regional"; "State and Local". Then search for your state

U.S. Census Kid's Corner: Fun Facts

U.S. States

The US 50

United Way State of Caring Index

Yahoo States / Yahooligans - Around the world - 50 states

Geography / World Studies

CIA World Fact Book - Info on nations of the world

InfoNation - UN CyberSchoolBus feature

Interactive World Handbook - Info on countries of the world

Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbook - Info on countries

State Department Background Notes - Info on countries of the world

Country Reports http://www.countryreports.org/ - Info on countries of the world

CountryWatch - http://www.countrywatch.com Info on countries of the world

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

Lonely Planet - http://www.lonelyplanet.com Search for countries

Teacher Oz's Country Information Links - http://www.teacheroz.com/CountryInfo.htm

Atlases and Maps

World Atlases.com - Site complements Atlases used in classes

Altapedia Online - Online atlas

National Geographic Atlas

World Maps Interactive Atlas - Provides down to street level of more than 2 million places in the world

Geography, Canada

Canada: a tour - Excellent travel guide to Canada.

Canadian Government Information - Provides annotated links to Canadian Federal, Provincial, and Municipal government

Canadiana: Canadian Resources - Focuses on Canada including links to news; facts; travel; government; politics; history; science; education; technology; commerce; industry; heritage; culture; entertainment.

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada - Official Canadian government home page

Maple Square - Searchable and browsable Canadian Internet subject directory

Geography, World

Central Europe Online - http://www.europeaninternet.com/centraleurope/
Provides news from and information on the countries of central Europe

Electronic Embassy - Lists addresses of embassies in U.S.

Minerals Information from USGS

Virtual Tourist -Provides access to countries with Web servers

World Cities Weather - CNN - Weather forecasts for hundreds of cities

World City Guide (Lycos) - Covering close to a thousand cities in Canada, U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia with a snapshot of life in each country and city

Geography / World Studies Resources

Dushkin Online - Web resources to supplement Annual Editions, Taking Sides, and Global Studies

Geography Links for K-12 Education - Links to many sites relating to geography and geology

Geography World - Provides many links to geographic information

Internet Resources for Geography and Geology - UW Steven's Point Geography Dept. links

Official City Sites - Provides a wealth of governmental information arranged by country, state, county and city/town.

RVHS Social Studies Department Geography Links

RVHS Social Studies Department
Geography Links