How did World War I effect the United States' status as a world power? Pupils examine a website to learn many interesting facts about American involvement during World War I. They read passages and interact with artifacts in an online...

Eleanor Sterling responds to 21 questions posed by young learners about the challenges she faces as a woman conservation biologist. She also discusses her research of the aye-aye, an unusual animal that lives in Madagascar.

This site from Germany provides up-to-date information on the Federal Republic of Germany. Content covers a wide range of topics, including the people, government, social life, culture, sports, foreign policy, and economy.

Good resource for exploring Chinese culture and language. Learn about Taiwanese lantern riddles, Chinese folklore, clothing, poetry and fables, papercutting, Chinese New Year, and Chinese festival and every-day cooking. Multimedia makes...

The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German design and fashion sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German design and fashion, home and furniture designs from Germany, German designs of...

Gives information on the main Germanic tribes of the third and fourth centuries: the Franks, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Burgundians, Vandals and Lombards.

An overview of the German culture is given at this site, in addition to information on Germany's history, demographics, geography, and more.

Die Zeit is a daily national and international newspaper serving the country of Germany. Content includes top national and international news, politics, sports, economics, culture, and much more.

Click-through facts-and-photo file about Germany's geography, nature, history, people, culture, and government.

German-American Fulbright Commission website seeks to promote academic excellence and cultural understanding between the United States and Germany through scholarly exchanges. Find information about funding, commission news, events,...

RNZ is a local area newspaper serving the city of Heidelberg, Germany. Content includes local, regional, and national news, as well as political and economics coverage, sports, culture, science, health, and more. Written in German.

RNZ is a local area newspaper serving the city of Heidelberg, Germany. Content includes local, regional, and national news, as well as political and economics coverage, sports, culture, science, health, and more. Written in German.

The Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern) in Germany profiles its political, cultural and economic features.

English version of the public relations site for the German free state of Thuringia. Sections cover political, regional, cultural, business and tourist topics. Click on the German flag on the left side of the page to access the original...

English version of the public relations site for the German state of Saxony. Sections cover Citizens and Free State, State and People, Economy and Environment, Knowledge and Education, Culture and Leisure. Click on the "languages" link...

Provides a country summary and destination guide to Germany, background details, and numerous links to key information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news, tourism, government, maps, and more.

The United States has always been a melting pot. Read about the vast increase in immigration from countries in northern Europe in the 1830s and 1840s due to famine, eviction from land, and political unrest. See where various immigrant...

Bilingual site with a wealth of information about the city, facts & figures, its history, culture, economy, sights, tourism, sports, etc. Click German flag in the top navigation to access the site in German.

An extensive index of information about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains photo tours, city guides, a traveler's yellow pages, and a country and culture section filled with useful information. In Spanish and German also.

Learn about how Germans celebrate holidays and cultural traditions.

Read about the extent of anti-German and anti-Italian sentiment in the United States, sentiment against American citizens, in World War I. See how German culture was suppressed throughout the country.

The Rheinische Post is a daily newspaper serving the country of Germany. Content includes local, regional, national, European, and international news, as well as political and economic coverage, sports, weather, culture, entertainment,...

A wealth of information about the city, facts & figures, its history, culture, geography, economy, sights, tourism, sports, and free time activity.

This site, sponsored by the German Embassy, looks at the Berlin Airlift. The piece is brief but gives a unique, German perspective. Conveys a great introduction to the topic.