Curated OER
Usacmh: Defense of the Americas 7 December 1941 2 September 1945
This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...
Curated OER
Usacmh: Defense of the Americas 7 December 1941 2 September 1945
This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...
Curated OER
Usacmh: Defense of the Americas 7 December 1941 2 September 1945
This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Age of Exploration: The Columbian Exchange
A fascinating look at the exchanges that took place around the world after the Americas were discovered. This covered the gamut from diseases which wiped out 90% of the native peoples in North and South America, to farm animals, tools,...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, 1898
A map from 1898 of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The map includes an inset map of Cuba and the Isthmus of Nicaragua. "The surface of the Rocky Mountain highland in Mexico is quite similar to that of the great plateau...
Quia
Quia: World Capitals Matching
Use this website to practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country.
Quia
Quia: World Capitals Concentration
Use this website to practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country in a concentration game type format.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America and the West Indies, 1852
A map from 1852 of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. The map shows territorial boundaries at the time, including the Mexican States, capitals and major cities and ports, railroads, rivers, lakes, mountain systems, and terrain...
Hans Lohninger
Photo Globe: Bolivia
Presents many general country specific facts about Bolivia in a well organized chart form. This site is enriched by links to maps and an image of the Altiplano salt flats.
Other
Map of Guyana
Features a map of Guyana with an easy to understand synopsis of general information on the country.
Other
Visit Fortaleza: Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Information on Fortaleza which is the capital city of Ceara, Brazil. It has become one of the top tourist attractions in the country.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Continents of the World
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is devoted to identifying, locating, and learning facts about the 7 continents. It contains interactive maps, facts, and a short video at the end.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Continents
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart identifies the 7 continents of the world and reviews with Activotes.
Other
Kids World Travel Guide: Continent Facts
Provides interesting and fun facts on the continents of the world.
University of Texas at Austin
Ut Library Online: Historical Map Collection
This extensive collection from the University of Texas Library Online of detailed maps of many regions of the Earth.
AllRefer
All Refer Reference: Guyana: Background & Profile
A tremendous amount of information about Guyana in an easy-to-follow format. Topics include geography, people, government, economy, military, flag, and more.
Other
Jc Online: Brincanda De Detetive
Short, illustrated children's detective stories collected by the well-known "Jornal do Comercio," a Brazilian periodical. Read the stories online and see if you can help Inspector Arruda solve the mysteries.
Geographyiq
Geography Iq: Venezuela Economy
Features a statistical chart on the economy of Venezuela covering topics such as GDP, poverty rate, household income, unemployment rate, imports and exports, currency, and more.
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ec Ed Web: Places and Production
In this lesson from the University of Omaha, "Students calculate United States GDP and GDP per capita, use a choropleth map to acquire information, and create choropleth maps of GDP per capita in South America. They identify regions with...
Quia
Quia: World Capitals Word Search
Practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country in a word-search format.
Curated OER
Map of Ecuador
The BBC gives information about the Latin American country of Ecuador with details on geography, culture, its leaders, and its news media. Updated in April, 2005. Check out the link to the timeline.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Ecuador
On this website, students will explore the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Ecuador.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: French Guiana
Study French Guiana's history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Guyana
Investigate the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Guyana on this website.