Over 150,000 digital Primary sources from UC.

http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/

 

Country Profiles

Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.

They also include audio or video clips from BBC archives.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

 

Fact Monster is an online Almanac with information on a variety of topics and it includes games to help you learn.

http://www.factmonster.com/index.html

Provides current information on countries. Includes maps.

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

 

Provides information on the states.

http://www.50states.com/

 

Public Agenda has been provides unbiased research that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration to religion and civility in American life.

http://www.publicagenda.org

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm

 

World Flag Database

This is a commercial site. There are advertisements and the creator of the site is trying to sell something, but it is a site that has flags from many nations as well as brief information on the country of each flag represented.

http://www.flags.net/index.php

 

WebElements

Periodic Table of the Elements. Click on an element to find out more about it.

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html

 

News summaries, word of the day, science Q & A, crossword puzzles.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/index.html