HITS: Country websites for 2nd grade

[Teri Markson <tmarkson@SSWT.ORG>]

Thanks to everyone for your quick responses!  Culturegrams turned out to =
be the best choice for our needs (although the paper edition is no =
longer available).
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Check out  www.enchanted <http://www.enchantedlearning.com> learning.com =
. I also previewed a trial from  <http://www.culturegrams.com> =
www.culturegrams.com, which has a Kids Edition written at an elementary =
level, although some of it was still a bit above some of our 2nd =
graders.

Might want to have a look at  http://www.kids.gov  and look under =
Geography and under Global Village. I also did a search for countries. =
The Peace Corps part offers nice stats in an easy chart for kids on the =
countries where Peace Corps workers are. Also found this at KidsClick =
--librarian selected  <http://kidsclick.org/midcoun.html> =
http://kidsclick.org/midcoun.html

Hello. I think you should look into  www. <http://www.culturegrams.com> =
culturegrams.com - the kids editions is written on a 3-4 grade level, =
but I think a second grader could read it with some help. You can ask =
for a free trial to use the online version and see if it is something =
you may want. They also have the paper edition of the country pamphlets =
you might be able to order.

Try enchanted learning website.  This contains info at a primary level =
for China, Japan, Mexico, and a few others. I use this with some 2nd =
graders with certain countries.


try   w <http://www.enchantedlearning.com> ww.enchantedlearning.com and  =
http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia.html
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Teri Markson
School Librarian=20
Stephen S. Wise Temple Elementary School
Los Angeles, CA
tmarkson@sswt.org

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