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Grade 7 ABCs of Culture: Home

7th grade Social Studies project in which students study the major elements of a country and the cultures within a country.

Assignment

ABCs of Culture Research Project - description of the project and rubric

CAC database - Britannica

Britannica Encyclopedia Online School Edition This link opens in a new window
Safe, up-to-date and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle and High School.

CAC database - CultureGrams

CultureGrams This link opens in a new window
Reports on over 200 countries around the world.

CAC Database

Gale Global Issues in Context This link opens in a new window
"Gale In Context: Global Issues supports awareness and provides perspective on global issues, while tying together a wealth of authoritative content: empowering learners to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world."

Websites

CIA World Factbook
Maintained by the Central Intelligence Agency, this site has information on all the countries of the world.

MHS Library Catalog

Find a list of the travel guides in the library, by entering the search term "guidebook" after the name of the country you're interested in, and click the subject button.

Other useful websites

Lonely Planet website
Companion website to the popular Lonely Planet sites.
Trip Advisor - Things to Do in...
Enter the name of a city and Trip Advisor will give you lists of things to do there.
Fodor's Travel
One of the most famous travel guides, Fodor's caters to higher budgets.

Keep track of your sources

MyBib
Citation engine created and maintained by teachers and librarians. Log in with your CAC Google account

PAARC