On-line reference to the of the Afro-American experience in America provides a historical overview from the beginning of the slave trade to the present. Also includes sections on historical events and documents, biographies, and folk tales.

Provides access to a variety of topical almanacs.

Baseball Almanac is filled with awards, records, stats, quotes, feats, facts and a book full of baseball history!

The online version of one of America's oldest publications. Includes gardening tips, helpful hints, weather forecasts, and folklore.

Online version of America's oldest source of weather, folklore, gardening and other information.

An archive of seasonal activities. Some geared toward classroom use.

Provides detailed information about countries and non-self-governing territories around the world.

complete geographical handbook, featuring 267 full-color maps and flags of all nations. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data

Web directory of links specific to individual countries.

Offers games, quizzes, contests, homework help, and reference facts on topics such as space, presidents, the environment, animals, geography, and historical birthdays.

United Nations produced Web K-12 site with lesson plans for teachers and activities and games for students. The InfoNation is a kid-friendly interface for viewing official UN country statistics.