Cyberschoolbus, one of the best web sites for teachers on the Internet, is a global teaching and learning project of the United Nations. It provides "project materials, facts, resources, quizzes, features and forthcoming events."
The following will be useful references for librarians, teachers and students:
- Country@aGlance provides basic information on a specific country, including its location, population and date of membership in the United Nations;
- InfoNation allows users to compare and contrast statistics on population, economy, health, technology and education from up to six different countries at a time;
- Model UN Headquarters gives details on how to set up a student organization patterned after the United Nations; and
- Flag Tag turns the identification of country flags into a game that keeps track of scores, too.
- Country@aGlance;
- Cities of the World; and
- the "Peace Poem."