Sixth Grade Social Studies Country Study

Summary
This page provides several links for students to research the country of their choosing. These links are present to complement the texts that the students will be using in class to complete assignments such as the Country Focus and the Religion Study papers.

Country study for kids
1. Gather basic information and fill out the form with it.

2. Dig deeper by doing a search for “Conflict in _______________”.

3. Look up your country in the news today.



Countries of Africa


===Countries of the Middle East === 

Additional research links
National Geographic Kids <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">
 * <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;">Africa: Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania
 * <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;">Middle East: Afghanistan, Israel, Iran, Iraq

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Geography for Kids – Ducksters <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">
 * <span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Africa
 * <span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Middle East

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Select from the list of countries organized by continent <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">
 * <span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Countries of the World <span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html
 * <span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Library Congress Country studies   <span style="font-size: 11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";color:black">