WCG Sources and Geography Practice Games
6 Ways to Tell if a Website is Credible
The Internet is full of garbage sources. Think before you cite!
Is my source biased or fake? Check here Use the search function, not the Google Search bar.
The Internet is full of garbage sources. Think before you cite!
Is my source biased or fake? Check here Use the search function, not the Google Search bar.
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General
The Redwood library page has several good resources (EBSCO, Pro/Con, etc.) you can use. Click here and don't forget to log in. This may or may not work off campus.
EBSCO User Name: redwoodhs Password: library (Your teachers love when you use this)
CIA World Factbook (Use the pulldown menu that says "Please select a country to view")
Geography Now! (Every country in the world, A-Z. Eventually.)
Global Edge (Info on economics, culture, history, security and more)
If it were my home (stats that show what your life would be like if you lived there vs. the USA)
Our World In Data
UNICEF (country profiles)
UNICEF (general resources)
Girls, not Brides: An NGO that collects information about child marriage all over the world. A good place to start if you are researching the rights of women/girls in developing countries.
Government/Politics
Freedom House Map of the World (Is the country's government a dictatorship pretending to be a democracy? Find out the real story here.) If the country report isn't ready, Google earlier versions of the map.
Human Rights Watch
Global Peace Index: Start with the "COUNTRIES" tab at the top/middle of the home page. Click on "OTHER COUNTRIES" tab, then find your country. They have a lot about conflict, murder rates and other stats. Option 2: Open the 2018 report’s PDF. It’s searchable and there is a lot of useful information about conflicts, crime and other relevant issues.
Economics/Demography (population)
Index of Economic Freedom
The Observatory of Economic Complexity (use the search icon in the upper right corner to find your country). Great place to look for a country's chief exports and imports.
Transparency International (Corruption Index by Country)
Ease of Doing Business Index (World Bank--Use USA as a baseline to compare your country to)
Share of population living in extreme poverty (use map tab)
Cost of Living Index (this includes restaurant prices, rents, groceries and more for various countries)
World Population Review
Index Mundi (thousands of stats)
Worldometer (Useful stats)
Numbeo (compare cities and countries on various measures)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Global Health Security Index: How well prepared is a country to deal with a health crisis?
Culture/Interesting Facts
Culture Grams: (only on campus) Go to "World Edition" to find the country you are researching. Traditional recipes, gestures, videos, interviews, lots and lots of CREDIBLE FACTS.
Cultural Atlas
Atlas Obscura: A compilation of fun and/or weird facts about every country on Earth.
Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO): More fun facts about various countries.
Etiquette and Customs (pick a country, then scroll down to the customs and etiquette section)
World Happiness Report
Oxford Research Encyclopedia (Religion)
AFRICA SOURCES
Sub-Saharan Africa Security Tracker: This is good place to start if you are researching conflict in a particular country.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gbjvb (Searchable Archive)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world/africa
BBC Africa videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvhPRRiwI1_p4OBsY0yz6mg
BBC Africa Today podcast archive
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrtyw/episodes/downloads (If you know the approximate date of an event, this is a daily podcast of top Africa stories that will probably cover it)
Africa Check Africa has a growing fake news problem. Check out this site for debunking.
