World Factbook - Provides detailed information about countries and non-self-governing territories around the world. - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
United Nations CyberSchoolBus - 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. - http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/
World Almanac For Kids - Offers games, quizzes, contests, homework help, and reference facts on topics such as space, presidents, the environment, animals, geography, and historical birthdays. - http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/
Wordswitch.com Countries - Web directory of links specific to individual countries. - http://www.worldswitch.com/Countries/index.htm
The World Factbook - 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 - http://www.bartleby.com/151/
inQuiry Almanack - An archive of seasonal activities. Some geared toward classroom use. - http://sln.fi.edu/qanda/qanda.html
The Old Farmer's Almanac - Online version of America's oldest source of weather, folklore, gardening and other information. - http://www.almanac.com/
Farmers' Almanac Home Page - The online version of one of America's oldest publications. Includes gardening tips, helpful hints, weather forecasts, and folklore. - http://www.farmersalmanac.com/