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Free Online Resources
Amazon Interactive
Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. Discover the ways in which the Quichua live off the land. Then try your hand at running a community-based ecotourism project along the Río Napo.
Bradshaw Foundation
The Bradshaw Foundation’s website features links to fascinating archaeological and anthropological information on rock art and other ancient discoveries.
CBCnews.ca
Canada’s authoritative source for news of current events.
Social Issues from Multnomah County Library’s Homework Center
A comprehensive list of social issues on one of the best homework sites ever!
United Nations Cyberschoolbus
View information about member nations, take a virtual tour, explore issues of human rights relating to children or take quizzes and play games to help you learn about the countries of the world. Interactive and well designed for school-age children.
Voices of Youth
Children across the world have their say on current events on this site sponsored by UNICEF with a fine section on “Children and Work.”
Your Guide to the Religions of the World
This BBC site offers an introduction to Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, and Sikhism.
Collections at the Library
These pre-formulated searches of our Catalogue display some of the relevant materials in our collection. You may place holds on anything other than Reference materials.
