Almanacs

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/

inQuiry Almanack - An archive of seasonal activities. Some geared toward classroom use.
http://sln.fi.edu/qanda/qanda.html

Infoplease Almanacs - Provides access to a variety of topical almanacs.
http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html

World Factbook - Provides detailed information about countries and non-self-governing territories around the world.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Baseball Almanac - The "Official" Baseball History Site - Baseball Almanac is filled with awards, records, stats, quotes, feats, facts and a book full of baseball history!
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/

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/

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/

Wordswitch.com Countries - Web directory of links specific to individual countries.
http://www.worldswitch.com/Countries/index.htm

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/