A section on curriculum resources offers ideas for topics, resources and projects for the classroom. RealPlayer is required for the video clips. There are many sites that are tracking the Olympic events. Information is available about each sport, including the history, rules, schedule and main contenders in each event. Results can be tracked by country and information is available about each country and its sports life.
Biographical information is provided about the athletes.
The US Central Intelligence Agency has recently released the 2000 version of the World Factbook . This well-known annual reference book is one of the best online resources for basic information about countries and territories of the world. For each of the 267 independent countries, dependent territories and oceans you will find a map and geographic and economic information. Countries and territories also have a flag and information about population, government, communication, transportation, military, and transnational issues. Information is also available by field and topic, which means you can look up similar information, like the inflation rate, of many countries and compare them.