6th grade Culture Project
Pathfinder
Use this pathfinder to find information for your “Culture Day Project.” You
can’t go wrong if you follow these paths to the information you seek.
Country
Bibliography
Leader
Myth/Folktale
Countries & Costumes
Books (Oak Grove and Cook Libraries)
910 Geography & travel
914 Europe, 915 Asia, 916 Africa, 917 North America
918 South America, 919 Other areas
930-998 History of Various Countries (Includes Wars)
390 Customs, etiquette, folklore
Databases available through Cook Library login: 21122002134523
CultureGrams World Edition-Concise, reliable cultural information on more than
175 countries of the world.
Lands and Peoples-Online encyclopedia on countries and cultures.
Student Resources in Context-Essays, full-text magazine, journal, and newspaper
articles, as well as photographs and other resources. Select Geography & Cultures
Search or History Search from the main menu.
World Book Online Reference Center-Includes encyclopedia articles, primary source
collections, pictures, audio, and video, current periodicals and related Web sites.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia-Contains articles, bibliographies and hyperlinks.
Online
Internet Public Library-Regional and Country Information-Links to well researched
sites created by librarians and experts.
World Info Zone-Includes facts about the country and links to current news from or
about the country.
Background Notes-Facts about the land, people, history, government, politics, and
economy of countries around the world. Published by the U.S. State Department.
CIA World Factbook-Contains country information from the CIA.
History in the News: Middle East-This site provides resources for the study of the
Middle East.
Bibliography Help
Purdue Online Writing Lab-For this project you will be using MLA Formatting. Use
this guide and example to help you cite sources correctly.
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6th grade Culture Project
Pathfinder
Political Leader, Science/Math Leader, and Arts/Music Leader
Books (Oak Grove School)
Biographies are located in the 920’s and 921’s and in Country books.
Books (Cook Library)
Biographies are located in the 920’s and 921’s and in Country books.
Biographies about Scientists are also located in the 500’s & 600’s
Biographies about Mathematicians are also located in 510 & 925
Biographies about Art and Music leaders are located in 700’s
Databases available through Cook Library login: 21122002134523
Biography In Context-biographical information on more than 185,000 people from
throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas
Student Resources in Context-essays, full-text magazine, journal, and newspaper
articles, as well as photographs and other resources.
See also: Worldbook and Grolier listed above.
Online
BBC History-selected biographies of historic figures.
A&E Biography-full biographies, celebrity biographies and mini bios.
World Info Zone-search for your country to locate leaders from your country.
Science World-includes biographies for scientists from around the world.
Who2-contains almost 400 biographies of famous people.
Myths or Folktales
Books (Oak Grove & Cook)
The Dewey numbers for folklore are 398.2 up to (but not including) 398.5. There
may also be some collections of fairy tales in the short story section, with the call
number 808.83.
Online
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts-use “find” to locate tales from your
country.
Indian Fairy Tales-famous tales from India.
Internet Public Library-Myths and Folktales-links to well researched sites
containing folktales and myths.
Culture Quest World Tour-includes folktales from several countries.
International Children's Digital Library-digitized stories from around the world.
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