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Facts and Figures: 

World Fact Book: Venezuela — A comprehensive list of basic information about Venezuela from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ve.html 

Venezuela: A country study—An online book on Venezuela from the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/vetoc.html 

Languages of Venezuela— An authoritative listing of the spoken living languages of Venezuela by the SIL International’s Ethnologue site.
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=VE

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Articles and Links: 

Lonely Planet: Venezuela — An  overview from Lonely Planet’s online magazine.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_america/venezuela/ 

The LANIC Guide to Latin America – An excellent collection of links to history and culture, housed at University of Texas (sponsored by Sun Microsystems)
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/venezuela/

Encarta on Venezuela — A comprehensive overview of Venezuela and its land, resources, climate, and animal life. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=venezuela&Submit2=Go 

Venezuela: Government— A comprehensive outline of the country, including government, history, culture and religion. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35766.htm 

Overview of Venezuelan history
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0861773.html 

Daily News:      El Universal, in English http://english.eluniversal.com/
                        El Nacional, in Spanish  http://www.el-nacional.com/ 

Colombia:  country page at The BBC Network: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1229345.stm 

Simon Bolivar: the Virtual Library of Simon Bolivar http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7609/eng/ 

For older students: Bolivar’s message to the Congress of Angostura (1819) , at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1819bolivar.html

Warao Indians: ethnomusicology (with sound clips) http://otto.cmr.fsu.edu/~cma/Advocacy/Warao/warao_indians_venezuela.htm

Folklore retellings: http://www.embavenez-us.org/kids.venezuela/folklore.traditions.htm

Geert Hofstede (international business and culture authority) on cultural characteristics of Venezuela: http://www.geert-hofstede.com/hofstede_venezuela.shtml

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Oral Narratives from Residents of Greater Mecklenburg County, NC:

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Lesson Plans: 

Visit a supermarket in Venezuela (in Spanish) http://www.elplazas.com/catgoria.asp?cod_cat=92&cat=93&i=15 and for bilingual or Spanish classes, adapt to these lessons from teachers attending a workshop at Cortland State: http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/venezuela/Lessons/

Follow etiquette in Venezuela:   http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/venezuela-country-profile.html

Amazon Adventures, an interactive mapping lesson, begins in Ecuador and moves across the continent, including Venezuela: http://eduweb.com/amazon.html

Learn about anacondas in the Venezuelan llanos, at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/04/0430_020503_anacondaman.html

For older students: Bully Business (military coups around the world, including Venezuela) http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20040818wednesday.html

Older students may be interested in Gaia: Venezuelan case study (environment and deforestation) http://cesimo.ing.ula.ve/GAIA/CASES/VEN/INGLES/autores.html

In Spanish, an excellent site with multiple links to activitities: http://www.eduteka.org/

Use The Latin World to discover more about South America and Colombia: http://www.latinworld.com/sur/colombia/index.html

Just for fun: how animals ‘talk’ in Spanish: http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/spanish.html

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson023.shtml

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