“The stars and stripes were fluttering bright against the rain, clear blue overhead, and their minds were saying the words before their ears heard them.” |
Flags:
http://onlinelibrary.uen.org/
If you need the username and password see the librarian or you teacher.
Click on Culturegrams and go to World Edition
Click on the map of the world and go to your country
The flag information is on the front page of the country
Flagspot
http://flagspot.net/flags/country.html
CIA World Factbook: Flags
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/flagsoftheworld.html
Currency:Information about the currency:University of British Colombia: Currencies of the World
Links to information page about each currency
http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/currency_table.html
World Atlas.Com: Includes name of currency and subcurrency (cents)
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/currency.htm
http://onlinelibrary.uen.org/
If you need the username and password see the librarian or you teacher.
Click on Culturegrams and go to World Edition
Click on the map of the world and go to your country
The flag information is on the front page of the country
Flagspot
http://flagspot.net/flags/country.html
CIA World Factbook: Flags
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/flagsoftheworld.html
Currency:Information about the currency:University of British Colombia: Currencies of the World
Links to information page about each currency
http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/currency_table.html
World Atlas.Com: Includes name of currency and subcurrency (cents)
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/currency.htm
Currency Converters:
Use these sites to find out the exchange rates
http://onlinelibrary.uen.org/
(ask the teacher or librarian for the username and password)
Go to Culturegrams, Click on World Edition,
Click on your country, on the right hand side under tools choose currency converter
Oanda.com Currency Converter
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
XE Universal Currency Converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Banknotes Images:Banknotes.com: Indexed by country
http://www.banknotes.com/ISOcodes.htm
Eworld Banknotes: Click on select a country to find your country
http://www.e-worldbanknotes.com/country.html
Ron Wise's Banknote World: World paper money alphabetical list of countries
http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/notedir/AlphabeticDirectory.html
World Paper Money
http://www.kcshop.com/foreigncurrency/Default.htm
Tom Chao's Paper Money Gallery
http://www.tomchao.com/
Coins ImagesWorld Coins: Click on the map
http://www.worldcoins.ws/countries.php?lang=en&type=coins¤t=true
World Coins: Click on the left hand side under countries
http://www.wcoins.com/
World Coin Gallery:
http://worldcoingallery.com/
National Symbols
If you have any difficulty with not finding your country on these websites try the search engines on the search engine page.
Type in the name of your country and the symbol you are looking for,
For example: burundi coat of arms or burundi national tree (national flower, national bird, national animal, national fish, national tree, etc.)
National Emblems list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_emblem
Coat of Arms/Emblem:Heraldry of the World:
Includes information on coats of arms of the nation as well as individual cities coats of arms
Click on the continent on the left hand side then choose your country:
Wikipedia Gallery of Coats of Arms:
Click on the picture and it will enlarge it, click on the words coat of arms or emblem
for more information on the coat of arms or emblem.
If you click on the name of the country it will take you to the article about the country
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_country_coats_of_arms
Flagspot--Check to see if you country has a coat of arms included
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/country.html
National Flower:
Wikipedia: List of national flowers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_flower
Flower Expert: List of national flowers
http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/national-flowers
National Tree:
Wikipedia: List of national trees
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_trees
National Animals:
Wikipedia: List of national animals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_animals
National Birds:
Wikipedia: List of national birds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_bird
Alphabetical list of national birds
http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/CountryIndex.htm