By: Peggy Lehman, Carmel, IN

Site Address: http://www.washingtonpost.com

Theme: Washington Post Online

Grade level (s): 7-12

Annotation of Site:

The Washington Post on-line newspaper has an international section which has subcategories of regional sections; Africa, Former U.S.S.R, Europe, Asia /Pacific, and Middle East as well as the North America and South America. Once a regional section is selected, a particular country may be selected.

Geography Standards addressed: (all 18 Geography Standards are touched by this web site)

• #1) How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
• #2) How to use mental maps to organize information about peoples, places and environments in a spatial context.
• #3) How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places and environments on Earth’s surface.
• #4) The physical and human characteristics of places.
• #8) The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth’s surface.
• #12) The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
• #13) How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth’s surface.
• #14) How human actions modify the physical environment.
• #17) How to apply geography to interpret the past.
• #18) How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.

Indiana Social Studies Proficiency:

• 1. Inquiry Skills
• 2. Current Events