Europe Research

8th Grade – Mrs. Rogers

Cite Your Sources | Project Assignment | The Countries | Print Resources | Database Resources | Web Links

Cite your sources!

For this project, we will be using EasyBib. Gunston has a subscription to the premium version of EasyBib, an online program for creating citations for all your projects as well as for taking notes and organizing your research.

1. Go here and click “Sign in with Google.”
2. Use your OneLogin username (Student ID) and your StudentVue/Google password.
3. In the upper right-hand corner under where it says “Hi” and your name, click on Coupon Codes. Enter the Coupon Code that Ms. Shanker gives you.

Once you create an account, you can access it from anywhere, not just at Gunston.

Project Assignment

Europe Assignment: Persuasion Experts and Research Specialists

The Countries

Print Resources

There is a cart of books about these countries in the front of the library. You may also want to use the encyclopedias in the reference section.

Database Resources

• Culture Grams World Edition – cultures of 180 countries and territories -includes maps, statistics, glossary and in depth information on 25 categories
• Culture Grams Kids Edition – kid’s-eye view of 68 countries featuring cultural and geographical information, history, maps, flags and more
• Compare Countries – Compare maps, flags, statistics, events and multimedia about any two countries in the world.
• World History in Context
• World Book Online

Web Links

The Web sites listed on this page have been previewed and selected for this topic.

• The C.I.A. World Fact Book – very current and detailed information on countries from the Central Intelligence Agency
• Background Notes – U.S. Dept. of State
• Embassies – U.S. Dept. of State
• European Union
• GeoHive – Global statistics
• Visual Geography Series