The Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures 2012 is the title I chose.  It gives a list of every country in the world.  I chose the Czech Republic.  It started by giving the basic facts of the country such as population, religion, language, etc.  There were 20 different topics about Czech culture with a paragraph or two briefly describing each one.  Some examples of the topics were major holidays, relationships (in this title in included how to greet people), clothing, food (to which it also adds a recipe for a popular dish), and employment.  I was also interested to read about the (at least) preceived problems of the Czech Republic, one of those being the fact that women are paid roughly half of what men are in most professions.  The bibliography included books and websites from where this information was gleaned.

I would absolutely use this in my geography classes.  I like to have students compare and contrast their cultures with cultures from around the world.  This would be the perfect site to go to for such an assignment.  You can also translate the text to a variety of different languages as well as listen to the text.

For the second part of this assignment I searched the Battle of Gettysburg.  I was provided with a site that gave the basic layout of the battle, pictures of generals, and maps.  One was also able to explore biographies on various generals who were at the battle. There was a link to the Gettysburg Address that would be useful as well.  We generally do a unit on this battle and the information hear would definitely help the students with the projects that go with the assignments.