These pages were set up for Briscoe social studies classes.
Resources for many:
Breaking Down Walls Thinkquest project - Has pages describing "A Kid's Life in... many different countries
Single sites of interest:
The biggest issue was that it requires QuickTime for some of the video, so I'll see if we can get QuickTime set up on the computers in the lab. I think a few have it but most do not.
Here is the site for the excavation project, which may contain some good background info for you: