Haiti

Haiti


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**United Streaming Video** To learn more background information about this country, your teachers have selected this video for your viewing pleasure.

To learn about current events or information about this country, your teachers have found some helpful websites you may like to view on your research journey.
 * Helpful Websites **

** Haiti ** [|http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/haiti/haiti.html] [|http://www.care.org/vft/haiti/index.asp] [|http://www.worldinfozone.com/country.php?country=Haiti] [|http://www.worldinformation.com/worldroot/start.asp?content=world&continent=Central_America&country=509&bodytext=profile] [|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html] [|http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1982.htm] [|http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/haiti.htm] [|http://www.photoglobe.info/ha_facts.html] [|http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1202772.stm] [|http://www.panoramaproductions.net/tours/haiti/] [|http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/1202857.stm] [|http://haitiforever.com/] [] ** Violence-Plagued Haiti Sees More Peaceful Days-2007 News Article ** [|http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12424369] Help! Does anyone know the customary units of Haiti? Please put a website.

 Use this space to post any interesting facts you discover about Haiti. 5th Grade ELO students across the district will be able to view the cool facts you post. Be sure to put your first name and school building after your fact. Do not duplicate facts. January 1,1804 was the day they got independence. (Sally Modz.,Summit) Haiti was first explored by Christopher Columbus in Dec. 6 1492. Owen Richardson, Mercer Haiti's holidays are Ancestors' Day, Agriculture and Labor Day, Flag and University Day, Anniversary of the Death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, United Nations Day, All Saints Day, All Souls Day Battle of VertiÃ¨res' Day, and Christmas Day. Owen Richardson, Mercer Haiti is located next to the Dominican Republic. The currency in Haiti is gourde Haiti has about 8 million citizens Owen Richardson, Mercer
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