UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Source: UNESCO

Description: This online source offers material, resources, and lesson plans for teachers and students focused on UNESCO Global World Heritage sites, and is searchable by country and other topics. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972.

Website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/