(see
Programs for more
information on specific international education programs available to Rhode
Islanders)
American Forum for Global Education
Educational materials, teacher training
opportunities, and policy development resources.
Asia for Educators
Classroom materials and faculty guides indexed
by subject, file type, and time period. Also provides professional
development webcourses.
Center
for Teaching International Relations
As part of the University of Denver's Graduate School
of International Studies, CTIR-WorldClass applies the knowledge and
resources of a professional school of international affairs to help K-12
educators deliver a global education to their students. CTIR administers the
International Schools Studies Association
(ISSA), runs online courses and summer institutes,
Choices for the 21st Century
An educational program of the Watson Institute
for International Studies at Brown University. Curricular resources,
professional development workshops and special projects, provide secondary
level students with an opportunity to consider and analyze a broad variety
of historical and current international issues.
Earthbound3
Classes can follow an EarthWatch virtual
expedition around the world.
Facing History and
Ourselves
Engages teachers and students of diverse
backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in
order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By
studying the historical development of the Holocaust and other examples of
collective violence, students make the essential connection between history
and the moral choices they confront in their own lives.
Glimpse Abroad:: It's Your World. Get Acquainted.
Glimpse Abroad is an online community of young
adults devoted to cross-cultural learning and exchange. It features first
person, cultural-experience pieces written by study abroad students,
volunteers, international students and others living abroad. Relying on
narrative story lines and rich sensory detail, these articles capture
readers’ attention and concern by making the world personal. This is a
great source for interesting pieces about interesting parts of the world,
and a great destination for work by students who are travel writers at
heart.
Heifer
International Read to Feed Curriculum Materials
Read to Feed provides a way to help elementary
and middle level students understand and appreciate the complex web of
relationships between people, actions and environment. Read to Feed provides
the opportunity to discuss other important cornerstone issues central to
sustainable development (Heifer's work) such as the importance of goal
setting, nutrition, gender equity, self-reliance, accountability, improving
the environment.
HyperHistory Online
An expanding scientific project presenting
3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of
synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps. The site depicts a broad
panorama of history that includes scientific, cultural and religious facts
and events.
Indiana in the World
Lesson plans that can be adapted to
the Rhode Island context to introduce students to RI's links with the world,
highlight international connections within our state, and build connections
beyond the U.S.
InternationalEd.org
Clearinghouse for national and state
international education initiatives.
International Education
and Resource Network (i*EARN)
Download
the
2005 Project Book.
The
world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young
people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on
projects that both
enhance learning and make a difference in the world.
Making the Modern World
This excellent UK Science Museum site employs
dynamic multimedia techniques to present stories about science and invention
from the eighteenth century to today. It explains the development and the
global spread of modern industrial society and its effects on contemporary
life.
Internet
History Sourcebooks
The Internet History
Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and
copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising
or excessive layout) for educational use. Sourcebooks are divided into
Ancient,
Medieval, and
Modern
eras, and subsidiary sourcebooks address historical information on
Africa,
East Asia,
India,
Islam,
Judiasm,
Science, and
Global history. Additional resources are available in the
Travelers' Accounts Sourcebook.
National Council for the
Social Studies
Databases and lists of curriculum standards,
lesson plans, teachable moments, and other teaching
resources.
Newshour International Resources
World history and international news materials
including lesson plans and NewsHour Extra stories written for students and
reports from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the nightly news broadcast on
PBS.
Global Café, a partnership between the Peace Corps and NewsHour
Extra, includes stories collected by Peace Corps volunteers, letters and
pictures from students all over the globe that introduce students to life in
other cultures, and provides a chance for them to ask questions, react, and
see how students from different nations think about the world.
Peace Corps / World Wise
Schools
Lesson plans, service learning ideas, country
information, volunteer stories and correspondence opportunities. See
NewsHour for information on
Global Café.
Programs in International
Education Resources / Yale University
Draws upon Yale University’s extensive
resources to develop and implement programs, services, and resources
designed to advance understanding of international and world regional issues
through outreach to education, business, media, and the public. Provides
professional development, educational materials, and curriculum
consultation.
See Me Share My World
Plan USA provides an opportunity to young people to explore the lives of
their peers in other countries through their art.
Lesson plans serve as windows into the communities, hopes, and challenges
of young people from economically disadvantaged areas of such countries as
Colombia, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, and Thailand.
UN CyberSchoolbus
Information and
resources about international affairs; brings together diverse communities
of students and educators from around the world; provides activities and
projects that teach students about global issues in an interactive, engaging
and fun way. Special sections include
curriculum resources,
InfoNation (country statistics),
Model UN resources, UNWorks
- What's Going On?, and other UN divisions and information.
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