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Electronic Outreach re Africa, Latin America and the Middle East
Posted by: mmerryfield on Wednesday, March 3, 2010Many Title VI Centers are developing electronic databases for teachers. Scroll down this page to find several exciting new resources on Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
Choices Education Program
Posted by: admin on Tuesday, January 19, 2010Recommended because it provided high quality instructional materials on current world events and issues. Choices is a curricular program of Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. The site also links to Teaching with the News, an archived collection of teaching ideas about current events. Responding to Terrorism: Challenges for Democracy, Shifting Sands: Balancing U.S. Interests in the Middle East, Global Environmental Problems: Implications for U.S. Policy, and Conquest, Conflict, and Commerce: The Colonial Experience in the Congo are examples of over 20 classroom/curriculum units offered by the Institute for purchase. This are not free as teachers have to order the units from the Choices Education Program Online Ordering Service.
Foreign Policy Association
Posted by: admin onRecommended because the Foreign Policy Association (FPA) is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmental, educational organization that educates Americans about significant international issues that influence their lives. Start by the Great Decisions Global Affairs Education Program and the Educators’ & Student Corners links. The Great Decisions Global Affairs Education Program is supplemented by a teacher’s guides & packets, briefing book, and classroom packets which are available through the FPA Bookstore. The Great Decisions guides include topics on world regions, terrorism, religion, globalization & trade, migration & refugees, the United Nations, and more.
URL: http://www.fpa.org/
Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN)
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it focuses on helping youth understand, improve, and sustain water resources in their communities. The site links to information and resources on how youth can become involved in watershed protection projects. The resources can either be downloaded (Adobe Acrobat required) or read online. Teachers and students may find the background information, help, mapping your watershed, watershed basics, identifying watershed problems, and water quality monitoring links very beneficial in understanding the process of protecting and sustaining water resources. The site also links to good resources for teachers and students learning how to conduct research on environmental issues.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it promotes the exchange of students and scholars to and from the United States. NAFSA provides a forum for discussion of issues and a network for sharing information as it seeks to increase awareness of and support for international education in higher education, in government, and in the community. Topics and materials included in this site are public policy of international education, resources for teachers and students such as training, publication, grants & scholarships, immigration advising resources, and links to governmental, non-governmental, international, and non-profit organizations and sites in the field of international education. See materials on internationalizing teacher education and conference information.
LANIC
Posted by: admin onRecommended because LANIC stands for the Latin American Network Information Center, and is a incredible clearinghouse of information. The “maps” page supplies regional overviews and country maps. This is a VERY large site, however its alphabetized listing make it easy to use. Reviewed by Stace Rierson, 2/2002; updated by Tim Dove 09/2003.
Outreach World
Posted by: admin onRecommended because of its resources on the Middle East and Africa. Here you’ll find news about various outreach activities currently taking place as well as upcoming workshops, conferences and professional development opportunities offered locally, regionally, nationally and overseas. Start by clicking on Resources to search for units, lessons and instructional aids by global region, country, subject, grade level, etc.
Title VI Language Resource Centers
Posted by: admin onTitle VI federally funded centers offer outreach to teachers in many languages. These often include instructional materials, films, and guest speakers.
Center for Teaching International Relations
Posted by: admin onRecommended because the goal CTIR is to become the premier provider of international education services for American youth, teachers, and schools. Not only does it create avenues for school-aged youth to engage directly in global issues, but it also assist teachers in bringing a global dimension to their classrooms via curriculum materials and professional development. Start by Professional Development Courses which offers graduate level, content-rich continuing education courses for K-12 teachers. Course topics include world history, comparative politics, cultural and physical geography, foreign languages, and economics. Be aware of the fact that all courses require pre-registration. To register by phone, or to receive additional information, contact Amy Meldrum at 303-871-2697 or email ctir-coga@du.edu.
URL: http://www.ctir.org/
East-West Center
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it is an internationally recognized education and research organization that helps promote the establishment of a stable, peaceful and prosperous Asia Pacific community in which the United States is a natural, valued and leading partner. Start by Education , which provides information about Asian Studies Development Program and AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools for K-12 Programs and Faculty Development.
Center for the Study of Global Change (Indiana University)
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it offers summer institutes, instructional materials and other resoruces for teaching about globalization and global issues.
The Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education (SPICE )
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it provides educators with curriculum resources on international and cross-cultural topics. Strength — easy to navigate, SPICE has produced over 100 supplementary curriculum units on Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the global environment, and international political economy, ordering information is available at the site. Start by visiting the Mapping Africa section. This unit introduces students to the physical and political features of the continent of Africa. Also highly recommended is Why Is There Hunger in Africa: Nature Pleads Not Guilty. This unit makes use of case studies from Africa to explore the roles that conflict, local decision-making, international policy, aid/structural adjustment programs, technology, and the environment play in determining who does and does not have adequate food.