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Global Education
Comprehensive site containing information, links, educational tools, and networks discussing global issues.
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Usc Center for Global Education: World Wide Colleges
This comprehensive site provides links to universities around the world and explanation of the educational systems and standards of some of the countries. Links to many of the web sites are in the native language.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: From Carbons to Computers, the Changing American Office
A site including lesson plans, photographs, and text about the offices of yesterday and those of today. Topics discussed include office equipment, office organization, globalization, and technology. Also included is an historical...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Global Education: Implied Main Idea, Exercise 2
Take this five-question self-correcting quiz to test your understanding of the implied main idea.
United Nations
United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Peace Education
There are five teaching units on peace education on this site, ranging for ages 8 to 14+. Topics cover ecological awareness, tolerance, social justice, global citizenship, etc. There are many links in the resource area for United Nations...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: K 12 Education Curriculum: Online Classroom Projects
This site presents projects for individual classrooms and collaborative projects that can be done with other classes or schools. Most of these are science projects.
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Global Citizen Corps
This youth organization is committed to fighting global poverty. The site requires registration in order to access the tools it provides for young people wanting to make a difference. But there is plenty of information on issues such as...
OneWorld UK
One World: Hot Earth: Climate Change for Kids
Younger students will love this colorful yet educational site on global warming and climate change. Easy to read factual information is included. Available in many different languages.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Prehistoric Climate Change and Why It Matters
Through interactive and engaging learning site, students become the scientists and learn how to determine earth's temporal past.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: France's Educational System
Explore this site to learn more about the education system in France. This indepth look at French education fosters the development of global understanding and knowledge.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Bridge: Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center
Bridge, the Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center, is a growing collection of on-line marine education resources. It provides educators with accurate, useful, content-correct and content-current marine and data information on...
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Art Education 2.0: Using New Technology in Art Classrooms
Art Education 2.0 is a social networking site for art teachers run by university professor Craig Roland. Find answers, inspiration, and more from dozens of other art teachers just like yourself who have questions and ideas to share.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Where Did You Come From?
This site is an excellent lesson in which students explore the economic interdependence shared between the United States and Chile. Students will learn about the products imported from Chile and determine the reasons for trade between...
9/11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Global Support and Tributes [Pdf]
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...
9/11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Global Responses to 9/11 [Pdf]
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Part 1 Reading: Literature: Determine Theme
Learn how to determine a theme of a story on this site. Click on model at the bottom right and continue through lesson.
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Carnegie Council: The Voice for Ethics in International Policy
The Carnegie Council's web site discussing the ethics of war and peace, global social justice, religion in politics, and other international policy issues. They state they are nonpartisan and independent on their site.
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Asia Society
Interesting organization that was founded to promote relationships and understanding among the people and leaders of Asia and the United States. site will provide various articles on recent developments in Asia such as "Understanding the...
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Miniature Earth: Comparative Demographics Worldwide
Miniature Earth reduces the world's population to 100 to underscore the dramatic differences in wealth, age, faith, education, environment, and health among people who live on this planet. An excellent apply-what-you-know site for...
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ec Ed Web: Virtual Economics Web Companion
The Virtual Economics Web Companion for K-12 economics and social studies teachers was created by the National Council on Economic Education. A wide variety of educational materials and lesson plans can be accessed through this site....
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Unicef: Voices of Youth
UNICEF's youth section provides information on how to help this famous non-profit with its mission, a forum, real-life stories from people in less-developed countries, educational games and "what do you think" questions, and materials to...
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids
Climate Kids thoroughly covers climate change and global warming. There are videos, games, puzzles (e.g., Cloud Picture Scrambles), interactives (e.g., the Climate Time Machine) and stories (e.g., Climate Tales). An educators' page links...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Dr. King's Vision for World Peace [Pdf]
This site has a PDF file on Martin Luther King's "Beyond Vietnam" speech and his dream of world peace, students look at the possibility of peace in the world.
Curated OER
France's Educational System
Explore this site to learn more about the education system in France. This indepth look at French education fosters the development of global understanding and knowledge.