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Water Encyclopedia: Globalization and Water
Learn how the increasing integration and interdependence of countries on water affects not only the production and consumption of products, but also culture, security, the environment, and the exchange of ideas.
Emory University
Emory the Human Costs of Exiting and Revising Trade and Investment Agreements
Helpful presentation of information to explain the theories, issues, and debate as to why so many people are opposed to globalization. Helpful resource in understanding anti-globalization arguments.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Drugs, Politics, and Culture
From mind-altering drugs for pleasure to the push for pharmaceutical drugs, while examining this course of history and its effects on the world, take advantage of these resources. Includes PDFs (require Adobe Reader).
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: African Voices: Global Africa
The rich, vibrant African American culture has spread far and wide through our world. Follow the routes taken over the millennia by examining the following maps that include short descriptions. Listen to audio from slaves describing...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change
This short video explains how warmer temperatures in the Arctic are transforming the ecosystem and affecting the Athabaskan people, threatening their way of life. [2:59]
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Univ. Of Idaho: Principles of Sustainability: Chapter 3: The Culture of Waste
This is the third chapter in an online course on sustainability. It examines solid waste management in developed and developing countries. It looks at the global waste crisis and at options for dealing with it. Includes a video [41:50]...
Other
Executive Planet: Taiwan Culture Guide
With this resource you can learn more about an international culture. Explore business culture customs, and etiquette with the variety of resources this guide offers.
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Global Education
Comprehensive site containing information, links, educational tools, and networks discussing global issues.
Geographyiq
Geography Iq
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...
Stanford University
Stanford University: E Corner: Entrepreneurship Videos and Podcasts
Offering 2000 videos and podcasts, Entrepreneurship Corner features innovative talks regarding creativity and innovation, opportunity recognition, product development, marketing and sales, finance and venture capital, leadership and...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Global Shakespeare
Discover how Shakespeare's work was influenced by other cultures, and how in turn it's been interpreted in other nations over 400 years.
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: The Japan Project
Students will explore the many ways in which China has influenced Japanese culture and cultural borrowing has occurred.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Global Trek
This site is for learning about different cultures and countries. Students choose a destination around the world and the Global Trek takes them there. There are activities and journal topics throughout the site.
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Global Art Project for Peace
Join this inspiring global art exchange that promotes peace around the world. You will be paired with another participating individual or group from another culture and will share art works expressing world peace. The exchange occurs...
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Global Art Project for Peace
Join this inspiring global art exchange that promotes peace around the world. You will be paired with another participating individual or group from another culture and will share art works expressing world peace. The exchange occurs...
TES Global
Tes: Peace Corps: Discovering New Perspectives on Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan allows students the opportunity to read about the experiences of a Peace Corps volunteer and how his worldview changed from learning more about another culture.
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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: Inuktitut Magazine
Inuktitut Magazine is distributed throughout the Inuit communities of Northern Canada. It focuses on timely topics, e.g., politics, education, global and environmental issues, culture. Past issues have been archived.
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Global Schoolhouse: Harnessing the Power of the Web
This online tutorial shows K-12 teachers how to harness the power of the World Wide Web for classroom use, and in particular for interaction, collaboration, distance education, cultural understanding and cooperative research -- with...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Lak
Countries and Their Cultures spotlights Oceania's Lak culture. Information includes orientation, history and cultural relations; settlements; economy; kinship; marriage and family; sociopolitical organization; religion and expressive...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Maori
Countries and Their Cultures spotlights New Zealand's Maori culture. Information includes orientation; history and cultural relations; settlements; economy; kinship; marriage and family; sociopolitical organization; religion and...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Mangareva
Countries and Their Cultures spotlights Oceania's Mangareva culture of French Polynesia. Information includes orientation; history and cultural relations; settlements; economy; kinship; marriage and family; sociopolitical organization;...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Manam
Countries and Their Cultures spotlights Oceania's Manam culture of Papua New Guinea. Information includes orientation; history and cultural relations; settlements; economy; kinship; marriage and family; sociopolitical organization;...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Mendi
Countries and Their Cultures spotlights Oceania's Mendi culture of Papua New Guinea. Information includes orientation; history and cultural relations; settlements; economy; kinship; marriage and family; sociopolitical organization;...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Maring
Countries and Their Cultures spotlights Oceania's Maring culture of New Guinea. Information includes orientation; history and cultural relations; settlements; economy; kinship; marriage and family; sociopolitical organization; religion...