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Donation Critique
Posted by: Anoop JainTheme: Current Events;Health;Economics
Age Group: post-secondary Date Added: November 22, 2011
This document critiques the donor - issue relationship. It asks why money is donated to the places it is

Global Vantage, Issue 1
Posted by: Global Journal ProjectTheme: Cross Cultural Exchange;Current Events;Art;Womens Empowerment
Age Group: 6-12 Date Added: October 16, 2011
Here is the first issue of Global Vantage! Read work by students from California, Kenya, Connecticut, and beyond.

Getting involved in the Global Youth Video Project
Posted by: Kathryn LouisTheme: Cross Cultural Exchange;Current Events;Technology
Age Group: 6-12 Date Added: October 16, 2011
The Global Youth Video Project is a project traveling the world to collect the thoughts and dreams of young people. This resource will explain the project and how you can get involved.

ECO Mapping
Posted by: Reshma KulkarniTheme: Current Events;Environmental Issues
Age Group: 6-12 Date Added: October 16, 2011
The attached 'eco mapping' activity encourages students to reflect on the positive and negative ecological aspects of their surroundings, and on how they can improve these surroundings

This I Believe Curriculum
Posted by: Lindsay CarlinTheme: Cross Cultural Exchange;Current Events;Theater;Womens Empowerment
Age Group: 6-12 Date Added: October 16, 2011
This curriculum is meant to stimulate the writing of personal essays that help students reflect on their values and can also be exchanged between students in different parts of the world.

Lesson Plan on Illegal Immigration from Central America to the U.S.
Posted by: Sara LlansaTheme: Cross Cultural Exchange;Current Events;History;Economics
Age Group: 6-12 Date Added: October 16, 2011
A lesson about illegal immigration from Central America to the USA

UNICEF Rights and Responsibilities of the Child
Posted by: Jill BurdettTheme: Cross Cultural Exchange;Current Events;History;Womens Empowerment
Age Group: 6-12 Date Added: September 30, 2011
A great way to help the children of your class better understand Human Rights

World Food Day
Posted by: Asta TamuleviciuteTheme: Current Events;History;Health
Age Group: 6-12 Date Added: September 18, 2011
Fantastic resources for teachers wanting to discuss issues of global hunger and food security with their students.

Great resources for global education
Posted by: Willy OppenheimTheme: Cross Cultural Exchange;Current Events;History
Age Group: 6-12 Date Added: September 18, 2011
Four websites that help teachers find new ways to connect their students and curricula with important global issues and with other students and service opportunities

Information about refugees and asylum in Europe
Posted by: Asta TamuleviciuteTheme: Current Events;History
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: September 18, 2011
Personal website, which contains structured information about refugees and asylum in Europe.

The Floods at Domkhar
Posted by: Health-IncTheme: Cross Cultural Exchange;Current Events
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: September 18, 2011
Attached document includes first-person accounts of 2010 floods in Ladakh, north India

Four health education books in Ladakhi and English
Posted by: Health-IncTheme: Current Events;ESL;Health
Age Group: k-6 Date Added: September 16, 2011
Four books are attached that help Ladakhi students learn English and health principles