Gallup Multicultural Festival
International Education
http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu
The Africa in the Classroom website for teachers and students includes interdisciplinary modules, country profiles, student activities, and more.
African Studies Center, Boston University
http://www.bu.edu/africa
Professional development, classroom resources, online tutorial covering the geography, history, and politics of the countries on the African continent.
Center for African Studies, University of Illinois
http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu
Curriculum development for teachers, grants, study trips, classroom presentations, a lending library, and downloadable classroom resources on African arts, culture, history, and science. The site also features a virtual trade mission activity.
The consoritum of Latin American Studies Programs
http://www.claspprograms.org
Many links to K-12 resources and information on Latin American countries, children’s literature, books in Spanish and Portuguese, and other international resources.
Latin American Network Information Center, University of Texas
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12
Extensive links to K-12 resources on Latin America. It is a particularly good site for student Web searches and research.
Asia for Educators, Columbia University
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu
Timelines, reading lists, curriculum integration charts, interactive sites with primary-source images and literature. The site is focused mostly on East Asia and is appropriate for those teaching upper-secondary school or college prep.
Asian Educational Media Service, University of Illinois
http://www.aems.uiuc.edu
Searchable database of audiovisual resources on all regions of Asia and on Asia’s interactions with other world areas. Free teaching units, a catalog of selected resources for K-12 educatin, reviews of new and significant resources, and links to related sites.
AskAsia, Asia Society
http://www.askasia.org
Interdisciplinary classroom resources for elementary, middle, andhigh school classrooms, all prepared and vetted by scholars or expers and tested in classrooms. The site offers readings, lesson plans, maps and art images covedring a broad range of topics and spanning the 30+ countries that make up Asia. A portal linking education to resources on U.S./Asia business and current affairs.
The Council on Islamic Education
http://www.cie.org
Services, resources, research-based tools such as curriculum materials and professional development courses for teachers. Free background materials and teaching units rich with primary-source texts and images.
Outreach World
http://www.outreachworld.org
A pilot site focused mainly on the Middle East with a searchable library f teaching and learning materials.
GENERAL INTERNATIONAL
CyberSchoolBus, United Nations
http://www.un.or/cyberschoolbus
Lesson plans and ideas for projects that emphasize social responsibility on global issues. Classrooms from around the world can work collaboratively on these projects. The site also includes links to UN documents and other sites for both teachers and students.
Foreign Policy Association
http://www.fpa.org
The Great Decisions curriculum, including updated facts, background information, impartial analysis on current global issues, including weapons of mass destruction, Middle East reform, Islam, the relationship between the United States and Europe, and the role of the media in democracies.
Globalization 101
http://www.globalization101.org
Teacher resources on such broad topics as health, trade, technology, migration, development, and more. Issues analysis, “Ask an Expert”
World in Transition, Southern Center for International Studies
http://www.southerncenter.org/world_in_transition.html
Instructional guides and video tapes covering seven world rgions from geographic, economic, political, cultural, and environmental perspectives. The units can be ordered.
SOCIAL STUDIES
The American Forum for Global Education, University of Denver
http://www.globaled.org
Classroom resources, reports on international education, study tours and exchange programs for students and teachers. Free downloadable classroom materials.
Center for Teaching International Relations, University of Denver
http://www.du.edu/ctir
Curriculum materials for a variety of subject areas, including social studies, art, the environment, language arts. Programs for middle and high school students. Publications, support for international schools, World Affairs Challenge. Downloadable sample lesson plans.
Choices for the 21st Century Education Project, Brown University
http://www.choices.edu
Strives to strengthen the American public’s involvement in international issues. Curriculum materials that address current and historical international issues, workshops for secondary school teachers.
Economics International
http://www.ncee.net/ei
Provides educational assistance to teachers in 21 countries that are transitioning to market economies and translates these experiences to resources to help teache American students lessons about the global economy.
Educators for Social Responsibility
http://www.esrnational.org
Helps educators work with young people to develop the social skills and the character they need to succeeed in school and society. Helps students understand national and world conflicts and events. Free lesson plans on the latest world crises and hot spots.
Facing History and Ourselves
http://www.facing.org
Curriculum materials and professional development programs on especially tragic periods of history, including the genocides that occurred during the Holocaust, and Rwanda, and Armenia, injustices toward African Americans throughout U.S. history; exclusionary acts against Asian immigrants to the U.S. during WW II. Multimedia resources, study guides, an online teaching community, and links to other Web and print resources.
National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
Lesson plans, student activities, thousands of classroom resources, maps, images, teaching ideas, homework help. Helps learners of all ages understand other peoples, cultures, and places in the world withing an overarching geographical framework.
Office of Resources for International an Area Studies, University of Callifornia, Berkeley
http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias
Provides scholarly international studies resources and professional development for K-12 teachers. Web-based resources and curriculum material, free workshops, tuition scholarships for professional development, a lending library for educators, and a visiting scholar program for teachers doing independent research.
Peace Corps World Wide Schools
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws
Peace Corps volunteers and alumni contribute learning materials for teachers and students, including lesson plans, reports from around the world, and in-classroom presentations. Educators can incorporate these materials into existing units in subjects such as language arts, environmental education, and international economics or use them as the centerpiece of an interdisciplinary curriculum.
Programs in International Education Resources, Yale University
http://www.yale.edu/ycias/pier
Summer institutes, travel, and field study opportunities, professional development workshops, onsite training, curriculum devleopment and evaluation, on-line lesson plans, rsource services, consulting, and clearinghouse services.
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education, Stanford University
http://spice.stanford.edu
Teacher seminars in curriculum and professional development, which focus on contemporary issues in the context of culture and history. over 100 curriculum units on Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the global environment, and international political economy. Curriculum materials feature significant primary-source images and texts. Free downloadable curricula.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Beyond a Thousand and One Nights: A Sampler of Literature from Muslim Civilization, Council on Muslim Education
http://www.cie.org
Curriculum unit uses literature and art to explore contributions of Muslim peoples throughout world history.
EdSitement, National Endowment for the Humanities
http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?Subject Arias=4
Catalog of the best curriculum units and lesson plans available. Teaching ideas and materials for language arts.
MATH AND SCIENCE
The GLOBE Program
http://www.globe.gov
Science education program that is world-wide, hands-on, primary and secondary. Scientists partner with international teachers and students to learn together throught collaborative scientific investigations.
The JASON Project
http://www.jason.org
Internet-based, multidisciplinary program designed to stimulate students’ analytical skills. Very international in scope, the program allows students to work with scientists who are dispatched to locatoins throughout the world to examine the earth’s biological, geographical, and historical development.
Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development Project
http://www.seed.slb.com
Scientists and engineers share their expertise with students from around the world in grade-appropriate articles and experiments. Students can conduct science projects and share results with international peers in seven languages - Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and English.
ARTS
Asian Art Outlook
http://www.askasia.org/AsianArt
On-line Asian art teaching guide that features masterpieces from Asia Society’s Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller III Collection. Includes downloadable teaching units, high-resolution images, historical maps, and more.
Cleveland Museum of Art
http://www.clevelandart.org/educatn
Art and artifacts from Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Online collection that provides digital access to primary resources, as well as education programs that feature other classroom tools and professional development opportunities.
Japan Society Gallery
http://www.japansociety.org
Source for researching and understanding Japanese art. Its education programs provide broad historical and cultural context for teachers and students. the K-12 focused Journey Through Japan program offers and online interactive timeline and atlas, with photographs and digital copies of art masterpieces. The site also includes downloadable lesson plans, bibliographies, and other classroom resources.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/education
Programs, activities, workshops, and printed and electronic resources created for teachers and students. Images of more than 3,500 objects from the Met’s collection and a timeline of art history.
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators
Programs, services,a dn resources for techers and students. This user-friendly website allows visitors to search by topic (see the Art & Design section), academic discipline, grade, or world region.
WORLD LANGUAGES
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
http://www.actfl.org
Promotes foreign language and cultural studies as an integral component of American education and socieity. The organization conducts research and helps shape society. The organization conducts research and helps policy but also offers many useful resources for classroom teachers.
The Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org
Services to educators working in bilingual education, English as a Second Language, and foreign language education in grades K-8.
The College Board
http://www.collegeboard.org
Advanced placement tests in world languages and cultures. Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and Russian courses and tests are currently being developed. Study guides, course materials, and other testing tools.
FL Teach
http://www.corland.edu/flteach
Comprehensive collection of information about K-12 foreign language instruction and related resources available. The site provides an extraordinary annotated list of links to resources, organizations, and materials related to foreign language instruction, including language-specific resources.
The National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland
http://www.nflc.org
The NFLC assists with langauge policy, planning and model projects for language education.
The National Foreign Language Research Centers
http://www.cal.org/earlylang/ resnfl.htm
Information, training, resource materials for foriegn language education at various centers.
The National Network for Early Language Learning
http://nnell.org
Language learning for grades K-8.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
National Consortium for Teaching Asia
http://www.NCTAsia.org
Broad network of teahcers from nearly all U.S. states. The consortium facilitates teaching and learning about East Asia in world history, geography, social studies, and literature courses. Professional development, links.
Primary Source
http://www.primarysource.org
Works with universities and master teachers to provide graduate courses, seminars, and study tours for K-12 teachers and adminstrators, as well aas curriculum development support and materials for school districts.
Title VI National Resource Centers
http://www.internationaled.org/classroomresources
Resource centers for the teaching of modern foreign languages, instruction in related fields =to provide full understanding of areas, egions, or countries in which the languages being taught are commonly used, professional development for K-12 teachers.
World Affairs Councils
http://www.worldaffairscouncils.org/councils.htm
Curricular resources, model U.N. programs, simulations for students, teacher professional development, study abroad programs, career seminars, and more.
TECHNOLOGY
Friendship through Education
http://www.friendshipthrougheducation.org
Links between U.S. schools and those in Islamic countries, including Egypt, Indonesia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, and Bahrain, as well as in Afghan refugee camps. Helps students connect with their peers in these countries to foster mutual respect and greater understanding of cultural differences through letters, e-mail, art, collaborative projects, and exchanges.
Global Nomads Group
http://www.gng.org
Helps schools connect with schools in other countries through videoconferencing. Supports schools by finding partner schools in other countries, plannig curriculum and collaborative project ideas, and providing hardware and technology support. Exchanges can be as short as a one-time, one-hour videoconference or can develop to become a regular communi\ications and learning tool among schools.
Global SchoolNet
http://www.globalschoolnet.org
Facilitates international online school partnerships, partnering schools, universities, and community and business organizations to develop free or low-cost programs to help students become internationally literate and responsible global citizens through international collaborative project work.
International Education and Resource Network
http://www.iearn.org
Over 20,000 schools in over 100 countries with online school linkages that enable students to engage in educational and service-learing projects with peers in their own countries and around the world.
STUDENT PROGRAMS
The Capital Forum, Choices for the 21st Century, Brown University
http://www.choices.edu
Gives high school students a voice in debates on current national and international issues, to raise awareness on global issues, and to develop a foundation for a longterm engagment.
Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship
http://epiic.org
Allows high school students to participate in a challenging, intellectual simulation on important international issues.
Model UN
United Nations Association of the United States
http://www.unausa.org
Students step into the shoes of ambassadors to debate current global issues. Student delegates prepare draft resolutions, plot stategy, negotiate with supporters and adversaries, and resolve conflicts to mobilize international cooperation to resolve problems that affect every nation.