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Global Economics
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/econ.html

The Learning Network has developed lesson plan units that use recent New York Times articles as springboards for examining important curricular topics in interesting and exciting ways. This resource combines a series of lesson plans that explore issues related to global economics.

In this lesson, students assess how global trade impacts the businesses and industries of their city. Students first explore, in small groups, the labor, agribusiness, environment and human rights issues protested throughout the first week of December 1999 during the WTO meeting in Seattle. Students then develop questions about their assigned issues and the impact of world trade in general, interview people at related local businesses and industries, and write newspaper articles which incorporate all of the learning experiences from this lesson.

Through discussion and research, students will explore the ramifications of the modern slave trade, and possible solutions to the worldwide problem.

In this lesson, students evaluate the roles that technology plays in the many aspects of daily life in our technological world and the potential problems that may arise due to the Year 2000 situation.

This lesson challenges students to explore how conflict resolution techniques can be used to resolve differences of opinion, both on a global and local scale.

In this lesson, students examine the reasons for and against American baseball teams playing in international exhibition games by debating the pros and cons of the issue from the perspectives of designated personas.

Students will examine the quirks of machine translation and explore the barriers that non-English speakers meet while navigating the World Wide Web. They then create significant messages to send globally for translation and document their experience in the form of a poster.

In this lesson, students explore how local businesses support their state or regional economy. This exercise is an excellent opportunity to recognize the regional, national, and international connections right in their own communities.

The Human Lives Behind the Labels is a lesson plan developed by Bill Bigelow that was published on the Rethinking Schools web site. It offers an interesting angle for discussing human rights issues in the classroom.

Developed by a teacher in Seattle and published by Rethinking Schools, this lesson offers insight into the global issues and lessons that a teacher and his students learned first-hand during the 'Battle in Seattle.'

This site offers a wealth of resources for teaching about the work of the World Bank. It features everything from country and regional profiles to first-hand perspectives from various areas of the world. Features lesson plans, quizzes, games, and good background information.

OnlineNewspapers.com
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com

Developed by Web Wombat, this metasite claims to index 10,000 online newspapers worldwide. It is organized by geographic area, nation, and state/province. A valuable resource.

The American Journalism Review hosts this portal site that offers links to online versions of newspapers from countries around the world. Click on "newspapers" in the upper left hand corner, and follow the links to the continent and country that interests you.

A unique and innovative collection of online newspapers and other resources related to the political world. Using the drop-down menus, you can access the news in any country you like simply by selecting a region and clicking on the country or state name. A free resource published bi-weekly by Fowler's Internet Library. Boasts a current annual readership of over a million.

This site features a comprehensive listing of newspapers and magazines from around the world.

One World provides country-specific news information for all regions of the world. Information can be searched by country, today's headlines, theme, or by weekly news.

The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/

The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/

The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/

The International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/

The Economist
http://www.economist.com

Le Monde
http://www.lemonde.fr

CNN Interactive
http://www.cnn.com/

ABC News
http://www.abcnews.com/

Reuters News Service
http://www.reuters.com/news/

The Wire: News From the Associated Press
http://wire.ap.org/

The Brookings Institution
http://www.brook.edu/

The United Nations Foundation
http://www.unfoundation.org

Common Ground Radio
http://www.commongroundradio.org

Common Ground is a weekly radio series produced by the Stanley Foundation. Since 1980 Common Ground has been covering world affairs and the people who shape events. Programs feature analysis and discussion of a variety of issues of international importance including regions and countries in conflict, the United Nations, etc. Visit the Common Ground web site for a list of National Public Radio stations that broadcast Common Ground or listen to weekly broadcasts online. Free program transcripts are available online.


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CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

The World Factbook is prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for use by US Government officials. Resources included in the World Factbook can be reproduced without the permission of the CIA. A great resource for country-specific information including maps, statistics, and profiles. Visit the CIA Publications and Handbooks web site for information about other resources available from the Central Intelligence Agency.

This online interactive organizational chart of the United Nations is a great place to begin UN-related research. It gives users an overview of the structure of the UN, and users can simply click on the unit in which they are interested. Print an Adobe Acrobat .pdf version for your students.

Sponsored by the United Nations CyberSchoolBus, InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for Member States of the United Nations. You can compare statistics from seven different countries at the same time.

Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

The Library of Congress provides a number of resources including Thomas, a legislative information service that grants full text access to current bills under consideration in the Congress, as well as a guide to exhibitions, library services and research tools.

Google
http://www.google.com

Northern Light
http://www.northernlight.com

AltaVista
http://altavista.digital.com/

Webcrawler
http://webcrawler.com

Dog Pile
http://www.dogpile.com/

HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com

MultiCrawl
http://www.multicrawl.com

Excite
http://www.excite.com/

Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/

Infoseek
http://www.infoseek.com/

Pathfinder
http://www.pathfinder.com/welcome/