PBS Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
The purpose of this site is to promote better understanding of globalization, world trade, and economic development, including the forces, values, events, and ideas that have shaped the present global economic system.

The World Bank Group
Social Protection Discussion Paper Series. "Creating Partnerships with Working Children and Youth" by Per Miljeteig

Asia Pacific Management News -- "The Thai Youth Market"

International Affairs Department -- "Lost Futures: The Problem of Child Labor" 
This 16-minute video for middle school students produced by the AFT includes a brief history of child labor in the United States, a description of child labor around the globe including the story of Iqbal Masih--a freed child laborer and martyr from Pakistan--and how American schools have joined in the fight to end child labor. The video is accompanied by a teacher's guide with background information, lesson plan suggestions, and additional resources.

The Atlantic Monthly -- "Child Labor in Pakistan" by Jonathan Silvers [Excerpt]
Pakistan has recently passed laws greatly limiting child labor and indentured servitude -- but those laws are universally ignored, and some 11 million children, aged four to fourteen, keep that country's factories operating, often working in brutal and squalid conditions

Approaching WTO Education: How to Bring WTO into Your Classroom by Engaging Students in International Trade Disputes -- a Curriculum for Grades 6-12.
Curriculum written by Global Source Education and co-developed by educators from the World Affairs Council of Seattle, the University of Washington School of Business, and the Center for International Business Education and Research at the University of Washington, November 1999. Includes introductory readings to the WTO, multiple perspectives surrounding the debate, and four classroom lessons on various controversial policies.

Who is Making your Sneakers? A Case Study on Trade, Human Rights and the Individual: Social Responsibility and the Consumer
This Global Source Education case study and lesson plan offers a microcosm of the globalization debate. Using the production of sneakers by Nike, Inc. as a model, the lesson introduces students to the debate and dialogue over Free Trade versus Fair Trade. The debate examines the balance between economic opportunity and economic exploitation on the world stage. Through reading the primary and secondary source materials included in this lesson, students will draw out and identify these multiple perspectives, and be able to make their own informed choices as to where they stand in this debate, how this debate relates to larger global issues, and how they can make their voices heard through inquiry and participation.

Globalization and Social Responsibility: Bridging the Real World and the Classroom, Course Handbook.
Compiled and written by Global Source Education, 2000. This Course Handbook was specially developed for Global Source Education's summer 2000 Teachers' Institute on Globalization and Social Responsibility in Seattle, WA. The resource contains source material on the WTO, child labor, the environment, military interventionism, selective purchasing laws, world music as a vehicle for engaging in global issues, and student participation in a new civics. The guide also includes two lesson plans called "Who is Making your Sneakers?" and "Coffee: Connecting Local and Global Economies". Extensive readings for both educators and students is included, as well as resources for further inquiry.

Lessons Learned from the WTO Experience
Handbook compiled and written by Global Source Education for a special workshop for educators on December 9, 2000. Developed for the one-year anniversary of the WTO meeting and protests in Seattle which helped ignite a global debate on trade and human rights, this packet of readings and curricular suggestions is designed to help educators prepare for classroom discussions on trade. Readings examine the debate from both defenders and critics of free trade.

Michigan.gov -- Unit plan for World Trade A sample core curriculum for Michigan Schools.
In this unit students explore international trade and its influence on governmental policy and working conditions around the world.

Child Labor.org -- Child Labor: An Information Kit for Teachers, Educators and Their Organizations
Produced by the International Labor Organization. The kit describes child labor problems and solutions to them. It illustrates various techniques, media and modes, which can be used to trigger action and stimulate new ideas. These tools are not new. They have been used and tested over time and proven to be effective in various fora in a variety of programs against child labor.

Using the Internet to Explore Issues: Children's Rights
Children deserve to know and communicate with each other about issues that are important and relevant to their lives. Although children all over the world are still suffering from their lack of rights and from their common status as property, a children's bill of rights has been written by adopted by the United Nations and we are beginning see why the world's young citizens would benefit from this protection. In this lesson, students will search through Voices of Youth to find an interview with a child worker, at least one danger that girl children face, at least one issue that children face who live in cities, an example of how war and armed conflict affect children through their artwork, and the date and purpose of The Convention on the Rights of the Child. Students will also participate in an interactive quiz on children and work.

"Labeling the World" -- CREATE Portal
Using their own clothing labels, students will locate and research information about the country found on their labels. After collecting information, students will use Microsoft Excel to construct graphs. Students will also read pre-selected Web sites for information on wages and labor to help form their opinions on social issues related to imports manufactured using cheap labor.