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Interdisciplinary Global Curriculum - Wisconsin Resources --American Forum for Global Education The site features an extensive collection of global studies links and teaching resources. They sponsor a large variety of programs for teachers and students intended to enhance global education at all levels. Center for Teaching International Relations The center sells instructional materials for K—12 classrooms, developed by teachers for teachers. The activities, assessments, and curricula combine creative learning techniques with current academic research. A network and annual conference attract leading international educators. The University of Denver also houses the International Studies Schools Association. The Choices Program The project provides excellent curriculum units to help students think constructively about foreign policy issues, to improve participatory citizenship skills, and to encourage public judgment on policy priorities. The Choices units are ambitious, en-gaging units for middle and high school students and provide a superb model for how controversial issues can be dealt with in the classroom.
A national educational organization serving the Midwest through its Chicago office whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism. By studying the historical development and lesson of collective violence such as the Holocaust, students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives. Programs are geared to all levels of K—12 students. Educators who attend workshops have free access to an audiovisual lending library. Global Source Education A nonprofit independent education outreach organization whose mission is to provide professional development, curriculum, and educational support materials to make global studies more accessible and meaningful to K—12 educators and students. Human rights, cultural survival, international conflicts, globalization, and sustainability are topics used to develop students’ independent study skills, media literacy, critical thinking, social responsibility, and global citizenship. Sample projects include the Tibet Education Network, Trade and Human Rights, and Burma Project. An “educationally friendly” catalogue includes display materials, software, music, and multimedia starter libraries. Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) Since 1976, SPICE has supported efforts to internationalize elementary and secondary school curricula by linking research and teaching at Stanford University to schools through the production of high-quality curriculum materials. SPICE has produced over 100 supplementary curriculum units on Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the global environment, and international political economy. Teacher’s Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet A wonderful collection of past and current projects, as well as dynamic resources have been collected on this excellent, inspiring, and easy-to-negotiate Web site. Projects are organized by subject area: graphic arts and music; language arts and writing; science/math/environment; and social studies. All grade levels, including postsecondary, are included. There are good tips for starting a new project and for making collaboration successful.
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