Suggested Programs For International Education and Student Service

Suggested Programs For International Education and Student Service Projects

World Wise Schools www. peacecorps. gov/wws/ n n n n Find rich educational opportunities and cross-cultural lessons, stories, activities, videos, and much more. Connect with a Volunteer Lesson Plans Volunteer Stories Find a Speaker Service Learning E-newsletter

Teacher Travel Programs www. iie. org n n n Go to Programs Portal link Can select a region of the world Can select a specific country Select a field of study Lists ALL travel grants and Fellowships available

Teacher Trips www. studentambassadors. org n Founded in 1956 by President Eisenhower as part of the U. S. State Department, People to People is a prestigious worldwide effort to bring citizens together and work toward world peace. In 1961 People to People International became a private foundation dedicated to the mission of international peace and understanding. http: //www. fundforteachers. org/

Free study tours and summer teacher programs over China and Japan at CU Boulder. Open to all U. S. teachers www. colorado. edu/cas/TEA/ Free Teacher Study Tour to Saudi Arabia: www. iie. org/programs/aramco/ Free Teacher Trip to Germany: www. goethe. de/top

Great Power. Point sites n n www. mrdonn. org Almost 24 millions views since 2006 n www. pptpalooza. net (From historyteacher. net) 200+Free Social Studies Power. Points n Do these two teachers ever sleep? n

Holocaust Teacher Workshop United States Holocaust Memorial Museum n n n Free three-day training in January They pay for your sub Tons of Free materials Holocaust Survivors speak Visit www. ushmm. org for lessons Also, Dallas Holocaust Museum has free teacher workshops

Teaching Tolerance Magazine n n www. tolerance. org Free Magazine Free books/DVDS Lessons of Site Free Pennies a Day DVD n n n www. izzit. org One free DVD a year to teachers Great video on Micro lending

The Week Magazine n www. theweekdaily. com n 40 page weekly magazine Covers all the best International News that week. GREAT way to keep up to date n www. crizmac. com n n Great resource for International books, DVDs, art, lessons, cultural objects, etc. Offers travel, scholarships, teacher awards, professional development….

n n n www. epals. com Free International Classroom Pen Pals Can Select the country Can Select the Ages Can Select the Country www. thepangeanetwork. org n Connects classes from all over the world

Micro Lending Student Project n n n www. grameenfoundation. org Ideas for School Projects: Race, Save Change, Book Club, Movie Night, etc. Toolkit on site to help www. kiva. org You have control of who gets the loan. Even provides photos and description of project.

Model United Nations n n Includes over 50 short videos about the U. N. and 2015 Millennium Goals Includes ALL curriculum needed to start a Model U. N. at your campus www. rlc. dcccd. edu/modelun/ http: //www. 2 mminutes. com/

Save Darfur Site www. savedarfur. org www. reliefweb. int • Humanitarian crises are covered with maps that are very detailed, very current and of high quality. • Administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

n n n www. standnow. org Power. Points, Blogs, Education, Regional Conferences, Stats, News articles, etc. Information for High Schools highschool@standnow. org • www. heifer. org • Lessons • Teacher Study Tour to Central America • School fundraising ideas to help buy animals for villages

Other GREAT resources n n Amazing student interactive lessons. www. populationeducation. org Want to have a class debate? Lists the pros and cons of major world issues. www. procon. org Government resources for almost any topic. Go here and search, WOW! n http: //www. free. ed. gov/

More GREAT resources www. poodwaddle. com/clocks 2. htm Deaths, births, disease, crime, etc. minute by minute changing http: //www. region 10. org/Academic. Vocabulary/admin/index. cfm Social Studies Vocabulary needed by each grade http: //www. economist. com/ Free current articles from magazine

Resources Continued…. . n Mc. Donalds around the world http: //www. aboutmcdonalds. com/mcd/select_your_country_market. htm http: //www. gapminder. org/ Moving graph showing country stats on a variety of topics Hungry Planet and Material World http: //www. npr. org/templates/story. php? story. Id=5005952 & http: //www. pbs. org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/material. html

Videos Free short videos on most social studies topics**: www. pbs. org/frontlineworld/watch n **Even Sesame Street around the world http: //www. pbs. org/independentlens/worldaccordingtosesamestreet/film. html n Free Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers www. ted. com Jewish American girl living in Palestine www. annainthemiddleeast. com n

Music Ideas We Didn’t Start the Fire Video- Sunday Bloody Sunday by U 2: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=JF M 7 Ty 1 EEvs

Music Again Ron Clark Academy using music to make learning stick - Russians by Sting: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=9 K 8 u_i. I 68 Z 8

Free Games Capitals and Locations: www. freerice. com (under Subjects at top of page) n n World Flags: www. chevroncars. com/games/world-flags Most Additive Geography Game: http: //tinyurl. com/ytezqd n

26 Learning Games to Change the World All games listed at Mission to Learn http: //blog. missiontolearn. com/2008/04/lea rning-games-for-change/ Geography Lessons using Google Earth: http: //serc. carleton. edu/sp/library/google_earth/activities. html

Great Resources Continued… Make free Puzzles for Vocabulary: www. puzzlemaker. com (Don’t buy it, use it online for free) n Free Cartograms www. worldmapper. org n Lots of great lessons http: //www. globaled. org/database/ n UNICEF Lessons over World Water, U. N. Millennium Goals, Etc. www. teachunicef. org n

Great Resources Continued…. Elementary, Middle and High School lessons on current international issues……… http: //www. teachablemoment. org/high. html Losing Our Edge: Are American Students Unprepared for the Global Economy? http: //www. internationaled. org/PISA. html Advancing Academic Achievement: http: //www 2. goldmansachs. com/citizenship/philanthropy/publicatio ns-and-resources/index. html

Great Resources Continued…. Statistics: If the world was a village of 100 people-n http: //www. 100 people. org/onehundred_trailer_inter. php Video- n n Learn about children of the world through photos http: //www. kidsacrosstheworld. com/ 90, 000 teachers from 194 countries: Projects, contests, collaboration http: //www. globalschoolnet. org/index. html

Great Resources Continued…. Everything about Child Soldiers: http: //www. child-soldiers. org/ National Geographic Campaign http: //www. mywonderfulworld. org/ Tons of lesson plans… http: //www. nationalgeographic. com/xpediti ons/lessons/matrix. html

Great Resources Continued…. n n n A premier source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers www. econedlink. org http: //glimpse. org/ National Geographic non-profit for teens and twenties The FREE Stock Market Game™ (SMG) gives students the chance to invest a hypothetical $100, 000 in an on-line portfolio. They think they're playing a game. You know they're learning economic and financial concepts they'll use for the rest of their lives. www. stockmarketgame. org

Great Resources Continued… n http: //www. newseum. org/todaysfrontpages/? tfp_show_sort=yes 740 daily front pages of papers from 72 countries and all US states http: //www. globalstudiesfoundation. org/Show. Contents. cfm? Category. ID=19 Tons of resources for global studies http: //www. edutopia. org/global-education-2008 More global education resources

Great Resources Continued… www. therootsofwar. com The Roots of War: The Road to Peace DVD offered to teachers for $15 including shipping. n http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=jp. En. Fwiqdx 8 Great video that gives you current facts about how quickly our work is shrinking n n http: //www. democracyweb. org/ Tons of information under the study guide section

Great Resources continued… National Geographic Giant Maps http: //www. ngsednet. org/community/showcase_view. cfm? community_id=482&showcase_id=903 You can request the maps for your school. Free to use, but you must help pay shipping. Human Rights Initiative http: //www. hrionline. org/ They will come to your class and lead 40 -60 minute sessions for free.

http: //www. usip. org/training/online/analysis. html Certificate in Conflict Analysis- FREE This course presents an introduction to the subject of conflict analysis, illustrating analytical tools used, with reference to two extended case studies, the conflict in Kosovo and the genocide in Rwanda. http: //www. usip. org/training/online/interfaith. html Certificate in Interfaith Conflict Resolution -FREE This course is designed to enhance the peacemaking capacities by focusing on objectives, methods, and best practices of interfaith dialogue, a form of religious peacemaking increasingly recognized for its relevance to 21 st Century conflict. The course applies general principles of faith-based peacemaking to two case studies, highlighting interfaith peacemaking efforts between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, as well as the role that various faith communities played in helping to bring and end to the 36 -year internal armed conflict in Guatemala.

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