NOTE: These are some personal favorites for various reasons. Right now I have links below on global ed, Africa, the Middle East, East Asia and school reform. I will extend these and develop other categories as time permits. I’d love to see your favorite links in social studies and global ed. If you like, send them to me at merryfield.1@osu.edu
Global Education
- http://peacecorpsconnect.org/content/education Global TeachNet is the National Peace Corps Association’s primary global education program. The site is aimed at K-12 classroom teachers with profiles of classroom programs, grant applications, newsletters, a listserv, workshop details, an annotated bibliography of global education resources (and resource people).
- http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/ Global Citizenship Education The Brits have mandated global citizenship ed and there are quite a few sites with materials.
- http://www.itvs.org/beyondthefire/ Beyond the Fire provides the real-life stories of teenagers who have survived war in seven war zones and live in the U.S. now.
- http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/ Peace Corps site with links to WorldWise Schools, global education curriculum, other resources on cultures and countries.
- http://www.iearn.org/ iEARN allows teachers to connect students to projects and dialogue with kids in other countries.
- http://www.linktv.org/ Link TV, TV without Borders provides global connections across the planet.
- Center For World Indigenous Studies contains “An Online Journal of Cultural Survival,” Indigenous Peoples’ Literature, the Native American Rights Fund and NativeWeb.
- http://www.globalization101.org/
- http://www.splcenter.org/center/tt/teach.jsp Teaching Tolerance is a K-12 education program of the Southern Poverty Law Center with a focus on teaching for diversity and equity. It has links to curriculum resources, a list of recommended reading, and information on their semiannual “Teaching Tolerance” magazine, an excellent resource free to teachers who request it.
- http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ a comprehensive site for online newspapers across the world. Also check out http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp the Newseum online links to frontpages of many newspapers across the US and the world. See archived sections
- http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/ Multicultural Pavillion
- http://www.sesameworkshop.org/aroundtheworld Sesame Street around the world
- http://www.populationeducation.org/ Population Connections
Related to Africa
- Africa Access
- Sierra Leone Refugee AllStars
- http://sierraleonesrefugeeallstars.com/
- Exploring Africa (Michigan State)
- Talking About Tribe
Related to the Middle East
Related to East Asia
On School Reform
- http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ Rethinking Schools is an online urban educational journal dedicated to classroom practice and educational theory. This prominent journal features articles from and for teachers, parents, and students and is known for its activist agenda and attention to key policy issues.
- http://www.essentialschools.org/ The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) is a national network of over schools seeking to promote higher student achievement and develop more nurturing and humane school communities.