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Resources by subject Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies, World Language Instruction, Science, Math, Current Events, Technology Integration	Resources by world region International, Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Student programs Student programs, Model program for adaptation	On-line communities Teacher listservs, School-to-school links
Grant ideas & opportunities	Study abroad Teachers, Students

Resources by subject

Arts

Asian Art Outlook | www.askasia.org/AsianArt
An on-line Asian art teaching guide that features masterpieces from Asia Society's Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. The site includes downloadable teaching units, high-resolution images, historical maps and more. For New York teachers, contact Asia Society for museum and artists-in-residence programs.

El Museo del Barrio | www.elmuseo.org
El Museo, a New York City museum focused on Carribean and Latin American cultures, hosts a variety of professional development workshops including gallery guided tours, a presentation of education programs, and packages of resource materials. These two-hour and whole day sessions offer educators ways to explore cultural, historical, and arts integrated curriculum linking classroom studies with exhibitions and education programs. Art-based workshops are also available to provide educators with hands-on experiences.

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies | http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators
The Smithsonian Institution's on-line education center offers programs, services, and resources for teachers and students. An easy-to-use website allows users to search by topic (see the Art & Design section), academic discipline, grade band, and even world region.

English/Language Arts

EdSitement | http://edsitement.neh.gov
EdSitement, a National Endowment of the Humanities project, catalogues what they deem to be the best curriculum units and lesson plans. See the website's social studies section, which is arranged alphabetically. A little searching will turn up a wide variety of teaching ideas and materials.

Beyond A Thousand and One Nights: A Sampler of Literature from Muslim Civilization | www.cie.org
Produced by The Council on Islamic Education, this excellent curriculum unit, rich in primary source text and images, uses literature tso explore the Muslim peoples, arts and contributions to through world history. Although this webpage is part of an on-line bookstore, there are three free downloadable chapters ready for classroom use. See main CIE.org website for more publications and services.

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies | http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators
The Smithsonian Institution's on-line education center offers programs, services, and resources for teachers and students. An easy-to-use website allows users to search by topic (see the Language Arts section), academic discipline, grade band, and even world region.

Social Studies

The American Forum for Global Education | www.globaled.org
The American Forum helps schools internationalize curriculum, provides professional development opportunities for educators and administrators, develops classroom resources, publishes reports on issues in international education, and organizes study tours and exchange programs for educators and students. Its website features free, downloadable classroom material.

The Crusades from Medieval European and Muslim Perspectives | www.cie.org
This unit, developed by The Council on Islamic Education and co-published by the National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA, helps students examine cultural interactions that took place during the Crusades. There are free downloadable sample lessons.

The Emergence of Renaissance: Cultural Interactions Between Europeans and Muslims | www.cie.org
Produced by The Council on Islamic Education, this publication is a collection of teaching resources ranging from hemispheric trade to the history of science, from art, literature and architecture to luxury consumer goods, and from religious expression to the rise of colleges. Rich primary and secondary sources.

Foreign Policy Association | www.fpa.org
Great Decisions 2004 is written by experts & edited by the Foreign Policy Association. It provides facts, background and impartial analysis to help assess eight global issues including: weapons of mass destruction, Middle East reform, Islam, the relationship between the United States & Europe, the role of the media in democracy and more.

Primary Source | www.primarysource.org
Dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of history and the humanities, Primary Source aims to strengthen teacher knowledge of world history. The program works with universities and master teachers to provide graduate courses, seminars and study-tours for K-12 teachers and administrators, and curriculum development support and materials for school districts.

Programs in International Education Resources (PIER) | www.yale.edu/ycias/pier
Yale University's Programs in International Education Resources (PIER) provides summer institutes, travel and field study opportunities, professional development workshops, on-site training programs, curriculum development and evaluation, online lesson plans, resource services, consulting and clearinghouse services. Visit PIER's website to access its extensive lending library.

SPICE | http://spice.stanford.edu
As a program of Stanford University's Institute for International Studies, SPICE specializes in curricula and professional development seminars for teachers. SPICE focuses on contemporary issues in the context of their cultural and historical underpinnings. It offers over 100 curriculum units on Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the global environment and international political economy. Curricular materials include heavy use of primary source images and text. The website offers several free curriculum downloads.

World in Transition, Southern Center for International Studies | http://www.southerncenter.org/world_in_transition.html
The World in Transition Series consists of instructional guides and accompanying videotapes covering seven world regions from a geographic, economic, political, cultural and environmental standpoint.

World Language Instruction

Resource Center for the Teaching of French | www.yale.edu/ycias/pier/rctf/
A collaborative effort of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, Yale University and the Connecticut State Board of Education. The Resource Center supports and encourages the use of the best pedagogical practices and disseminates innovative curricular models and material.

Zhongwen.com | www.zhongwen.com
The website of a best-selling Chinese-English dictionary, Zhongwen.com helps students of all levels decipher Chinese words, practice vocabulary, read great works of literature, and has many other practical applications for learners.

LESSON PLANS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

CIVNET: Civics Lesson Plans in French | www.civnet.org/resources
An online resource for civic education and/or language teachers. See also CIVNET's links to primary-source documents on human rights, constitutions, democracy and international law.

CIVNET: Civics Lesson Plans in Russian | www.ug.ru/civic
An online resource for civic education and/or language teachers. See also CIVNET's links to primary-source documents on human rights, constitutions, democracy and international law.

CIVNET: Civics Lesson Plans in Spanish | www.civnet.org/resources
An online resource for civic education and/or language teachers. See also CIVNET's links to primary-source documents on human rights, constitutions, democracy and international law.

SEED Project, Schlumberger | www.slb.com/seed
Scientists and engineers share their expertise in grade-appropriate articles and experiments with students from around the world. Available in seven languages (Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and English), students can conduct science projects and share results with international peers. See teacher corner to get started.

Science

The JASON Project | www.jason.org
The JASON Project is an Internet-based, multi-disciplinary program that draws from and stimulates students' imagination to enhances the classroom experience. Very international in scope, the program allows students to work with scientists dispatched to locations throughout the world to examine the earth's biological, geographical and historical development.

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies | http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators
The Smithsonian Institution's on-line education center offers programs, services, and resources for teachers and students. An easy-to-use website allows users to search by topic (see the Science & Technology section), academic discipline, grade band, and even world region.

SPICE | http://spice.stanford.edu
As a program of Stanford University's Institute for International Studies, SPICE specializes in curricula and professional development seminars for teachers. The curricula and seminars focus on contemporary issues--including many environmental issues--in the context of their cultural and historical underpinnings. Curricular materials includes heavy use of primary source images and text. The website offers several free curriculum downloads; see the catalogue for its full listing of materials.

Math

Current Events

Center for Teaching International Relations, Denver University (CTIR) | www.du.edu/ctir
CTIR at the University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies provides curricular materials for a variety of subject areas, including art, the environment and language arts; programs for middle and high school students; and graduate-level in-service courses for K-12 educators in a variety of areas within international studies. CTIR has a wide range of publications, provides support for international schools and produces the student program, World Affairs Challenge.

Choices for the 21st Century Education Project | www.choices.edu
This project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies strives to strengthen the American public's involvement in international issues. It offers a series of curricular materials that address current and historical international issues and provides workshops for teachers at the secondary level.

Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) | www.esrnational.org
ESR helps educators work with young people to develop the social skills, emotional competencies, and the character they need to succeed in school society. An important focus of ERS's work is to help students understand national and world conflicts and events. ESRNational.org offers free lesson plans on latest world crises and hotspots.

World Affairs Councils | www.worldaffairscouncils.org/councils.htm
World Affairs Councils run school programs in conjunction with their local, regional, or statewide school systems. Programs include curricular resources, Model UN student programs, teacher professional development, study abroad programs, career seminars and more.

Technology Integration

ON-LINE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

ePals | www.epals.com
ePals connects 4.5 million students and teachers in 191 countries for teacher-designed cross-cultural and interactive projects. Classrooms use monitored email, language translation, discussion boards, maps and more to work and learn together. Find a partner classroom and collaborate on school projects, practice foreign language skills and establish international friendships.

Friendship through Education | ww.friendshipthrougheducation.org
This effort focuses on expanding links between U.S. schools and those in Islamic countries, including Egypt, Indonesia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Bahrain and Afghan refugee camps. The programs provides information on how students can connect with other students through letters, email, art, collaborative projects and exchanges to foster mutual respect and greater understanding of cultural differences.

Global Gateway |www.globalgateway.org.uk
A new (2004) international website that enables teachers and students to engage in creative partnerships with peers in other country. This British program provides quick access to comprehensive information on how to develop an international dimension to education.

Global Nomad Group (GNG) | www.gng.org
Global Nomads Group allows educators to begin integrating live "in-country learning" experiences into their teaching. GNG provides the essential elements for successful worldwide broadcast conferencing: in-country counterparts, technology, planning, collaborative projects, distance learning processes, equal access, and curriculum materials. All, or some, components are coordinated, whether for a one-hour broadcast conference or ongoing sessions.

Global School Net (GSN) | www.globalschoolnet.org
Global SchoolNet Foundation partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide online collaborative learning programs that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become responsible global citizens. GSN is a not-for-profit educational organization that has been linking classrooms around the world since 1984. GSN's free membership program provides project-based learning support materials, resources, activities, lessons and special offers from Global SchoolNet partners.

International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) | www.iearn.org
iEARN is a non-profit organization made up of over 15,000 schools in 100 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies. Approximately 750,000 - 1,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide. Since 1988, iEARN has pioneered on-line school linkages to enable students to engage in meaningful educational projects with peers in their countries and around the world. iEARN is:

an inclusive and culturally diverse community
a safe and structured environment in which young people can communicate
an opportunity to apply knowledge in service-learning projects
a community of educators and learners making a difference as part of the educational process

People to People International (PTPI) | www.ptpi.com
The PTPI School and Classroom Program pairs similar-age classrooms in different countries. Two classrooms form a partnership so students may work together on educational projects that improve their cultural understanding of one another. Projects as simple as pen pals or more complex to examine specific subjects or issues are offered in a program manual, which also provides guidance for effective communication and collaboration between classrooms.

SEED Project, Schlumberger | www.slb.com/seed
Scientists and engineers share their expertise in grade-appropriate articles and experiments with students from around the world. Available in six languages, students can conduct science projects and share results with international peers. See teacher corner to get started.

Schools Online | www.schoolsonline.com
Schools Online is a non-profit organization that develops innovative learning models utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In 1996, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Kamran Elahian, founded Schools Online to address the growing global digital divide. Initially, Schools Online focused on the United States by providing Internet access to over 5,700 under-served schools including Native American reservations, rural Appalachia and Alaska, and the inner cities. Schools Online has a worldwide focus today, helping those marginalized and under-served schools located in developing and emerging countries. Outside the United States, Schools Online has implemented programs at 387 schools in 32 countries, empowering students worldwide with access to information and communication resources.

UN CyberSchoolBus | www.un.org/cyberschoolbus
The UN CyberSchoolBus provides lesson plans and project ideas on global issues that classrooms from around the world can work on collaboratively. These topics provide learning opportunities that will lead students to explore and develop social responsibility. The website includes thousands of pages with links to UN documents and other sites. Teachers and students can access information they need to learn about global issues and participate in finding solutions to global problems.

UNICEF Voices of Youth | www.unicef.org/voy
Voices of Youth has been developed as part of UNICEF's 50th Anniversary celebration. Through Voices of Youth, you can take part in an electronic discussion about the future as we face the 21st century. Students discuss how this world can become a place where the rights of every child are protected, that is, the right to live in peace, to have decent shelter, to be healthy and well-nourished, to have clean water, to play, to go to school, and to be protected from violence, abuse and exploitation.

FOR SCHOOL LEADERS

Technology Leadership Network | www.nsba.org/site/page_micro.asp?TRACKID=&CID=63&DID=195
Education Technology Programs was launched in 1985 by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and its federation of state school boards associations to help advance the wise use of technology in public education. ITTE advances the shared vision by empowering education, industry, and policy leaders to improve education processes and student achievement through knowledge and understanding of technology and organizational development. Its membership component, the Technology Leadership Network, is a consortium of over 400 school districts. Enrollment in the Network is discounted for NSBA National Affiliate districts.

ON-LINE GUIDES

Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet | www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tech/international
was developed to help teachers use the Internet to "reach out" globally. These materials were prepared as part of the Department of Education's International Education Initiative.

BOOKS

Brunner, Cornelia and William Tally, The New Media Literacy Handbook: An Educator's Guide for Bringing New Media into the Classroom. New York: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1999.
Excellent chapters on how technology can be integrated into different academic disciplines. Especially useful for judging, integrating and teaching current events. To order, visit www.anchorbooks.com or Amazon.com.

Gordon, David T. ed. Better Teaching and Learning in the Digital Classroom. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2003.
See chapter on enhancing global understanding and transforming education for special-needs students (co-authored by Edwin Gragert and Kristi Rennenbohm Franz). To order, go to http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hepg. $24.95.

Resources by world region
This list-in-progress links you to various colleges and universities, not-for-profit institutions, museums, foundations, and other organizations with expertise on other world areas. These resource centers provide teacher professional development and classroom resources--often in your neighborhood or just a mouse click away.

International

CIVNET: Historical Documents and Speeches | www.civnet.org/resources
An online resource for civic education teachers and upper-level students conducting research. This site offers links to primary-source documents on human rights, constitutions, democracy and international law. See also the curriculum and resources link.

Council on Islamic Education (CIE) | www.cie.org
CIE provides services, resources and research-based tools to educators in the form of curricular materials, professional development workshops and consultations. See the site for free educators' background materials and teaching units. Publications for sale are rich with primary source text and images and have been vetted by scholars and experts.

Facing History and Ourselves | www.facing.org
Facing History helps give students perspectives on not only the triumphs of history, but also the failures and tragedies. The site features multimedia resources, study guides, an on-line teaching community and links to other web and print resources. Great Decisions 2004

The Global Film Initiative | www.globalfilm.org
The Global Film Initiative promotes cross-cultural understanding through cinema by supporting and presenting acclaimed, story-based films from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. The Initiative has developed five complementary programs to ensure that these films are available to a broad cross-section of American audiences; they are the Acquisition, Granting, Education, and Commercial Distribution programs.

Office of Resources for International and Area Centers (ORIAS) | http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias
This is a joint program of U.C. Berkeley's area studies centers that offers scholarly international studies resources and professional development for K-12 teachers. Programs include free workshops, tuition scholarships for professional development, a lending library for educators, web-based resources and curriculum material, and a visiting scholar program for teachers doing independent research.

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies | http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators
The Smithsonian Institution's on-line education center offers programs, services, and resources for teachers and students. An easy-to-use website allows users to search by topic (see the History & Culture section), academic discipline, grade band and world region.

World History for Us All | worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu COMING SOON
A website still under development, World History for Us All is a project of the National Center for History in the Schools and San Diego State University. The site, when launched, will feature lesson plans, unit objectives matched to the national history standards, and primary-source documents. Bookmark the URL now and check back periodically to check on news of a launch date.

Africa

CURRICULUM

Africa in Transition, Southern Center for International Studies | http://www.southerncenter.org/world_in_transition.html
The World in Transition Series consists of instructional guides and accompanying videotapes covering seven world regions (in this case, Africa) from a geographic, economic, political, cultural and environmental standpoint.

CNN Student News: Interactive Special on Africa | http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/interactive/specials/africa
Includes lesson plans and discussion activities. Articles updated weekly.

Exploring Africa (Michigan State University) | http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu
Includes a five-unit curriculum of study, as well as classroom activities, country overviews, and current events reports.

UNIVERSITY RESOURCES (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM, GUEST SPEAKERS)

African Studies Center at Boston University | www.bu.edu/africa
The African Studies Center at Boston University, established in 1953, was one of the first graduate programs in the United States to offer a multidisciplinary African Studies curriculum. Over the decades it has achieved international recognition for its commitment to teaching, research, and publications. It is currently a National Resource Center for African Language Studies funded by Boston University and the U.S. Department of Education.

Africa in the School and Community at Boston University | www.bu.edu/africa/outreach
The African Studies Center Outreach Program at Boston University serves schools, libraries, museums, and publishers. Their website offers extensive teaching resources and tips (organized by grade); information on the sizable lending library; news and announcements; and ordering instructions for their introductory video ("What Do We Know About Africa?") and eye-popping poster ("How Big is Africa?").

African Studies Internet Resources, Columbia University | www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/about.html
Columbia University's collection of African studies Internet resources includes bibliographies and research material, much of it available through links.

Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois | www.afrst.uiuc.edu
Established in 1970, the Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois is one of the leading African studies programs in the United States. It offers teacher curriculum development workshops, grants, study trips, classroom presentations, downloadable classroom resources and a lending library.

K-12 African Resources on the Internet, University of Pennsylvania | www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html The aim of this guide is to assist K-12 teachers, librarians, and students in locating on-line resources on Africa that can be used in the classroom and for research.

ON-LINE COMMUNITIES

CNN Student News: Interactive Special on Africa | http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/interactive/specials/africa
Includes lesson plans and discussion activities. Articles updated weekly.

H-AfrTeach | http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~afrteach
H-AfrTeach is a listserv whose mission is to provide a forum for considering the possibilities and problems involved in teaching about Africa. It is intended for a wide audience, encompassing educators, students and others with an interest in teaching about Africa at all educational levels.

Americas

CURRICULUM

Latin America in Transition, Southern Center for International Studies | http://www.southerncenter.org/world_in_transition.html
The World in Transition Series consists of instructional guides and accompanying videotapes covering seven world regions (in this case, Latin America) from a geographic, economic, political, cultural and environmental standpoint.

Contemporary Issues in U.S.-Mexico Relations | http://spice.stanford.edu (see catalogue)
Produced by Stanford University's SPICE program, this curriculum unit introduces students to three key contemporary issues in U.S.-Mexico relations: immigration, NAFTA and the environment.

UNIVERSITY RESOURCES (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM, GUEST SPEAKERS)

Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley | http://socrates.berkeley.edu:7001/
The Center produces teacher workshops and events with two main goals: building content knowledge and creating a network of colleagues interested in Latin America. The Center also provides lesson plans, maps, timelines and other classroom resources.

Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida | www.latam.ufl.edu/intro.html
The University of Florida has offered Latin American area and language courses since the 1890's. The Center is a National Resource Center for teachers. The school offers 227 Latin American and Caribbean area and language courses routinely offered by 40 departments.

The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) | www.claspprograms.org
This site has many links to K-12 resources and information on Latin American countries, children's literature (many in Spanish or Portuguese) and other international resources.

The International Studies Education Project ( ISTEP) | www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/istep
ISTEP, based at the University of California San Diego, publishes an article on "Key Understandings and Instructional Guidelines" for teaching about Mexico. It also features annotated links to instructional print and multimedia materials on Mexico.

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) K-12 | www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12
LANIC, developed by the University of Texas Institute of Latin American Studies, is one of the most extensive metasites on Latin America and includes extensive links to K-12 resources. It is a particularly good site for student webquests and research.

Latin American Studies Association (LASA) | http://lasa.international.pitt.edu
The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the largest professional Association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America. A good resource for finding experts or guest speakers.

Linking: Connecting Canadian History to the United States | http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/canada/edumodules/edumodules.html This website, produced by the Canadian Studies Center, University of Washington, makes links and comparative studies between the histories of the two countries, which are geographically near and cultural similar and, yet, very different. The modules provide a simple and concise overview to subjects and are written for American teachers and students.

RetaNet: Resources for Teaching about the Americas (University of New Mexico) | http://ladb.unm.edu/retanet
RetaNet is an outreach project of the Latin America Data Base (LADB), a part of the Latin American Institute at the University of New Mexico. RetaNet works with secondary teachers, educational specialists, and scholars to make accessible resources and curriculum materials about Latin America, the Spanish Caribbean, and the U.S. Southwest.

North Carolina Center for International Understanding (NCCIU) | www.ga.unc.edu/NCCIU/k12.html
Each year NCCIU offers two or three global study programs for North Carolina K-12 educators on "Who We Are: The Changeing Face of North Carolina," and "Professional Development: Supporting Instruction." Each features a two-day orientation and two weeks abroad. Most programs include a follow-up workshop on classroom applications. Activities abroad include lectures, school visits, and discussions with professional colleagues, home stays, and visits to cultural and historical sites. Classroom teachers, principals, superintendents, and local school board members may apply.

BOOKS

Takaki, Ron. A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1993.

Asia

CURRICULUM

The American Forum for Global Education | www.globaled.org
This organization helps schools internationalize curriculum, provides professional development opportunities for educators and administrators, develops classroom resources, publishes reports on issues in international education, and organizes study tours and exchange programs for educators and students. The American Forum offers several excellent curriculum units focused on South, Central, Southeast and East Asia. See globaled.org for free downloads.

Asia for Educators (Columbia University) | http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/
An excellent website. With contributions from some of the top Asia scholars at Columbia and other universities, users may peruse timelines, reading lists and curriculum integration charts. The site also has interactive units with primary source images and titles such as The Mongols in World History and Tale of Genji. The site is focused mostly on East Asia and is appropriate for those teaching upper secondary school or college prep.

Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) | www.aems.uiuc.edu
AEMS, a program of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a searchable database of audio-visual resources on all regions of Asia and Asia's interactions with other world areas. The website also features a selection of free teaching units, catalog of selected resources for K-12 education, reviews of new and significant resources, and links to related websites.

AskAsia.org (Asia Society) | www.AskAsia.org
AskAsia.org features interdisciplinary classroom resources, all of which has been prepared and vetted by scholars or experts and tested in classrooms. Readings, lesson plans, maps, and art images cover a broad range of Asia-related topics, from the prehistoric civilizations to current events. Winner of multiple industry awards, AskAsia.org also serves as a portal site linking the education community to the larger world of U.S.-Asia relations.

East Asia in Transition, Southern Center for International Studies | http://www.southerncenter.org/world_in_transition.html
The World in Transition Series consists of instructional guides and accompanying videotapes covering seven world regions (in this case, East Asia) from a geographic, economic, political, cultural and environmental standpoint. Coming soon: South Asia in Transition.

Russia and the Other Former Soviet Republics in Transition, Southern Center for International Studies | http://www.southerncenter.org/world_in_transition.html
The World in Transition Series consists of instructional guides and accompanying videotapes covering seven world regions (in this case, Russia and Central Asia) from a geographic, economic, political, cultural and environmental standpoint.

UNIVERSITY RESOURCES (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM, GUEST SPEAKERS)

National Consortium for Teaching Asia | www.NCTAsia.org
NCTA is a consortium of university-based Asia studies centers that facilitate teaching and learning about Asia in world history, geography, social studies, and literature courses. NCTA works with a broad network of teachers in forty U.S. states (and growing). NCTAsia.org features teacher professional development and other opportunities organized by state and has many useful links.

East Asia Regional Materials and Resources Center, San Jose State University | http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/asian_studies/asian_earmarc.html
The Center maintains a large lending library of East Asia-related films and videos and it hosts biannual seminars where participants view and critique new materials.

ON-LINE COMMUNITIES

AsiaintheCurriculum.org | www.asiainthecurriculum.org Asia in the Curriculum is a project of Columbia University's Asia for Educators project. Its bulletin-board format allows educators and resource providers alike to share information on curriculum, pedagogy, and new resources (such as virtual museum exhibitions).

H-Asia | http://www.h-net.org/~asia/
This list enable historians and Asianists to share current research and teaching interests; to discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; and to take part in pedagogical discussions.

Europe

CURRICULUM

Collapse of a Multinational State: The Case of Yugoslavia | http://spice.stanford.edu (see catalogue)
This curriculum unit, produced by Stanford University's SPICE program, features primary sources, mapping exercises, and political cartoons highlight several key time periods in the 20th century when political change affected this former state and its people.

Europe in Transition, Southern Center for International Studies | http://www.southerncenter.org/world_in_transition.html
The World in Transition Series consists of instructional guides and accompanying videotapes covering seven world regions from a geographic, economic, political, cultural and environmental standpoint.

Middle East

CURRICULUM

Arab World and Islamic Resources (AWAIR) | http://www.dnai.com/~gui/awairproductinfo.html
Reading, audiocassettes, and other materials are available through this site. The site has not been recently updated and more materials are available by contacting AWAIR directly: AWAIR 2137 Rose Street Berkeley, CA 94709 Tel: 510-704-0517 E-mail awair@igc.apc.org

Council on Islamic Education | www.cie.org
The Council on Islamic Education provides services, resources and research-based tools such as curricular materials and teacher professional development course. See the site for free educators' background materials and teaching units. Publications are rich with primary source text and images and have been vetted by scholars and experts.

Muslim Women Across the Centuries | www.cie.org
This unit, developed by CIE and co-published by the National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA, provides a first hand look, through historical primary sources, at the rights accorded to women by Islam, at how gender issues were actually addressed in classical Muslim society, and at the diverse roles that Muslim women played historically. Lesson topics include: Women's Rights and Protections in Islam, Gender Roles and Women's Identities in Muslim Society, Muslim Women Leaders Through the Centuries, Famous Muslim Women as Role Models.

UNIVERSITY RESOURCES (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM, GUEST SPEAKERS)

Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California at Berkeley | http://ias.berkeley.edu/cmes
Middle Eastern Studies has been taught at Berkeley since 1894, and Berkeley today is one of thirteen national resource centers designated by the U.S. Department of Education for the study of the Middle East. The University has 50 Middle East specialist faculty with more than 100 courses. Also visit ORIAS, an affiliated program (http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias) for classroom resources.

Middle East Studies Association (MESA) | http://w3fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc
MESA is an organization of scholars and other persons interested in the study of the Middle East, North Africa and the Islamic world. MESA is dedicated to promoting high standards of scholarship and instruction, to facilitating communication among scholars through annual meetings and publications, and to promoting cooperation among those who study the Middle East. A good resource for finding experts or guest speakers.

Middle East Studies Internet Resources | http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm
Columbia University's collection of Middle East Studies Internet Resources is an on-going compilation of Internet-based resources and bibliographies on the Middle East and North Africa.

ON-LINE COMMUNITIES

H-MidEast-Medieval | http://www.h-net.org/~midmed/
This a discussion network for scholars and others interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined roughly as 500-1500 C.E.).

Student programs
The programs listed here are inquiry-based student programs that, for the most part, lead to student participation in simulated United Nations proceedings and other instances of international negotiation and cooperation. Some programs are school-based; others are individual competitions. Visit each organization's website for more information on how to involve your students.

For the classroom or afterschool

The Capital Forum, Choices for the Twenty-first Century, Brown University | www.choices.edu
The Capital Forum an experiential civic education initiative designed to give high school students a voice in public consideration of current international issues. The program involves students both within the social studies classroom and beyond the classroom at their state capitol. The Capitol Forum seeks to raise awareness on critical international issues and to help develop a foundation for long-term civic engagement.

Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) | epiic.org
Developed in 1991, EPIIC allows high school students to participate in an intellectual and challenging simulation on important international issues. EPIIC staff works closely with schools in developing both the simulation topic and curriculum materials.

Facing History and Ourselves | facing.org
Facing History helps give students perspectives on not only the triumphs of history, but also the failures and tragedies through their trademark school-based programming. Visit its website for multimedia resources, study guides, an on-line teaching community and links to other web and print resources.

GlobalKids, Inc. | www.globalkids.org
Global Kids mission is to prepare young people to become community leaders because of their interest in local and global issues that were shaping their lives and through intensive training sessions. Activities include classroom-based workshops linking required curriculum with global issues, intensive after-school leadership training sessions and youth-designed social action projects.

Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University | tuftsgloballeadership.org
The Institute emphasizes rigorous academic preparation with experiential learning. The mission of the Institute is accomplished through its intensive engagement of students in classes, global research, internships, workshops, simulations and international symposia, all of which involving national and international leaders from the public and private sectors.

United Nations Association of the United States of America |www.unausa.org
In Model U.N., students step into the shoes of ambassadors to debate current issues. Student delegates prepare draft resolutions, plot strategy, negotiate with supporters and adversaries and resolve conflicts, all in the interest of mobilizing international cooperation to resolve problems that affect almost every country on Earth.

World Affairs Challenge | http://www.du.edu/ctir/wac.html
A distinctive academic program designed to stimulate interest and action in global affairs among middle and high school students. Recognized for its depth and substance, students engage in real world issues, spending up to twelve weeks on research and analysis before competing in the events of the Challenge. The program model encourages students to think critically, work collaboratively, and formulate solutions to authentic world problems.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) After School | http://www.lacma.org/educate/teach_sch/outreach.htm
LACMA's Education Department collaborates with local schools to introduce students to the museum's collections. Students from each school come to the museum one afternoon per week for eight weeks. Throughout the eight-week session, museum instructors facilitate observing art, lead gallery activities, and guide art workshops. Sessions are designed sequentially to build on acquired concepts and skills. Transportation to and from the museum is provided. This program is limited to LAUSD schools that are in proximity to the museum or have an early release time one day per week.

Travel opportunities

New Perspectives: Japan (Laurasian Institute) | www.npjapan.org
This program of the of the Laurasian Institute is designed for precollegiate students and provides study tour experience. The program includes pre-departure study based on the NPJ curriculum that currently focuses on four themes: art, business, society and culture.

New Perspectives | www.newperspectivesprogram.org
This study program brings teacher-led school groups to Japan in June and July for two weeks of study days in Kyoto and Tokyo and homestays which include school visits. This program is designed to extend the experience of the classroom and give students first-hand experience in Japan. Open to all American schools and scholarships are available.

Internship opportunities

World Affairs Councils | www.worldaffairscouncils.org/Councils.htm
Many world affairs councils run school programs in conjunction with their local, regional, or statewide school systems. Programs include Model UN student programs, career seminars internships and more. To find a local World Affairs Council, click here.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) | http://www.lacma.org/educate/education_site/highschoolinternship.htm
The High School Internship Program offers students from Los Angeles area public schools an opportunity to learn and work at the museum. The program provides participants with an introduction to the museum as both a workplace and an exhibition site.

Model programs for adaptation

OneWorld Now! | www.oneworld-now.org
OneWorld Now! is a two-year global leadership program for high school juniors that focuses on leadership skills, world language instruction, summer activities (including study abroad) and internships with international organizations. Currently active only in Seattle.

Grant ideas & opportunities

SchoolGrants.org | www.schoolgrants.org
A website that provides federal, U.S. regional and state grants for schools. It also includes grantwriting tips and samples.

Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal | www.learnerassociates.net/proposal
S. Joseph Levine, Michigan State University, developed this guide specifically for community-based, social service or educational projects.

Center for Latin American Studies | www.stanford.edu/group/las
The Center gives $2,000 teacher grants for professional development coursework, curriculum development, classrrom materials, conference attendance, and/or travel associated with the preparation of teaching about Latin America or Iberia. Teachers have Visiting Scholar status at Stanford for the academic year. Applications are typically due in April for appointment the following academic year.

On-line communities

CHOICES newsletter | http://order.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/wg-request-catalog?choices-education
The Choices for the 21st Century Education Program newsletter (paper and electronic) is dedicated to engaging the American public in the consideration of international issues and strengthen the quality of civic life in the United States.

Educators For Social Responsibility (ESR) | http://esrnational.org/enewsletter.htm
ESR focuses on youth development issues, particularly as it relates to world conflicts and current events. Sign up for a free newsletter to learn about workshops, curriculum and teaching strategies.

Foreign Policy Association newsletters | www.fpa.org/feedback2473/feedback.htm
A companion tool to the Great Decisions curriculum kit: receive weekly update of new resources and information. Users also have an option of signing up for a weekly roundup of the opinions of world leaders, NGOs and the media as well as for information about upcoming events, publications and conferences.

Forum on Asia in the Curriculum | asiainthecurriculum.org
The discussion board of the Symposium on Asia in the Curriculum, a group of undergraduate and secondary school educators who teach about Asia.

Friends of International Education listserv | www.friendsofinternationaled.org
Friends of International Education's mission is to strengthening global and international education in Wisconsin and beyond. It is a network of educators, business people, government officials, and community members. The listserv publicizes many study, travel, grant and other opportunities for teachers and international education supporters.

Global Learning: Exploring the Global Dimension | http://info.worldbank.org/etools/gl_newsletter/GL-NewsletterForm.htm
A quarterly newsletter from The World Bank's Development Education Program. It includes tools and resources for teachers and young people to explore social, economic, and environmental issues of sustainable development in their classrooms, communities, and around the world.

H-Net | www2.h-net.msu.edu
Short for Humanities and Social Sciences Online Network, H-Net is an international forum for scholarly discussions focused on area studies. Teacher may join listservs focused on Asia, Latin American, Africa, the Middle East and others. Disclaimer: these tend to be very active groups (read: tons of e-mails!) and often involve detailed discourse on academic research. They are, however, good resources to turn to with questions or help with deeper perspectives on a topic.

H-LatAm | www2.h-net.msu.edu/~latam/

H-Asia | http://www.h-net.org/~asia/

H-AfrTeach | http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~afrteach

H-MidEast-Medieval | http://www.h-net.org/~midmed/

International Studies Schools Association (ISSA) |www.du.edu/issa/listserves.html
The ISSA listserv provides informative updates on what's happening in international studies schools throughout the United States and posts information on new grants, conferences and other opportunities for teachers and school leaders. The listserv will not overwhelm your mailbox; the carefully selected messages come only once a month or so.

InternationalEd.org Digest | COMING SOON
Receive periodic e-mails about international education policies and practices at the national and state levels. Newsletters will also feature downloadable publications and best practices drawn from local schools and communities throughout the United States.

World Geography listserv |
to join, send e-mail to TeachingWorldGeography-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
An interesting listserv with knowlegeable educators sharing practical information. With postings only every month or two, the community tends to share news articles and contribute discussion questions, and are very colleaguial in sharing syllabi, resource recommendations, maps and images.

SEE ALSO School-to-school links

Study abroad
The study abroad programs listed here are led by scholars and master teachers. Many involve coursework up to two years before foreign travel. Most trips are subsidized by government and private grants and, in some cases, free for teachers in exchange for a curriculum unit or similar project. Study trip opportunities are typically announced in mid-Autumn.

Teacher Programs

American Field Service (AFS) | www.afs.org
AFS has run foreign exchange program for teachers and students for nearly a century. Recent travel and exchange programs have focused on Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Thailand. Unlike many programs listed in this section, AFS programs are not subsidized are teachers are expected to pay most costs; some scholarships are available. For more information, e-mail hwu@afs.org or infocenter@afs.org.

American Forum for Global Education | www.globaled.org
The American Forum for Global Education has conducted highly successful academic and in-country programs for educators to East, Southeast and Central Asia. See GlobalEd.org for annual announcements of teacher courses and trips. Teachers are expected to contribute a percentage of travel costs and graduate credit fees. Program includes weekend coursework featuring a speaker (typically a scholar or journalist) and teacher application workshop as well as two-plus week trip.

AsiaPacificEd, East-West Center | www.eastwestcenter.org
The East-West Center�s The AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools provides K-12 educators summer travel seminars. Participants can earn graduate credits and receive stipends as well as classroom materials. Participation fees vary.

China Institute in America | www.chinainstitute.org
A substantially subsidized 3-week program of workshops and site visits allows a selected group of qualified educators to experience China first-hand. Prerequisite coursework required.

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program | www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/iegps/sap.html
The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term study/travel opportunities abroad for qualified U.S. educators in the social sciences, the humanities, and the social studies to improve their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of another country under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange (Fulbright-Hays) Act of 1961. The topics of the seminars and host countries vary from year to year. All seminars are held in countries outside Western Europe. Seminars are designed to provide a broad and introductory cultural orientation to a particular country(ies). Terms of the award include a round-trip economy airfare, room and board, tuition and fees, and program-related travel within the host country(ies). The program application deadline is in late October or early November of each year. Updated applications are available in early September of each year for the upcoming summer.

Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program | www.glocomnet.or.jp/fmf
The FMF Program is an opportunity for US primary and secondary teachers and adminstrators to participate in a three-week visit to Japan. The program is fully funded by the Government of Japan. It aims to increase the level of understanding between the US and Japan and to provide a significant opportunity for the professional development of educators.

Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program | www.fulbrightexchanges.org
Since 1946, the Fulbright program has helped nearly 23,000 teachers and administrators gain better understanding between the United States and countries around the world. Travel grants are available to approximately 30 countries. Applications are typically due in October.

Japan Society Educators' Study Tour | www.japansociety.org
Educators� Study Tour is an interdisciplinary, professional development program for middle and high school educators in the New York area with a spring orientation and a summer trip to Japan. Educators are asked to pay $500 towards travel and tuition costs; other expenses, including all travel costs, are grant-supported.

Japan-U.S. Community Education and Exchange (JUCEE) | www.jucee.com
J apan-U.S. Community Education and Exchange (JUCEE) is dedicated to building a global participatory society. JUCEE brings together and supports individuals and community organizations that wish to work on issues of common concern through international internships, training and education, and the facilitation of collaborative projects that transcend borders.

Keizai Koho Center Fellowships Program | www.kkc.or.jp/english/index.html
The Keizai Koho Center (KKC) offers fellowships to visit Japan in cooperation with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). Social studies educators (including classroom teachers, supervisors, specialists, school administrators, and faculty associated with 4-year colleges of education) are eligible to apply for the eighteen fellowships. The KKC fellowships are designed for and restricted to those who have never been to Japan.

Korea Society Annual Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies | www.koreasociety.org
A fully-funded, three-week trip for educators, educational resource writers and selected others to participate in an autumn trip to Korea.

Laurasian Institution | www.laurasian.org
Each year, the Laurasian Institute arranges three-week study trips for 350 teachers and students combined through a wide range of exchange, homestay and mentoring programs.

National Committee on US-China Relations | www.ncuscr.org
The Fulbright trip for K-12 teachers directed by the National Committee on US-China Relations, known as the Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar Abroad in China, is an annual program administered by the National Committee on behalf of the US Department of Education in which approximately 16 primary and secondary school teachers travel to China for a one month study tour. Participants are required to complete a curriculum project based on their trip to assist themselves and other educators in teaching about Chinese history and culture in their American classrooms.

National Consortium for Teaching About Asia | www.NCTAsia.org
Opportunities to compete for free study tours to China, Japan, and Korea following intensive coursework and curriculum development programs. The program is open in 40 U.S. states.