General Information Sites
Search a specific Country or Region
on Yahoo, http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries
U.S. State Department's country reports, http://www.state.gov
CIA World Fact Book, an encyclopedia http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html of
information about countries around the world.
The Council on Foreign Relations www.cfr.org
CNN http://www.cnn.com offers
on-line news and a search function for current events.
Foreign
Policy Association's site includes an educators
corner, a students corner, information on study
abroad, and maps The World-Wide Web Virtual Library:
International Affairs Resources, at http://www.etown.edu/vl/
For monthly magazine that focuses
on one world region per issue, http://www.currenthistory.com/
National Geographic Magazine has information
for teachers and students, plus geography quizzes, http://nationalgeographic.com/education
AFRICA
http://www.africaonline.com Africa
On-Line - newspapers from across the African continent.
http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/regions/ssa.htm Schools:
Exploring Africa The Art & Life in Africa Project
site http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart.
Africa Policy Information http://www.africapolicy.org/ Center
An Annotated Resource List, University
of Pennsylvania http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/WWW_Links.html
African Resource Center: http://www.africanresource.com
The African Virtual University: http://www.avu.org
Africa Web Link (University of Pennsylvania):
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
Institute of African Studies (Columbia
University): http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/IAS
Africana Studies Program at New York
University: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/africana/index.html
Revue Noire (Art, Literature, Cinema,
Music, Fashion): http://www.revuenoire.com
AllAfrica (New, debate, interviews,
art): http://www.allafrica.com
Irish Center for Migration Studies: http://migration.ucc.ie/
LATIN AMERICA
Library of Congress Handbook for http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas Latin
America Studies homepage
http://www.acad.carleton.edu/curricular/LTAM/ Carleton
College's Latin American Studies program with teaching
ideas related to Latin America.
WWW Virtual Library: Latin America
Resources - Links to resources about Latin America.
http://www.etown.edu/vl/latamer.html
http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseinde.
LatinWorld - Latin America on the
Net - Search Engine and directory for Latin America.
(English and Spanish) http://www.latinworld.com
MEXICO
http://dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries/mexico/ Yahoo!
Mexico (in English) includes
politics, economics, culture, and the arts.
http://www.trace-sc.com/ Mexico's
Index Channel, available in Spanish or English. Lists
information about history, economics, and politics.
Mexico http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/fqsocial.html frequently
asked questions.
EUROPE
European Union's site, http://europa.eu.int/
United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe (UN-ECE) - Economic Commission for Europe
(ECE). A forum at which the countries of North America,
western, central and eastern Europe and central Asia
come together to forge the tools of their economic
cooperation http://www.unece.org
Friends of Europe - Non-profit organization
promoting public debate on the future of European
integration. Information about membership, forthcoming
conferences, and other activities. http://www.friendsofeurope.org
MIDDLE EAST
Society and Culture > Religion
and Spirituality > Faiths and Practices > Christianity
http://srd.yahoo.com/srct/19658732/Middle+East/18/61/*http://dir.yahoo.com/
Government/Politics/By Region/Regions/Middle East/> Regional
Specialists http://srd.yahoo.com/srct/39853183/Middle+East/14/61/*http://dir.yahoo.com/
ASIA
Asia Headlines and Photos http://rd.yahoo.com/search/iy/news/asia/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search
Ask Asia, The Asia Society - contains
materials pertaining to Asia studies http://www.askasia.org
Non-Western History: A collection of
annotated links for K-12 teachers on Asia-Pacific http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/asapac.html
National Consortium on Teaching About
Asia http://www.nctasia.org/launch.htm
East Asian Studies Center: Indiana
University www.indiana.edu/~easc
Education About Asia (EAA) Magazine http://www.aasianst.org/eaa-toc.htm
Yahoo! Asia - featuring regional news,
finance, and shopping http://rd.yahoo.com/search/iy/international/asia/*http://asia.yahoo.com/
Japan Information Network, http://jin.jcic.or.jp/
Information on Southeast Asian nations,
http://www.aseansec.org/
SOUTH ASIA
http://search.aol.com/cat.adp?id=262&layer=&from=relcats Asia
BBC News, South Asia - The reliable news service
from BBC World Service for South Asia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk
South Asia - Journal of the South
Asian Studies Association, Australia. Book reviews
and selected articles from leading scholars researching
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan,
and Maldives. Tables of content available on-line. http://www.southasiaonline.net
Digital South Asia Library - Digital
library for South Asia including maps, statistics,
photographs and official publications
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/
INDIA
India Today Online - Includes magazines
India Today, India Today Plus, Business Today, News
Today, Computers Today, Teens Today, Music Today
and Art Today. http://www.india-today.com
Air-India - The official Indian carrier
airline. http://www.airindia.com
Ancient India - History of ancient
India, epics & stories, Hinduism and Buddhism,
culture, quick time movies http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/library/india/...
International affairs & environment
http://www.wcit.org Washington
Council on International Trade
United Nations http://www.un.org/
The official web site locater
for U.N. agencies: http://www.unsystem.org
United States Fund for UNICEF, http://www.unicefusa.org/
International Labor Organization http://www.ilo.org
Organization of American States, http://oas.org
OAS children's corner, http://oas.org/children
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/index.html World
Bank's site specifically devoted to educational resources.
World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org World
Trade Organization
NATO
http://www.nato.int
Environment
For younger students learning about
Global Warming, try the Dept of Energy's Atmospheric
Radiation Measurement Program, http://www.arm.gov/docs/education/
Greenpeace, http://www.greenpeace.org/
Human Rights
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Hunger and Famine http://www.cwis.org/
The Eskimos of North America, Greenland,
and Siberia, http://www.inuit.org/
Defending Human Rights worldwide (General
Info) http://www.hrw.org/
Human Rights Program - Presents opportunities
for students to take classes in a number of disciplines
addressing human rights issues. http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/humanright
The Human Rights Web - Human rights
resources including links to relevant documents.
http://www.hrweb.org
Human Rights Directory - The HRD is
a British web site which focuses on the Human Rights
Act and the European Convention on Human Rights. http://www.echr.net
Human Rights - Reports on human rights
abuses. http://www.arso.org/08-0.htm
Human Rights sources - Links to various
legal sources on human rights from the directory
of resources on minority human rights and related
problems of the transition period in Eastern and
Central Europe (MINELRES). http://www.riga.lv/minelres/hr.htm
Europe > Society and Culture > Issues
and Causes http://srd.yahoo.com/srct/7750759/Human+Rights/75/209/*http://dir.yahoo.com
Africa > Society and Culture > Issues
and Causes http://srd.yahoo.com/srct/465778/Human+Rights/76/209/*http://dir.yahoo.com/
Human Rights
U.S. States <http://srd.yahoo.com/srct/9619533/Human+Rights/77/209/*http://dir.yahoo.com
Central America
http://srd.yahoo.com/srct/26637596/Human+Rights/119/209/*http://dir.yahoo.c
Asia http://srd.yahoo.com/srct/16529785/Human+Rights/120/209/*http://dir.yahoo.c
Resources for teachers
American Forum for Global Education
is designed for teachers.http://www.globaled.org
For curriculum on Irish-Americans,
African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and links
to international studies programs, CT State Department
of Education,
http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/curriculum/currsocs.htm
Foreign Policy Association's Great
Decisions/Educators corner http://www.fpa.org/info-url_nocat2406/info-url_nocat.htm
Yale University's Program in International
Educational Resources, for curriculum, seminars,
and study abroad opportunities http://www.yale.edu/pieris
US Department of Education,
http://www.ed.gov/>
Check out teacher message boards on topics
such as pen pals, travel/study
abroad, and chat with teachers from the UK, Canada, and Australia at http://teachers.net/
A country-by-country guide to educational
resources around the world, http://www.education-world.com/regional/
and a companion guide to schools around
the world, http://www.education-world.com/regional/k12_schools/
World Affairs Council Resources
Lesson Plans:
View new lessons from Teaching Contemporary Global Issues, Volume III. Other
lessons include those from a teacher
workshop on ethnic conflict and Teaching
Contemporary Global Issues, Volumes I and II, which feature
32 lesson plans for high school
social studies classes. http://www.worldaffairspittsburgh.org/LessonPlans.html
Summaries and Speeches Includes
texts and summaries of past Council speakers' speeches.
World Affairs Institute http://www.worldaffairspittsburgh.org/Summaries.html
View background materials for the 2000
Institute:
Globalization: What Is It? Why Does
It Matter? http://www.worldaffairspittsburgh.org/#globalization
View materials from the 1999 Institute: Africa
in Transition: http://www.worldaffairspittsburgh.org/#Africa
Educational and Cultural Exchange Organizations
American Field Service http://www.afs.org
(AFS)
Council on International Educational http://www.ciee.org Exchange
(CIEE)
Experiment in International Living http://www.experiment.org
(EIL)
Rotary International: Eastern States Student
Exchange Program, Inc. http://www.exchangestudent.org
http://www.aifs.com
Immersion opportunities
http://www.pax.org
Youth For Understanding
http://www.yfu.org
(YFU)
The New York Times Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
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