DLESE is
the Digital Library for Earth System Education, a geoscience community
resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system. DLESE
is funded by the National Science Foundation and is being built by a
community of educators, students, and scientists to support
The Global SchoolHouse ...A fun
filled site for parents, teachers and kids... very good ideas for
projects. GSH is already one of the most popular sites on the entire
net, and has a very similar purpose to 1WOW. Founded just one town
away from our headquarters, GSH has found an intelligent way to let the
internet carry the message.
Sister
Schools Of San Diego ... facilitates
projects of all kinds between teachers and students in many countries. These
projects are hands-on and range from science and technology to social
science and language arts. All past and current projects aim to connect
students to the international community and promote cultural understanding
between the partnering schools.
The
Choices for the 21st Century Education Project at Brown University
develops supplemental curricula for high school classrooms on current
and historical public policy issues. Choices units are designed to
be reproducible and are accompanied by a Teacher's Resource Book that
includes a day-by-day lesson plan.
The Choices approach places special emphasis on the importance of educating
students in their participatory role as citizens. The goal is to promote
critical thinking and civic judgment through an innovative approach to
student-centered instruction.
The Choices Education Project offers a variety of professional development
programs to help teachers integrate the curricular materials and approach of
the project into their classrooms."
At
the University
of Virginia .. resource for educators interested in Multicultural Issues
.
NCSS..Founded
in 1921, National Council for the Social Studies has grown to be the largest
association in the country devoted solely to social studies
education
The American Forum for Global Education...A
Forum for exchange of ideas and practices on content and directions of
global education
ODEC Oxford
Development Education Centre ... has an abundance of sites hosted from
places around the world
The Awesome Library organizes
your exploration of the World Wide Web with 10,000 carefully
reviewed resources. It includes a directory, an index,
and a search engine.
Virtual
Library: International Affairs Resources. A high
quality research source, with over 2000 carefully selected, annotated links
in 37 international affairs categories. It is frequently maintained,and
should be of use to journalists, researchers, teachers, professors, and
students, among others. It has received recommendations from several
Internet academic organizations, including CHOICE Magazine, BUBL LINK,
Internet Scout, and the Argus Clearinghouse.
Mission
Geography curriculum support materials link the
content, skills, and perspectives of Geography for Life: The National
Geography Standards with NASA missions, research, and science.
|Social
Studies School Services ...offers educational resources in the area of
social studies; links to teacher resources and student projects... including
an extensive index of links.
Multicultural
Book Review Homepage This site has multicultural book reviews
for middle and high school students.
And to tout a new book by one of our friends, featured in the Spring 2001
issue of Teaching Tolerance, check DIFFERENT
JUST LIKE ME
Peace
Corps - World Wise Schools 