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 1 - Intro to Transnational Challenges and Global Technologies
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2 - Development, Demographics, Migration and Technology
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3 - Environment, Energy, and Sustainable Development
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4 - Global Economic Exchange
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5 - Security, Conflict and WMD Proliferation
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Commanding Heights-PBS Resources
The purpose of this website is to promote better understanding of globalization, world trades and economic development, includinig the forces, values, events, and ideas that have shaped the present global economic system.
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Change the World in 8 Steps: A set of posters and activities for 7-14 yr olds investigating the UN Millennium Development Goals
This thought-provoking poster pack is specially designed to help students easily understand the issues surrounding the UN Millennium Development Goals, the international targets for reducing world poverty by 2015. It's a fantastic way to make world issues relevant to children's lives.
http://publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/display.asp?K=510000000645204&TAG=&CID= |
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Globalization101 Issues Briefs
Trade, Technology, Investment, Health, Environment, Migration, IMF and World Bank, Development.
http://www.globalization101.org/issue/ |
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Lesson Plan: AIDS in Africa 1: Scope of the Problem
This lesson is designed to demonstrate the enormity of the problem of AIDS in Africa, by asking students to gauge the impact of that disease on the population of sub-Saharan Africa, in numbers and percentages, against its impact on the population of the United States. In this lesson, students will search for data related to that discrepancy and determine mathematically the relative impact of AIDS on Africa versus its impact on the U.S. Because the lesson involves students' search skills and ability to identify trends from raw data, little information regarding these numbers and rates should be offered at the beginning of the lesson. AIDS in Africa II: More Than Sympathy, a companion lesson, addresses the causes of the crisis in Africa and what is being done—and needs to be done—to address it.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g912/africaaidsI.html |
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Lesson Plan: About a Tree: The Life and Work of Emerging Explorer Mark Olsen
Rain forest conservation is an extremely important topic of discussion—and action. Rain forests are a significant portion of the world's tropical region. Other important parts of the tropical region are dry tropical forests, tropical deciduous forests, and spiny desert regions. Mark Olson, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, is a botanist whose research is focused on the endangered vegetation of the world’s dry tropical habitats. In this lesson, students will learn about Olson's efforts to identify extinct or nearly extinct plants, and the reasons for the plant losses, and consider the issues surrounding conservation efforts in these dry tropical regions. Students will read articles highlighting the tension between wildlife conservation and agriculture, compare the perspectives of those who are most intensely involved in both, and form an opinion as to what might be done to resolve the conflict. Students will research both sides of the issue and write an editorial or letter to Congress supporting their opinion.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/06/g912/molson.html |
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Lesson Plan: Contaminants in the Water Cycle
Students will review the water cycle and investigate how a region's water supply can become contaminated. They will look at a list of the Environmental Protection Agency's maximum contaminant levels for drinking water, and sketch the water cycle of a fictitious town that is affected by several pollutants. Students will conclude by writing paragraphs explaining what a group of concerned citizens in this hypothetical town might do to improve the quality of its water supply.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g912/tgsouhegan.html |
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Lesson Plan: Crossing Boundaries: The Environment, Disease, and Conflict in Asia
Physical and political boundaries play an important role in the world. They are conventions that have been created, adapted, and/or devised by nature and humans. So too, are a wide variety of other boundaries. These boundaries can act as national and/or international assets, but they can also act as impediments that restrict or prohibit the flow of resources, commerce, or intellectual property, or barriers that isolate people and divide nations. Finally, they can be the source of international compromise, cooperation, or conflict. Many boundaries play an important role in issues pertaining to environmentalism, epidemiology, and discord that might range from trade wars to military confrontations. In this lesson, students will learn about boundaries as they apply to matters of pollution, disease, and conflict within the continent of Asia, between Asian nations, and between Asian nations and members of the international community.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g912/crossbound.html |
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Lesson Plan: Cultural Icons: Voices of their Nations
A handful of men and women are important enough that they are remembered for decades, even centuries, after their deaths. This lesson links geography with world issues of the 20th and 21st centuries by identifying cultural leaders or icons from around the world who have impacted the social, political, or environmental views of their countries. Students will explore the definition of "cultural icon" and study at least one cultural leader and his or her part of the world in detail.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/03/g912/tgcultural.html |
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Lesson Plan: Environment- Geographic Technology Assisting African Conservation
In response to continued growth of the global human population, the conservation of Earth's natural resources has become an increasingly pressing issue. In this lesson, students will study the impact of human population growth by conducting a study of its influence on Africa. Using the National Geographic magazine feature Africa MegaFlyover and other resources, students will examine research gathered through the conservation efforts of Dr. Michael Fay and the Wildlife Conservation Society. They will also analyze the role that geographic technology currently plays in mitigating population growth's negative effects.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g912/geotech.html |
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Lesson Plan: Environment- Human Impacts in the African Rainforest: What Can We Do?
High school students should be encouraged to think about possible solutions to the environmental degradation that humans can cause, and to the ways in which people can work together to protect the environment from further negative human impacts. They also need to think about the root causes of tropical rain forest degradation (i.e. poverty, population growth, exploitation, and debt) in addition to the more obvious, immediate causes (i.e. logging). This lesson asks students to examine the human impacts that conservationist Michael Fay noticed on his Congo Trek, and Africa MegaFlyover projects as well as the areas that are so far free from human impacts. Students will write recommendations to the region's governments and businesses, explaining what should be done about human impacts and considering some of the underlying causes for environmental threats
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g912/fayhuman.html |
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Lesson Plan: Environment- The Nile in Crisis
High school students should be able to analyze the interrelationships between physical systems (such as rivers) and human settlements and activities. This activity asks them to examine the current water situation in the Nile River region, focusing on the Blue Nile and the Egyptian Nile, and to investigate ways in which the damming of the Nile has changed this river significantly from the way it was in ancient times.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/03/g912/morellcrisis.html |
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Lesson Plan: International Alliances
In this lesson, students will learn the history, mission, function, and geographical range of six international alliances. They will research opposing viewpoints concerning these alliances and consider the reasons why some people want to reform or disband these organizations.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/13/g912/eurounion.html |
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Lesson Plan: International Trade in a Global Village
As patterns and networks of economic interdependence change (e.g., increased trade networks), conditions are favorable for the spread of diseases such as AIDS. Students will research the spread of AIDS and report on how this problem has been affected by changes in global transportation and trade.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/03/g912/trade.html |
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Lesson Plan: Reading Between the Lines
In order to become well-informed adults, it is a good idea for students to develop the habit of reading the news and keeping informed on important topics, such as geography, the environment, and world events. With the overwhelming amount of information available both in print and online, it is critical that students learn to read news stories with a critical eye. This lesson will help them evaluate news stories by determining their sources and recognizing biases or viewpoints.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/g912.html |
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Lesson Plan: The Great Energy Debate
Energy resources keep the lights on and the wheels turning around the world. The United States, which comprises only 5 percent of the world's population, consumes about 30 percent of the total energy. Traditionally, the United States has imported much of its energy resources from other countries. Oil from the Middle East is the largest energy import. This dependency places us in a highly vulnerable position, both economically and politically. Some of the ways suggested to lessen this dependency are to use more of our public lands for energy production and to invest in renewable energy. Both of these strategies are controversial because of the environmental, economic, political, and cultural implications associated with them. This lesson explores the controversial issues surrounding the energy debate in the United States. Students will research recent initiatives being taken in this area and analyze their implications. They will then assume the roles of pivotal stakeholders in this debate and testify to a mock congressional committee responsible for making decisions about public lands and energy resources.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/16/g912/energydebate.html |
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Lesson Plan: The Spread of AIDS
As patterns and networks of economic interdependence change (e.g., increased trade networks), conditions are favorable for the spread of diseases such as AIDS. Students will research the spread of AIDS and report on how this problem has been affected by changes in global transportation and trade.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/11/g912/trade.html |
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Lesson Plan: Water Resources in Asia: Changes and Challenges
Water is an all-important resource for human and other life. On the vast Eurasian continent, access to water is of vital importance. In some inland areas, human and physical processes have further limited the quality and supply of water. This lesson plan uses China's water issues as case studies to examine the delicate balance between using resources to improve the standard of living for citizens and preserving resources to protect natural biodiversity and environment. Students will conduct their own case studies on important water resources, such as the Aral Sea in Central Asia, to see how those resources have influenced the life cycles of countless generations of people and the flow of people, commerce, crops, and life in distinctly different regions in Asia.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g912/waterresources.html |
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Lesson Plan: Water, Water, Everywhere
Most Americans take an endless supply of drinkable water for granted. This is not so in all parts of the world. The goal of this lesson is to familiarize students with the realities about water supply in other nations, as well as in the United States, and what the future holds.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g912/newswater.html |
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Lesson Plan: You've Got Oil... Or Maybe You Don't
In this lesson students will be called upon to role-play in an international oil summit. This lesson will provide students with an opportunity to learn about the production, distribution, and consumption of oil, particularly in Asia. This lesson is one in a series developed in collaboration with The Asia Society, with support from the Freeman Foundation, highlighting the geography and culture of Asia and its people.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/11/g912/gotoil.html |
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Peace Corps Resources - Water in Africa
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/water/africa/index.html |
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