Oxfam Education offers a huge range of ideas, resources and support for developing the global dimension in the classroom and the whole school. All of the resources here support Education for Global Citizenship - education that helps pupils understand their world and make a positive difference init.
HistoryGrl14 . 27 Sep 11 06:38:37This is a really cool site! There is also a podcast to accompany each object. There is an audio podcast and an enlargeable graphic of the object. These are great to use as bellwork, or within a lesson, or even as homework! I usually devise my own set of question(s) to go with the podcast and object - whether quiz style questions or longer discussion style questions.
Images, timelines, articles, & commentary on Napoleon
Delve deeper into Napoleonic history here in our section on the history of the two empires. Alongside a section for those just starting, there are many articles, images with commentary, close-ups and special dossiers for the serious Napoleonic enthusiast.
"What do you want to know today?" A great website full of information and videos for History. It is free but will contain adds. If you want a free account for your class. just link it to the the class blog or site.
Would you and your class like Kidipede better without the ads? The subscription version of Kidipede is completely ad-free. You can get a free subscription - good all year, for your whole class - by just linking to Kidipede from your school webpage.
The theme, which will last three years, is intended to serve as a focus for the IB and IB World Schools. They aim to capture the excellent initiatives that are already underway in many schools and encourage and inspire new activities, in and out of the classroom, around the following topics:
Global poverty
Education for all
Peace and conflict
Global infectious diseases
Digital divide: uneven access to information and communication technologies
Disasters and emergencies
Earthwatch Institute is an international non-profit organization that brings science to life for people concerned about the Earth's future. Today, Earthwatch collects field data in the areas of rainforest ecology, wildlife conservation, marine science, archaeology, and more.
"Earth's Hope is the theme of the EARCOS Global Issues Network Conference to be held in Beijing April 4, 5 & 6 at Western Academy of Beijing. The Global Issues Network is based on the ideas in Jean Francois Rischard's book High Noon "Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them." Rischard identifies 20 urgent global problems and encourages the formation of small groups around the world to help solve them. This echoes Margaret Mead's famous quotation, "Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Global Issues Groups have been formed in many international schools throughout the world empowering international school students to help solve urgent global problems. We in EARCOS will now have the opportunity to do the same to create change in Asia. We invite all EARCOS schools to send a group(2-6) of students to this life changing event.
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Fun facts and interesting history of languages.
The Technology Development Group (TDG) is proud to present a one-stop information website dedicated to the world's most important and populous languages.
"Schools Global Footprint is a teaching resource that helps you to explore and to reduce the environmental effect your school has on the planet.
The global footprint calculator is a great tool for helping you reduce your schools' ecological footprint by taking action on six topic areas including: energy, transport, food, waste, water and buildings."