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At a time when events anywhere in the world have the potential to impact almost instantaneously on life in the most remote hamlet, village, or town, it is essential that students learn how to think globally. Paula Rothenberg's Beyond Borders is an interdisciplinary collection that brings today's most pressing global issues into the classroom. Designed to help prepare today's college students to assume their roles as members of an increasingly global community, this powerful collection includes 82 articles written by today's leading scholars, activists, and policymakers from around the world. In the tradition of Rothenberg's other widely acclaimed college texts, these highly readable, often gripping, articles are presented within a conceptual framework that encourages a thoughtful understanding of the complexities that have given rise to the issues they address. It has never been more important for students to learn to think critically about the world and their place in it. Beyond Borders is designed to help create such classroom conversations in courses across the disciplines. (http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/beyondborders/)

This is a new periodical from Scientific American that is ideal for a 7 Revs class. It deals primarily with issues of our future planet including well-written articles on water, energy, green-technology, biodiversity, population and even conflict. The graphics, images and charts are easy to understand. Articles present scientific interpretations of problems, many with a future focus. Excellent for use in all course topics.

National Issues Forum publishes pamphlets on topics such as education, energy and environment, government and politics, and other current issues. Available as class sets, they present multiple sides of an issue. Many include a moderator's guide and questions. An example is The New Challenges of Immigration http://www.nifi.org/stream_document.aspx?rID=13784&catID=13&itemID=13780&typeID=8

Taking Sides presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor's manual with testing material is available online for each volume.

Global Issues is one in a series of over 65 volumes, each designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Global Issues are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. The Annual Editions volumes have a number of common organizational features designed to make them particularly useful in the classroom: a general introduction; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; and a brief overview for each section. Each volume also offers an online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing materials.

Worlds Apart is a collection of essays by leading thinkers on the subject of globalization, and related environmental issues. Used in critiquing the 7 Revs framework