K-12 Teachers
Here teachers can find curriculum ideas and teaching resources for units on world areas or international issues. Organizations that help connect with classrooms in other countries appear here, too. In addition, the entire MSU Global Access website is an entry point to rich content on these issues.
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See Also . . .
* Exploring Africa – Africa, the second largest continent in the world in both physical size and population, has for the most part been “under” taught, marginalized and often grossly misrepresented in our classrooms as well as in our media and popular cultural. Our site challenges the status quo by providing educators and students with content materials and learning activities which allow for a comprehensive study of the African continent and its people in their glorious diversity.
This is a Michigan State University resource.
* LATTICE – Developed in 1995 as an international education partnership, LATTICE links six school districts in mid-Michigan with international graduate students/scholars at Michigan State University. LATTICE concentrates on adult learning and promotes practical links to K-12 classrooms.
This resource is a partnership between a number of mid-Michigan school districts and Michigan State University.
* The Global Schoolhouse – This website offers teachers and students a variety of tools to facilitate learning about the world and international events, including collaborative efforts with other schools.
* LASER – “a web site for middle and high school teachers and students who are learning about Latin America in social sciences and humanities classes. This site can be used to learn more about Latin America and the Caribbean countries, to obtain information to incorporate into their lessons about Latin America, to view actual sample lesson plans, materials, and ideas for teaching about Latin America and the Caribbean, and to access annotated and categorized resource lists that will help them take advantage of a vast universe of other resources about Latin America.”
This is a Michigan State University resource.
* Windows on Asia – “Windows on Asia is a website for K-12 teachers interested in bringing Asia into the classroom. This site was created by the Asian Studies Center at Michigan State University to provide material to assist teachers of all levels (K-12) in integrating Asian themes into their classes. It provides brief descriptions on important aspects of Asia in general, as well as more detailed information on each individual country in Asia; it features teaching modules and links to important web resources, many of which also contain teaching modules. Students of all ages may also find this a useful starting point for their research on Asia.”
This is a Michigan State University resource.
* Constituency Group – Colleges & Universities For resources on internationalizing education; international and foreign language courses, programs, and exchange opportunities; world area, thematic and language centers; study abroad opportunities international programs and linkages; and outreach services for college faculty
* Thematic Areas (all) and World Region/Countrys (all) For content to use in teaching about the world
* Resource Type – Maps For teaching resources
* Resources Type – News For teaching resources, including news in many foreign languages
* Michigan State University Global Access
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