Global Studies

Academic Info: Your Gateway to Quality Educational Resources
Features hundreds of useful academic links in various subject areas.

American Forum for Global Education
This New York-based, non-profit educational organization focusing on global issues offers catalogs of global and international educational materials and information about professional development programs.

Center for Teaching International Relations (CTIR)
Site of CTIR, a program of the Graduate School of International Studies and the College of Education at the University of Denver that works to enhance the understanding and teaching of international and intercultural relations in schools, businesses, and the community at large. Offers information about its service and an on-line version of its publication catalog.

Choices for the 21st Century Project, Brown University
Offers information about curricular materials and about professional development and public programs of this educational program at Brown University's Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, an organization seeking to engage the American public in the consideration of international issues. Relevant units include:
  China on the World Stage: Weighing the U.S. Response
  Ending the War Against Japan: Science, Morality, and the Atomic Bomb
  The Limits of Power: The United States in Vietnam

The Gateway to Educational Materials
The Gateway to Educational MaterialsSM (GEM) project is a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.

National Geographic Society
Offers digital maps of Asia and individual countries of Asia. Wall maps available for purchase.

Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Offers on-line versions of catalogs featuring outstanding curriculum materials on contemporary world issues and world cultures, geography, and history, developed by this program, which is part of the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Several of the units focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Also includes lesson plans and newsletters.

Teach with Movies (subscription required)
A guide to teaching with feature films that points out truths and falsehoods in particular feature films, supplies brief historical background, and offers suggestions on how to use films to educate children about particular historical and cultural events.

Yale University's Program in International Educational Resources (PIER)
Offers information about the PIER's programs, resources, and services. The PIER Teaching Resource Collection offers thousands of print and audio-visual materials for loan to K-12 and college-level educators.

Last Updated June 4, 2010