International Resources for Teachers
American Forum for Global Education offers curriculum materials on China and The Muslim Middle East Issues of Identity.
The Educational initiatives focus on improving the quality of education about Asia at the elementary and secondary levels, and provide curricular materials, services, and support for teachers and schools throughout the United States. The Society's extensive use of the latest interactive media serves as a groundbreaking model for educational outreach.
A monthly forum for analysis & comment, CBE's Schools Around the World (SAW)™ is an international community of teachers and policy makers from the United States and eight partner nations committed to improving instruction and achievement in science and mathematics. The American Education Reaches Out (AERO) project works with U.S. overseas schools to develop a set of high academic standards which can be used as a framework for curriculum.
For 30 years CTIR has brought the world to K-12 classrooms in Colorado on throughout the country. CTIR develops internationally oriented programs and publications to support professional educators.
China Institute promotes the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of traditional and contemporary Chinese civilization, culture and heritage, and provides the cultural and historical context for understanding contemporary China. They carry out our mission through classroom teaching and seminars, art exhibitions, public programs for children and adults, teacher education and curriculum development, lectures and symposia and business programming.
Council on Islamic Education provides a number of services, resources and research-based tools predicated upon the highest standards of historical and social science scholarship to K-12 school textbook publishers, state education officials and policymakers, curriculum developers, and teachers. In particular, we assist these education professionals to cover world history and related subject matter in a balanced, comprehensive and sensitive manner. This includes covering world faiths according to prevailing ground rules for teaching about religion (such as those advanced by the First Amendment Center).
Choices Education Program, Brown University: Choices offers a series of curricular materials that address current and historical international issues and provides workshops for teachers at the secondary level. The Capitol Forum on America's Future engages high school students in dialogue at their state capitol. Choices Public Programs bring citizens together for community-based dialogue on international issues.
Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship Tufts University: EPIIC is a carefully integrated multidisciplinary program. Through its innovative and rigorous curricula and projects, EPIIC prepares young people to play active roles in their communities, whether at the local, national or global level. Many students consider their participation in EPIIC a profoundly formative experience: challenging them to reassess or even jettison prior assumptions or beliefs; expanding their understanding of how historical, cultural and ideological forces can affect both individuals and nations; and inspiring them to pursue careers in public service or international affairs.
Global TeachNet is the premier professional development network for global educators. Our membership includes K-12 teachers, post-secondary educators, and non-governmental organization representatives. These educators, many of who are Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, share one common interest -- broadening the global awareness of today's youth.
The Institute for Global Studies (IGS) creates an environment for students and scholars at the University of Minnesota to investigate the sets of interrelated processes forming today’s increasingly interdependent world. IGS provides a vibrant curriculum for students, brings together scholars from diverse disciplines, and works with the community to create partnerships examining global issues.
Started in 1988, iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.
LATTICE – Linking All Types of Teachers to International, Cross-Cultural Education: The mission of LATTICE is to assure a global perspective in K-12 classrooms. With members and friends from 45 countries, we work together to heighten our awareness, sensitivity and under- standing of global issues including ethnic, cultural and religious diversity. The LATTICE network supports international learning in order that the children of today can be effective participants in the world of tomorrow.
The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) serves as a bridge between Stanford University and K-14 schools by developing multidisciplinary curriculum materials on international themes.
An online database of over 6,000 resources reviewed to help teachers teach about Africa, East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Slavic and Eastern Europe, global issues, global systems, and intercultural and global education. There are special modules for elementary teachers and teachers of several world languages.