Educator Resources — Curriculum Building

The links below are provided as a service to teachers and students. CIS is not responsible for the content of outside links.

Website Grade Level Subjects

Climate Change Unit
http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/resources/climatechange/

K-12

Science, History and Social Studies, International affairs, Economics

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov

K-12

Arts & Music, Health & Phys Ed, History and Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, and Science

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Gallery of Teaching & Learning
http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org

The Knowledge Media Laboratory of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching provides curricula developed by doctoral students, faculty members of institutions, elementary and secondary teachers, and other professional developers.

K-12 and Higher Education

Arts, Business, Humanities, Mathematics & Statistics, Science & Technology, Social Sciences

Cortland Foreign Language Teaching Forum
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/flteach-res.html

The Foreign Language Teaching Forum is an integrated service for Foreign Language teachers. The website offers links to specific foreign language resources, curriculum, subscription to an email list serve academic discussion list, archives, and a news server.

K-12

Foreign Languages, including: Chinese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and ESL.

The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
http://www2.etown.edu/vl/

An Internet directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality information and analysis on a wide range of international affairs, international studies, and international relations. Links are provided to numerous maps, media sources, and organizations.

Resources for Selected Countries: http://www2.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html

K-12 and Higher Education

International affairs, studies, and relations: Latin America, Middle East, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. International Business & Economics, International Communications, Global Environment, Human Rights & Humanitarian Affairs, International Development, World Religions, Peace, Conflict Resolution & International Security, International & Comparative Education, French Language, Spanish Language, German Language, General Foreign Languages, Study, Work, Service & Internships Abroad, Public Health, International & National Law, and American Foreign Policy.

Outreach World: A Resource for Teaching Kids about the World
http://www.outreachworld.org

Interdisciplinary, cross-regional, standard-specific units, lessons and instructional aids available for free download at: http://www.outreachworld.org/searchresources.asp.

Information is searchable by Global Region, Country, Subject, Resource Type, Time Period, Instructional Strategy, and Grade Level.

K-12

Peace Corps: Worldwide Schools
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/

The Peace Corps Educators site offers standards-based lessons, Peace Corps Volunteer stories, letters, and folk tales. The site also offers multimedia downloads, information on service learning opportunities for students, enrichment projects, and subscription to an e-newsletter.

Lesson plans by search: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessonplans/

Language lessons from around the world: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/language/

Videos highlighting various regions of the world: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/videos/

K-12