Guide For Internationalizing Your Curricula
by Eileen Bayer and Lynn Staley
More and more educators are interested in internationalizing their curricula. Teaching students about the mission and work of the United Nations is certainly one way of doing so.
Incorporating technology is easy at the UN Cyberschoolbus web site. Whether the topic is Peace, Poverty, Human Rights, Cities of Today and Tomorrow, Health, or Cleaner Oceans, teachers will find in depth units already prepared. These units include web searches, additional resources, quizzes, animation, discussion, and role-playing. Other web sites about the UN include:
Additional activities are available for primary and secondary teachers via the Primary and secondary teachers via the Primary or Secondary School Kits on the United Nations. These, along witht he books liksted below, are available online at http://www.un.org/Pubs/k12/educate.htm:
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- For Every Child, A Better World
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the United Nations
- World Concerns and the United Nations
- Discover the United Nations
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