The articles range from a look at Kemal Attaturk, founder of modern Turkey, to the situations of Turkey's working women today. A lush compilation of children's art work and prose, composed and edited in commemoration of the United Nation's fiftieth anniversary. The text focuses on U.N. activities and history, as well as the organization's future, all told from the perspective of young people aged 12-21. A series of lessons promote the use of the newspaper as a resource for teaching social studies. Lesson plans develop student understanding of the interconnectedness of community, national, and world events, as well as their impact on the future.
Lessons encourage the exploration of differing perspectives, critical thinking skills and analysis.
Book, Workbook, Video. A practical guide showing how to successfully use computers as learning tools in the classroom. In particular, the author demonstrates how just one classroom computer can be successfully utilized to foster discussion, cooperative learning, critical thinking, student presentations, and more. However, seven teams of dedicated 9th and 10th grade world history and literature teachers came together for a two week period this summer to do just that. Each team explored pressing country-specific issues in trade, the environment and security.