As we approach the year 2000, we hear more frequently that we are living in a global village.
New telecommunications make it possible to see and talk with people across the globe-in real time.
While many adults remember learning about countries other than their own by reading a social studies textbook or by looking up information in an encyclopedia, today's students are using e-mail to discuss issues ranging from the environment to economics, racism to disarmament. They use the Internet to find information about other cultures and their own. They are talking to people who live in their communities to uncover international connections. Some teachers and students are even traveling to other countries. During each activity, students are making connections between their own cultures and histories and those of other people around the world.