Council Library All resources are available for Houston educators. If you are interested in viewing a title, contact edu@wachouston.org Unless otherwise noted, these curriculum resources are appropriate for the secondary classroom. International Relations Teaching International Relations, Center for Teaching International Relations, University of Denver.  14 lessons on a variety of international issues. International Relations:Social Issues Series.  Center for Learning.  Lesson plans on a variety of international social issues. International Relations:Understanding the Behavior of Nations. Student guide and teacher’s guide. Current Issues in Global Education.  Lesson plans. Going Global:Teaching How Nations Interconnect. Lesson plans. Global Issues 04/05:Annual Editions.  Book and accompanying teacher’s guide. World Politics 04/05:Annual Editions.  Book and accompanying teacher’s guide. Taking Sides:Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in World Politics.  Book and accompanying teacher’s guide. Introducing the World: A guide to developing international and global awareness programs.  Reford-McCandless International and Canadian Institute of International Affairs. International Peace, Security & Conflict Management, United States Institute of Peace Education Program.  A collection of primary source documents. Issues of Conflict in the 21st Century, The United States Institute of Peace Project.  “Now that the Cold War is Over…Three Views of Conflict Management in the 21st Century.  A unit of lessons on conflict management. September 11th Crisis Response Guide,  Amnesty International.  8 unit lessons dealing with international human rights & humanitarian law – goes well beyond the 9/11 disaster/still applicable. Conflict in Context, understanding local to global security   Educators for Social Responsibility.  40 lessons dealing with security and conflict management. The World in Transition Series,  The Southern Center for International Studies. Europe in Transition Latin American in Transition East Asia in Transition Foreign Policy Dilemmas of Foreign Aid:  Debating U.S. Priorities, Policies, and Practices.  Choices for the 21st Century Education Program.  Brown University.  Lesson book with teacher guide and student guide. The US Role in a Changing World. Choices for the 21st Century Education Program.  Brown University.  Lesson book with teacher guide and student guide. Russia The End of the Soviet Union  An instruction guide for high schools. The Southern Center for International Studies. The Economic Demise of the Soviet Union.  Foundation for Teaching Economics.  6 lessons:missing markets, incentives matter, who owns it?, andmore. International Economics Nippon Nyumon.  An idea book for teaching Japanese economic topics.  National Council for the Social Studies. Geography – Focus on Economics.  National Council on Economic Education.  12 lessons dealing with the interconnectedness of Geography and Economics. FOCUS – International Economics.  National Council on Economic Education.  20 lessons dealing with international economics issues. Approaching WTO Education.  “How to Bring WTO into your classroom by engaging students in international trade disputes.”  6 lessons. Issues of International Trade.  Foundation for Teaching Economics.  2 lessons: The Euro and The Giant Sucking Sound. Globalization, A unit in Global Understanding.  Monica Birtwistle and Cindy Case, Austin HS, FBISD.  Lessons dealing with the globalization of agriculture, the rise of corporate globalization, global organizations, and terrorism and conflict management. The Economic Demise of the Soviet Union.  Foundation for Teaching Economics.  6 lessons:missing markets, incentives matter, who owns it?, andmore. Asia Understanding the Korean Peninsula in the 21st Century, Stanford’s SPICE Program.  7 in-depth lessons dealing with the following two overriding themes: Political, Economic, and Security Issues in the Asia/Pacific Region & U.S. and Japanese Relations with the Korean Peninsula – opportunities and challenges. Choices in International Conflict:With a focus on Security issues in Asia.  Curriculum unit.  Stanford SPICE program. Teaching China in the Pre-Collegiate Classroom, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois.  A variety of lessons and information dealing with China – arts, business, history, culture, geography, government & politics. Teaching More About Korea, lessons for students in grades k-12, The Korea Society.  32 lessons for varying grade levels. Tora no Maki I, II, III  Lessons for teaching about contemporary Japan.  National Council for the Social Studies.  Lessons created by educators after their return from the Kezai Koho Japan study tour. Along the Silk Road  People, Interaction & Cultural Exchange.  Stanford SPICE program.  8 lessons, most appropriate for World History classes. Middle East Arab World Studies Notebook Audrey Shabbas, editor.  AWAIR: Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services & Middle East Policy Council. Videos A Force More Powerful Series Episode One:  A look at non-violent protest.Focus on Ghandi and Apartheid in South Africa. Episode Two:  Focus on Danish resistance to Nazis, Solidarity Movement in Poland, Chilean struggle against dictator, Pinochet. Chile:Defeat of a Dictator  Chilean struggle against Pinochet. Nashville:We were warriors  Civil Rights Movement India:Defying the Crown  Ghandi South Africa:Freedom in our Lifetime  The nonviolent struggle to end apartheid. Denmark:Living with the Enemy  Focus on Danish resistance to Nazis during WWII The World in Transition Series  The Southern Center for International Studies. Europe in Transition Latin America in Transition East Asia in Transition Faces of Change, Stories of Exceptional People in the Former Soviet Union The Eurasia Foundation Islam: Empire of Faith.  PBS.180 minutes, charts the birth of islam to modern day. Madeleine Albright, BIOGRAPHY.  A&E Home Video.The story of the first female Secretary of State. Poland.  A 20 minute look at the country, put out by the Polish National Tourist Office. Deconstructing Globalization. The Foreign Policy Association.

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