The International Network Archive at Princeton has an interesting collection of Infographics. These six “maps” depict statistical information in a variety of striking graphical ways. The one pictured here is on transportation, and I think the ones on weapons and water could also be useful in a global issues ESL class. Personally, […]
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Infographics
July 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: health · visual prompts · water · climate change · war · the environment · global issues activities · blog
What the World Eats
March 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Time Magazine has a slideshow showing photos of 15 families alongside a week’s supply of food. Each pictures is accompanied by information about the country in which it was taken, the amount of money that the family typically spends on food per week, and a favorite recipe of two. The images are taken […]
Tags: slideshow · pictures · food and hunger · cultural issues · health · global issues activities · consumerism · poverty & wealth · blog
Dot Earth
February 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Dot Earth is Andrew C. Revkin’s blog at the New York Times. He covers a wide range of news related to sustainability and climate change. It is too complex for most language learners, but simplified versions of some of the articles he references could be useful.
In addition, he often refers to videos and […]
Tags: climate change · politics · poverty & wealth · health · natural disasters · war · consumerism · global issues resources · reading · the environment · global issues activities · blog
Chris Jordan: Consumerism’s Portraitist
February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Photographer Chris Jordan has three series of striking pictures, each of which could stimulate students to think about a variety of issues.
Each picture in Running The Numbers depicts an America statistic by showing an extremely high number of a mundane item. For example, there is a picture of 1,000,000 plastic cups (the number used […]
Tags: health · pictures · consumerism · global issues activities · the environment · blog
Facing the Future
February 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Facing the Future is an organization that makes activity-based, global issues curricula for students of all ages. In addition to the great stuff they offer for sale, they have a ton of materials available as free downloads. I especially like the lesson plans from Engaging Students Through Global Issues, and the Climate Change […]
Tags: war · consumerism · vocabulary · politics · climate change · cultural issues · health · poverty & wealth · global issues activities · textbooks · speaking · ESL activity · global issues resources · listening · reading · writing · the environment · blog
Mark Schapiro: Exposed
December 18th, 2007 · No Comments
On Fresh Air recently, Terry Gross interviewed Mark Schapiro, author of Exposed. Schapiro talks about the toxic chemicals that are released into our bodies and our environment by many of the goods that we consume.
He also talks about how the US policies on hazardous chemicals are much laxer than the EU policies. Thus, many […]
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