I just became aware of A Young People’s History of the United States,a version of Howard Zinn’s classic targeted towards younger readers. I haven’t seen the book myself yet, but I suspect that it would work well with English learners, too.
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A Young People’s History of the United States
February 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Global Issues Activities for K-12 ESL Classes
July 17th, 2009 · No Comments
I was recently asked for suggestions for materials that could be used with younger learners. Here are a few of my favorites.
Facing the Future has a collection of activity-based, global issues lesson plans for students of all ages. In addition to the great stuff they offer for sale, they have a ton of […]
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Worldmapper
July 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Worldmapper has a large collection of world maps that display various issues in a simple yet effective way. They expand each country to illustrate their share in a given issue. For example, the map below illustrates each country’s proportion of the world’s child labor.
Worldmapper has maps on many, many topics, including poverty, gender […]
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New Internationalist: Global Issues for Learners of English
May 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
The New Internationalist has a collection of global issues articles written specifically for learners of English. They have articles on globalization, the environment, human rights and war. They haven’t updated the articles for several years, but the topics are still very relevant.
One example that I like is a series of 5 stories told […]
Tags: poverty & wealth · cultural issues · child labor · fair trade · war · consumerism · ESL activity · reading · the environment · global issues activities · blog