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An annotated list of children's books that are high quality, unbiased, and non-stereotypical portrayals of Arabs. It is also a collection that brings the native voices of the MENA region to elementary readers

Type: Journal article

This set of books offers insight into Canadian aboriginal cultures and the contributions of these groups to the fabric of the nation.

Type: Journal article

Teaching about Latin America through prose, poetry, and picture books helps bring a human dimension to the study of the region.

Type: Journal article

Download this free book from the website of the author, Raymond G. Wilson, Emeritus Associate Professor of Physics, Illinois Wesleyan University. Visit https://sun.iwu.edu/~rwilson/PNDclass.htmlThe book, titled Nuclear War: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and a Workable Moral Strategy for Achieving and Preserving World Peace (AuthorHouse, 2014) is a PDF, 23 MB, 256 pages. It is also available at Amazon.com in print or as an ebook. Having taught about nuclear war and peace for 55 years, Professor Wilson supplies "the best material from his course, with two specific chapters for in-class guidance."…

Type: Resource

Students can learn a great deal about the economic, social, or strategic importance of a place when they examine maps, such as the featured 1910 Sanborn map of South San Francisco.

Type: Journal article

PBS/WETA Civilians worldwide are increasingly the targets of war crimes. This unprecedented series examines the evolution of postwar justice in investigating genocide, ethnic cleansing and other atrocities and in prosecuting the perpetrators.   The full title of the series is "Dead Reckoning: War, Crime, and Justice from World War II to the War on Terror." The episodes are slated to be shown on Monday evenings, December 5-19, 2016, but check local listings. “The General’s Ghost” (12/5/2016) “The Blind Eye” (12/12/2016) “In Our Time” (12/19/2016) Here's a description from a one-page fact sheet…

Type: Resource

Have you seen the "free stuff webpage" at ODT Maps? It offers . . . Nine - free map postcards Five - golden circles* Four - NCGE books Free - NCGE world-outline map masters (Major Countries, and World Outline) Two - videos on YouTube One - article The ODT USA Equal Area Map and one chapter from the book Seeing Through MapsAnd a partridge in a pear tree!* Check back every month to see new items posted regularly at manywaystoseetheworld.org, even after the winter holidays are over. "Please share the link with any teachers, students and map fans that you know. Once supplies are gone, the…

Type: Resource