Films and videos allow students to explore Latin American reality while prompting classroom discussions that deepen their understanding.

In keeping with this year's NCSS conference theme, the author offers a list of websites that successfully link teachers and students together through pen pal programs, paired classrooms, or partner schools.

Aiming to correct myths about the Viet Nam War, this author regularly leads groups of students to learn about the country firsthand.

We cannot isolate our nation's wellbeing from that of others across the planet. We must help students develop the habit of thinking globally.

The study of Cuban art and architecture highlights unique aspects of the island's historyfrom prehistoric times through conquest and colonialism, to independence and revolution.

The creation of thematic units around such topics as ethnicity, progress, conflict, and migration, offers a valuable structure for teaching about a region as diverse as Latin America.

A high school history teacher describes her experience on a humanitarian mission in Ukraine and offers a lesson plan for teaching about the war and the experiences of refugees.