National Council for the Social Studies: Attention all Social Studies teachers who are members of the National Council for the Social Studies or who plan to join NCSS. Please join the NCSS International Activities Community. Our community will foster global awareness and global communication among social studies educators. We will share lessons and resources with a global perspective, publicize and discuss global issues, organize and promote sessions at NCSS, and facilitate community among global minded NCSS members.
iEARN and UN Millenium Campaign Partnership: Despite
the importantance of the MDGs, most people are unaware of their
government’s promise to end poverty by 2015. To help spread awareness,
the United Nations Millennium Campaign has developed a teacher’s guide
on how to easily adapt international poverty issues into existing
curriculum. IEARN is partnering with the UN Millennium Campaign to get
this 300 page resource into classrooms throughout the US and other
countries. Read more and download lesson plans.
iEARN School Receives 2008 CSIET Global Classroom Award: The Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET) presented one of three Global Classroom Awards to an American GCE school Metropolitan Learning Center Inter-District Magnet School for Global and International Studies (MLC) in Bloomfield, Connecticut at their first Annual National School Conference on International Youth Exchange in Indianapolis, Indiana from February 28-29, 2008. This award recognizes far-sighted educators and high schools that enthusiastically participate in international exchanges and have demonstrated their commitment to promoting global understanding and international education. The winning schools each received a $500 scholarship for one of its students to study abroad or for increasing school-wide international awareness. MLC has been involved in iEARN's GCE program since 2003 and participated in five international exchanges through the GCE program from 2003-2005, hosting students from Pakistan, Morocco, and Egypt, and sending students to Egypt. Students continue to benefit from the GCE program through virtual exchanges in iEARN’s Collaboration Centre, where students work on projects with their peers from GCE countries, as well as many other countries around the world. (Source: US Department of State)
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