For learning activities and team projects

Students will find out about a number of resources through the learning activities. However, here are some general resources that will be especially useful for Team Projects:

Resources by theme and country

• Infonation - View and Compare Statistical Country Data - On the UN Cyberschoolbus Web site, this page allows students to view and compare statistical information about any selected country.

• Country at a Glance - On the UN Cyberschoolbus Web site, this page allows students to click on any country chosen and read an overview about that country including a profile of its news, economy, environment, health and technology.

• New Internationalist - Country Profiles - Click on "Country Profiles" from the left-hand menu of the New Internationalist Web site to read the profiles of hundreds of countries around the world.

• World Atlas of Maps, Flags, Geography Facts

• Blank Maps of Canada - the Provinces and Territories

• Canadian Geographic/Canadian International Development Agency - The CIDA Poverty & Hunger Web site provides summaries on population, poverty and hunger, health, HIV/AIDS, education, the environment, Canadians making a difference in the world. Also gives a series of links for students (Youth Zone), teachers, and resources.

• Canadians Making a Difference in the World - Descriptions of people from across Canada who are working on international development projects around the world. Click on "Canadians making a difference in the world" in the Features section of this site.

• CIDA and International Development -The role of CIDA in international development.

• The World Fact Book - Reference maps, flags of the world and country profiles of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues of the country you select.

• United Nations Development Program - Human Development Reports - Features statistics from the Human Development Report including data by country and development indicator (income, employment, fertility, etc.).

• Wikipedia - A Free Encyclopedia - For a description of the First, Second and Third World, go here.

• Millennium Development Goals - Youth Web site - A site dedicated to explaining the goals to reduce poverty set by the international community at a UN Summit in 2000.

Audio Resources

Audio Archives

• InterWorld Radio - A global network for radio stations and journalists. Includes news and programs about world issues and local contexts.

• OneWorld Radio - A global radio community sharing programs and ideas on development.

• UNICEF Audio Features - Radio interviews and packages, with transcripts, on latest current events affecting children worldwide.

• Simbani - AMARC Africa News Agency -Audio reports by community radio journalists on the following themes: HIV/AIDS, the environment, food security, gender, human rights & democracy.

• Radio for All - A selection of audio files for sharing produced by grassroots media activists.

Learning Resources

• ITrain On-line - A series of free resources on producing multimedia.

Plug-Ins

To listen or download audio from the Internet, you need to make sure that you have the appropriate computer plug-in (software) installed:

For Apple

Quick Time MP3 Player

For PC

RealPlayer for RealAudio

Audiograbber - To extract audio from CDs

News Sources

Canadian

• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) - Canada's national news agency Web site with links to CBC Radio, CBC Television and local CBC sites.

• Rabble.ca - News stories, in-depth features, interviews and commentaries by writers who promote social change.

International

• UN News Service - News published by the United Nations News Centre.

• International Press Service- An independent news agency from the Global South covering stories on development and globalization.

• British Broadcasting Corporation - World news published by Britain's national news agency, the BBC.

• Common Ground News Centre - A mix of politics, issues and news by writers who promote social change. Published by a U.S.-based non-profit organization.

• New Internationalist Magazine On-line - Reports on issues of world poverty and inequality.

• Multinational Monitor Magazine - The on-line version of the magazine that tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World.