Globalization

Jeffrey Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and advisor to the UN Secretary-General on the Sustainable Development Goals. This book is an impassioned diagnosis of the US's economic ills, and an urgent call for Americans to restore the core virtues of fairness, honesty and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity. It has been rated one of the year’s best books by Publisher’s Weekly and the Guardian, and he was called by the NY Times Magazine, "probably the most important economist in the world." See also his The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. (Both are available on Amazon.)

An onlinr, easy-to-read magazine covering a range of UN activities, suitable for high school and above.

They offer lesson plans K-12 by region, subject or grade level, and integrate global issues and cultural awareness into core content areas. They also provide podcasts, videos and slide shows, and a speakers program http://www.peacematch.orgthat will bring returned Peace Corps volunteers into the classroom. Publications can be purchased as paperbacks or downloaded in pdf format online. See titles under books. then click on Teacher Resources

Presentation an 21 Century curriculum on Asia Society Website

Bitter Seeds 2011, the 3rd in a trilogy by Teddy Bear Films, (the 2nd, China Blue 2008, investigated sweatshop conditions in the clothes we buy) is an emotionally powerful documentary that sheds light on the crisis in India created by Monsanto’s genetically engineered cotton, their false promises and ruthless monopolization. The result was that ¼ million farmers over a sixteen-year period committed suicide (approximately 1 every 30 minutes), most by drinking pesticide. This film, which has won multiple awards, was shown in the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in June, 2012, and is available on DVD. For screenings in theatres around the country see their website http://teddybearfilms.com