Wonders of the World
Images and summaries of the greatest wonders of the ancient world, modern world, and United States. Useful for history and geography research. Reading level is grade 6+.
World
Updated on March 9, 2017
These websites about the World give students of all grade levels a glimpse of cultures across the globe and options for communicating and collaborating on projects with students from different countries. Learn about world issues and how you can make a difference. Some sites have teaching resources.
Evoke
From site: EVOKE is a ten-week crash course in changing the world. It is free to play and open to anyone, anywhere. The goal of the social network game is to help empower young people all over the world, and…
Postcrossing
Postcards travel the world using Postcrossing, the postcard crossing project. When you send one, you receive at least one back randomly from anywhere in the world. Be surprised by where you next postcard comes from!The Postcrossing blog show how one…
TakingITGlobal
From site: Youth everywhere actively engaged and connected in shaping a more inclusive, peaceful and sustainable world. We enable a collaborative learning community which provides youth with access to global opportunities, cross-cultural connections and meaningful participation in decision-making. We serve…
Democracy Web
From site: Democracy Web is composed of an interactive world map and an online study guide developed by the Albert Shanker Institute and Freedom House for use by teachers, professors, and their upper secondary- and lower college-level students. The study…
Global Views Video Collection
From site: Reading about another country or even watching a documentary can give kids a good sense of a community in another part of the world. However, when in a video the one introducing the school or community is another…
Peace One Day
From site: Peace One Day Education aims to advance active learning in the areas of conflict resolution, global citizenship, human rights and the link between sustainability and peace, using Peace Day 21st September as a focus… Our goal is to…
Greatest Places
From site: Journey to seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on earth! Trek down the Amazon river, take in all 2.5 miles of Iguazu Falls, meet nomads roaming the high plateaus of Tibet, explore the glaciers of Greenland, and…
SHOW/WORLD
From site: SELECT a subject from the top menu and watch the countries on the map change their size. Instead of land mass, the size of each country will represent the data for that subject –both its share of the…
OneWorld Classrooms
From site: OneWorld Classrooms is a nonprofit organization that builds bridges of learning between the classrooms of the world. We offer FREE online travel and a variety of opportunities for K-12 classrooms to interact with overseas partners. WELCOME! Travel right…
Global SchoolNet
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Gapminder
On Gapminder, students can use the graphing tool to examine, on a statistical level, how the world has changed in the past 2,000 years, and what we can infer from this data. The parameters consist of wealth and life expectancy…
Don’t Gross Out the World
Take a brief quiz to learn fun facts about customs in 11 countries. The questions all have a food theme.