Since 2008, the IB has encouraged IB World Schools to take part in global lessons on some of humanity’s greatest 21st-century challenges.
Disasters and Emergencies
Make global challenges a visible part of your classroom and engage your students with the activity suggestions presented on this large wall calendar.
For teaching resources for teaching about the floods in Pakistan visit:
http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/index.aspx?id=1802
Pakistan is currently hit by devastating floods.
The rich are different from you and me - they are more selfish
Two recent and influential books on global poverty - and ways of reducing it - are:
A powerful earthquake hit Quinhai province, China, on 14 April 2010.
A very strong earthquake - 8.8 on the Richter scale - hit Chile on Saturday.
Among the many reports on the disaster are:
New York Times updates
Resources and links for teaching about the Haiti earthquake are available on this link to a page at the UK portal site Global Dimension:
http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/index.aspx?id=1338
