Disasters and Emergencies
In January 12 2010, an earthquake of a 7.0 magnitude devastated Haiti, mainly around the capital of Port- Au- Prince.
Global Issues.org
is a website containing over 500 articles on global issues and many links to other websites, articles adnd resources - mostly written by a passionate individual - Anup Shah.
These articles give very good introductions to many topics.
TeachUNICEF
A number of agencies have prepared teaching materials relating to the Pakistani floods. Some of these are collated at:
http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/index.aspx?id=1802
Pakistan is currently hit by devastating floods.
This was and interesting movie to watch. But if you are planning on watching it you need to plan to sit down and watch. You need to avoid distractions because there are people that are interviewed who speek other languages so you would have to read the subtitles on the bottom of the screen.
