Resources for Children and Young Adults

Classroom Resources for Great Decisions from Scholastic - The Foreign Policy Association, Scholastic and the New York Times have partnered to bring teachers the best in resources for the Great Decisions topic on Children for the classroom!

The Children’s General Assembly
UN Cyber School Bus - Global Teaching and Learning Project - learn about human rights and other issues that affect people around the world.
CBBC News - The BBC’s News for Children
Topics for Children
Youth for Human Rights
UK Department of Culture
Official site of US Government for Kids
Child Rights Information Network - Information for Kids
Kid’s Care Club - Point of Light Foundation
Teach Kids Peace
It Takes A Child (film)
My Hero
Mattie Stepanek
iEARN - International Education and Resource Network
Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - Information for Students
MAGIC - Media Activities and Good Ideas by and for Children
JustGive.org’s Kids Corner
Peace Corps Kids World
UNICEF for Kids German
Children’s Folklore - Games, customs, rhymes, and activities involving children from countries around the world.
CIA - The World Factbook - includes information on every country in the world.
Cities and Countries- list of Web sites about different countries around the world.
Crossroads of Continents - Journey to the North Pacific, Siberia to Alaska, and meet those who live there.
FirstGov for Kids!
Global Gang - Games & news about children. Learn about children in need and see ways to help them.
GOALS: Global Online Adventure Learning Site
Greatest Places - Take online tours of seven of the most “geographically diverse” places on the Earth.
Kids’ Castle - Visit the Smithsonian Museums in Washington, D.C.
Maps and Geography of the World
NPR Radio Expeditions - Listen to adventures around the world.
Virtual Field Trips - On-line field trips that take you to around the world.
Where is that? - Internet geography game.

Students Stopping the Trafficking of People (SSTOP) - a student organization at Georgetown University founded in April 2004 by a small group of young women who were empowered to do something about the issue of human trafficking.

Clapham Sect: Phase II (CSP2) a community of High School student abolitionists, based in the Greater Kansas City, MO area. Please also see thegroups NING site

CampusProgress- works to help young people - advocates, activists, journalists, artists, and others - to make their voices heard on issues that matter.

Understanding Prejudice - A web site for students, teachers, and others interested in the causes and consequences of prejudice.

Oxfam’s Cool Planet

Kidz @ Work


More links to come soon…Please feel free to e-mail me any links you feel should be added to this page at: cassandra.clifford@gmail.com