Kathleen Young
Bancroft School
Faculty - 7th Grade World Geography
HOME
TEACHER RESOURCES - CURRENT EVENTS WEBSITES
The
following resources have been suggested by the professors of the N.E.H.
Institute, as well as field experts and participants
NEWS
SERVICES
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/LCC/
Nepal
Times
Provides a literate English-language weekly review of political and economic
events in Nepal.
Nepal
News
Provides a summary of leading English, Nepali, and Hindi language newspapers
in Nepal.
British Broadcasting
Corporation
HUMAN
RIGHTS - NEWS
www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/
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International
Rescue Committee
International Crisis Group
Human Rights Watch
Global
Rights: Partners for Justice
Reports on human rights conditions and progress throughout the world.
ORGANIZATIONS
- NEWS
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United Nations website
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations accounts on specific countries with links to individual
offices overseas.
The State
Department website
U.S. perspective on world news.
South Asia Terrorism Portal
Indian perspective on world news. Click on the South Asia Intelligence
Review icon to find weekly reviews of regional events, focusing on politics,
insurgencies or terrorism.
Minnesota
Project Innovation, Inc.
Information on refugees and migration.
World
Bank
This site provides statistics on living standards of people in the developing
world. It also describes current projects.
This site was created by Kathleen Young at the NEH Summer Institute "Cultures and Religions of the Himalayan Region," held at the College of the Holy Cross, Summer 2004