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1. Global Connections: Trade, Technology, and Food - Slave to Chocolate

This lesson covers a 90-minute block period for high school students, which ties into a larger unit on persuasive writing. Students will learn elements of persuasive writing with a specific focus on point-of-view, citing examples and counter claim while studying an overview of the history of cocoa trade and the current controversy of bonded labor in the cocoa production. Students will understand e

2. Switzerland : The Heart of it All

Six themes investigate the unique character of Switzerland and its global relations

3. Irish Eyes

Combining poetry and landscape to discover the history and culture of Ireland

4. Sacred Cranes

Using literature to study the nuclear bomb and Japan's involvement in WWII

5. Writing Haiku

Unit on teaching this Japanese poetic form

6. Lost Names

A unit based on the novel entitled Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood

7. Descendants of the Dragon

The Chinese dragon in art and myth

8. Chinese Cinderella

A Comparative Study of Cinderella Stories based upon American and Chinese versions

9. The Old African

Written by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (New York, Penguin / Dial, 2005)

10. Empires of Medieval West Africa: Ghana, Mali, and Songhay

By David C. Conrad (New York: Facts on File, 2005)

11. The Ancient Kushites

By Liz Sonneborn (New York: Scholastic / Franklin Watts, 2005)

12. The Mzungu Boy

By Meja Mwangi (Toronto & Berkeley: Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press, 2005)

13. How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt

By Tamara Bower (New York: Simon & Schuster / Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005)

14. Three Thai Children's Stories

A web-based reading project

15. Weaving a Tapestry

Lessons on North American Indigenous Cultures

16. Our Neighbors

Getting to Know US Neighbors in Mexico and Canada

17. Getting to Know Our Neighbors

A unit that explores how learning about Mexico and Canada can make one a better neighbor

18. "Almaden" by Kim Chi-won

Unit on a Korean short story

19. Korean Short Stories

An index of short stories

20. Are You Listening? Voices from the Middle East

An anthology of short stories and excerpts

21. Three Latin American Folktales

Exploring culture and geography through Latin American folktales

22. La Llorona

The Spanish conquest of Mexico and the role of La Llorona

23. Apartheid: Calibrations of Color

Edited by Patra McSharry, Hugh Lewin, and Roger Rosen (Rosen Publishers, 1991)

24. The African Mask

By Janet Rupert (Clarion Books 1994)

25. The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhay

By Patricia and Frederick McKissack, illustrated by Rob Wood (Henry Holt, 1994)

26. Big Boy

By Tololwa Mollel, illustrated by Earl B. Lewis (Clarion, 1995)

27. From Corn to Tortillas

How corn is grown and used for making tortillas

28. Latin American Literature

Exploring Genre Through Latin American Poetry and Literature

29. Cinco de Mayo

A Historical Celebration

30. Boundless Grace

By Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch (Dial, 1995)

31. No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa

Edited by Timothy Saunders Mckee, illustrated by Anne Blackshaw (DK Publishing, 1998)

32. Halala Means Welcome: A Book of Zulu Words

By Ken Wilson-Max (Hyperion, 1998)

33. Vacation in the Village

Written and illustrated by Pierre Yves Njeng (Boyds Mills Press, 1999)

34. Jamela's Dress

Written and illustrated by Niki Daly (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999)

35. Subira Subira

Written by Tololwa Mollel, illustrated by Linda Saport (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin, 2000)

36. My Great-Grandmother's Gourd

By Cristina Kessler, illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop (Orchard Books / Grolier, 2000)

37. Bikes for Rent

By Isaac Olaleye, illustrated Chris Demarest (Orchard Books, 2001)

38. Gugu's House

Written and illustrated by Catherine Stock (Clarion Books, 2001)

39. Beatrice's Goat

By Page McBrier, illustrated by Catherine Stock (Clarion Books, 2001)

40. Sosu's Call

By Meshack Asare (Kane/Miller Books, 2002)

41. Silly Mammo: An Ethiopian Tale

By Gebregeorgis Yohannes, illustrated by Bogale Belachew (African Sun Publishing, 2002)

42. The Magic Gourd

By Baba Wague Diakite (Scholastic, 2003)

43. Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot

By Jane Kurtz (Pleasant Company, 2003)

44. Once Upon a Time

Written and illustrated by Niki Daly (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003)

45. The Captive

By Joyce Hansen (Scholastic, 1994)

46. Middle Passage

By Tom Feelings (Dial, 1995)

47. No Turning Back

By Beverley Naidoo (Harper Collins, 1997)

48. Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories from Liberia

By Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (Fulcrum Kids, 1998)

49. Kings and Queens of West Africa

By Sylviane Diouf (Franklin Watts, 2000)

50. Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students

Edited by John Middleton (Charles Scribner's Sons of Gale Group, 2002)