Diversity Amid Globalization textbook companion site. http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/05/09/8-ways-to-fix-the-global-food-crisis.html?PageNr=6
Check out your knowledge regarding the geography of Africa. You must type in the exact name of the coutnry. Hint: The Gambia http://mytruepeeps.com/africa.html
Test your knowledge of really great games. Thanks to Mr. Yoder for the information on this. http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FS#
Where does Europe End? Article By Nancy Popson from LCHS Elibrary Service http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/curriculum/do/document?set=search&groupid=1&requestid=lib_standard&resultid=1&edition=&ts=3D907CD5C0D1BE68B3FD5CEA4966D4F0_1210349106728&start=1&urn=urn%3Abigchalk%3AUS%3BBCLib%3Bdocument%3B54946616
Three Gorges Dam - Environmental Impact Article http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=chinas-three-gorges-dam-disaster&print=true
New York Times Article on Wahhabism - A strict form of Islam that insists upon a literal interpretation of the Koran http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E6DB123CF934A35753C1A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print
Invasive species article on the Northern snakehead fish. It is a terrific example of unanticipated consequences of globalization and the continuation, in a sense, of the Columbian Exchange. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/07/0712_020712_snakehead.html
Pictures of invasive species from US Department of Agriculture. http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/snakehead.shtml
A National Geographic short on the Northern Snakehead that illustrates the challenges to ecosystems that invasive species represent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmU7etSYYqI
Christopher Bright's Article Invasive Species: Pathogens of Globalization http://www.foreignpolicy.com/Ning/archive/archive/116/invasivespecies.pdf
The link to Dr. Maathai's Kenyan Green Belt Movement. Read how this NGO is changing the environment and trying to break the cycle of poverty faced by women in Africa and around the world. http://greenbeltmovement.org/a.php?id=178
The 2009 economic downturn touches a Japanese town known as the center of Toyota's worldwide operation http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-toyota-city22-2009mar22,0,6539982.story
South Korea and Japan duel it out in the world baseball classic 2009 http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-wbc-asia20-2009mar20,0,540233.story
An update to the Three Gorges Dam Project from a National Public Radio three part series from Jan 2008 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17723829
This US News and World Report focuses on the food crisis both in the United States and abroad. Food Crisis - Ch. 3 Theme 1 Article
Time magazine article about Tysons Corner, Virginia and how it may become a model for the future American city. A radical Way to Fix Suburban Sprawl - Ch. 3 Theme 2 Article
A modern story of recent immigration to the United States. Iraqi refugees find U.S. life not what they expected - LA Times Ch. 3 Theme 3 Article
South Korean Kids Go to Boot Camp
An LA Times opinion piece about the creation of a new ethnic neighborhood in Los Angeles. As American as Little Bangladesh - Ch. 3 Theme 3 Article
A discussion about US and Mexico trade patterns with analysis of immigration, history, and the rising Mexican drug war. Uneasy Neighbors - Upfront Magazine - Ch. 3 Theme 5 Article
Two arguments about the effects of illegal immigration in the United States. Are Illegal Immigrants Good for the US Economy - A Pro and Con Article - Ch. 3 Themes 3-5