K-12 Educational Resources

 United Nations

 

  
UNICEF State of the World'sChildren Report 2008
 

Model UN is a world leader in providing short-term experiential education programs engaging youth in current issues. Their simulations annually serve almost 5,000 college students from around the world and help prepare them to be better global citizens

Student Voices Against Poverty – UN Millennium Campaign Curriculum Project This booklet educates teachers about global poverty and provides them with some 20 lesson plans to help them share this knowledge with their students. The work focuses on the Millennium Development Goals, to which all UN members have committed in order to address the root causes of poverty and inequality. Each lesson plan contains an overview, learning objectives, step-by-step activities, suggestions for evaluation and assessment, extension activities, and related resources, and is aligned to national standards.

UN Cartographic Section maps of regions, countries, political operations, and thematic topics
 
UN Cyber School Bus  promotes education about international issues and the United Nations, and produces teaching materials and activities for educational use at primary, intermediate and secondary school levels and for training teachers
 
UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization/Culture resources on world culture and heritage with access to various publications
 
UN Environment Programme GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics library maps and graphics available in a wide range of themes related to environment and sustainable development, searchable by regions and themes
 
UNICEF The State of the World’s Children  (SOWC)  the report and interactive website on critical issues related to the health, education and human rights of the world’s children
 
UN News Service provides breaking UN news stories, available by top news headlines or by region
 
UN Publications offers publications on many subjects to click and browse; you can then order materials directly from the site
 
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