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Canada and World Connections:
Canada's Links to the World
- CBC
News in Review
http://www.tv.cbc.ca/newsinreview/
Season indexes and resource guides on-line.
- Mapping
Our World
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/mappingourworld/mapping_our_world/l/home/index.htm
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CBC Archives - Auto Pact
http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?IDCat=73&IDDos=326&IDLan=1&IDMenu=73
History and current information of the Auto Pact with lesson plans.
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Look! You're Wearing Geography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/ideas58/58wearing.html
A lesson plan that reinforces global independence.
- Mineral
Information Institute
http://www.mii.org/
A comprehensive site with many printable lesson plans and background
information for the teacher. Lots of lesson sheets
that teach the connection of resources we use to the trade needed to
get them.
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Volcanic Mineral Deposits
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/minerals/index.html
A listing of minerals resulting from volcanoes, their use in
our lives, and quiz to test your knowledge.
Level:
Intermediate, Adult
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Lesson Plan on Supply and Demand
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst184.html
Simulation game for students to experience the effect of supply
and demand using personal items.
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String Trade
http://www.frontiernet.net/~mikef/lessonplans/lesson1a.htm
Lesson plan that outlines experts, imports, and global interdependence.
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Hey, I Don't Have Enough Stuff!
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/Lessons/242.htm
Students discover through this simulated activity that resources
are unequally distributed throughout the world and that regions use
resources differently.
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Canada's Winning Secrets
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/scdt/invest/pdf/InvestinCanada_Feb21.pdf
On-line slide presentation that outlines why Canada is a world trading
partner.
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Industry Canada
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.html
Search for Canadian and U.S. trade by product and sorted by trade
type, Time period, Canada/Provinces or U.S., Trading Partner, Value
in..., and Product search. An alternate search method is Canadian
trade by industry. Graphs are created on-line and they can be copied
into other software programs for reporting. Data is supplied by Statistics
Canada.
- Business
etiquette and culture in U.S. top trading partner nations
http://www.executiveplanet.com/
An interesting analysis of how to do business with
trading partner countries from an American perspective. Read about how
business is done with Canadians.
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Cultural Profiles
http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/
Many immigrants come to Canada each year. Learn about the countries
that they came from to start a new life in Canada.
- Nation
Master
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare
nations.
- Department
of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/menu-e.asp
- NAFTA
North America Free Trade Agreement
- WTO
World Trade Organization
- FTAA
Free Trade Area of the Americas
- APEC
Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- G-8
Country Factsheets, and leader Biographies
- Migration
Information Source
http://www.migrationinformation.org/
Includes global migration data, country profiles, and U.S. data.
- NATO
http://www.nato.int/
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Click on Welcome on the left of the screen for: member countries, fundamental
role of NATO, common values.
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NATO's Role in relation to the conflict in Kosovo
http://www.nato.int/kosovo/history.htm
Background information about the conflict.
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The United Nations: An Introduction for Students
http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/unintro/unintro.htm
A clear text site explaining the formation and role of the UN.
- ReliefWeb
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
A project of the United Nations Office for the coordination of humanitarian
affairs (OCHA).
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Peace Education
http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peace/index.asp
- Minerals
Imported by the United States
http://www.mii.org/pdfs/imports.pdf
- Department
of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
http://www.international.gc.ca/index.aspx
- NAFTA
North America Free Trade Agreement
- WTO
World Trade Organization
- FTAA
Free Trade Area of the Americas
- APEC
Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- G8
General Information
- G8
Foreign Ministers
- United
Nations - cyberschoolbus
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/
- Global
Vision Junior Team Canada
http://www.globalvision.ca/index.php
- Canadians
in the World
http://geo.international.gc.ca/cip-pic/menu-en.asp
An Educational Resource Site
- Ben's
Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html
Use this site to identify the distinguishing features of the United
States.
- Grades
3-5 -Symbols, Government building, songs and oaths, statues
and memorials and more... The links connected to this grade level
explain the U.S. government with the use of graphics and maps.
- Grades
5-8 - Text-based explanations of the U.S. government with
more detail provided.
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Copyright
2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Thursday October 2, 2008 11:19 PM
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