Facts :

• Worldometers - World statistics updated in real time :
  World Population / Government & Economics / Society & Media / Environment / Food / Water / Energy / Health
  (worldometers.info)

• WORLD CLOCK
  "This World Stats Counter shows current statistical figures for world population, births, deaths, deforestation, and much more.
  Except for population and earth temp, all stats reflect the growth since the beginning of the selected time period...
  This program is also available in German and Spanish."
  Site signalé par Renée Maufroid
  (poodwaddle.com)

  

• Indo-European family tree (public.iastate.edu)

  
  
  

  Indo-European languages (Wikipedia)

• Major languages (theodora.com)
  
  

• Carte des pays de langue anglaise dans le monde (salic-slmc.ca)

  

• Indigenous peoples (British Council)
  "Take a look at the article, story, cartoon, word game, trivia and links."
  
  

• The State of the World's Children 2006 : EXCLUDED and INVISIBLE (UNICEF)
  "The 2006 State of the World's Children report focuses on excluded and invisible children
  who have no access to essential services, protection and participation."

• The Virtual Quilt (ncsu.edu)
  "We are inviting you to come join us as we read, write, and learn together. Help us create a patchwork panorama that will share your community with the global Internet. Whether you live in a village, town, city, or metropolis, this is an opportunity to learn about other communities around world!"

  

• A Picture Book of Vietnam - with an interactive quiz (lhric.org/pocantico)

  
  
  
  

• The World Fact Book - CIA (cia.gov) - LIEN MODIFIE
  
  

• Country Reports provides over 6,600 pages of data ... on over 260 countries!
  (with Maps and News)
  
  

• Graphically compare nations (505 stats) :
  Fastest Growing - Richest - Most Militaristic - Most Populous - Most Generous - Most Taxed - Most In Debt - Poorest - Longest Living -
  Largest - Youngest - Most Square-eyed - Most Murderous - Most Educated...
  (nationmaster.com)

• Carte du monde interactive : Human Numbers Through Time -
  "Examine the startling population growth over the past two millennia,
  and see what's coming in the next 50 years." (PBS)
  
  

• Quizzes : Europe - The world - Mountains - Cities - Monuments - Disasters - Interactive games (geography)
  (Ac. Nancy-Metz)

• India Day Resource Page (Teacher Planet) : Lessons and Units - Worksheets - Clipart & Images - Other Resources

   

G20 Summit :

• G20's $1tn deal - 3 April 2009 :
  "The summit of leaders from the G20 major economies has agreed a very large increase in the resources of the IMF to help countries hit by the financial crisis. It set out plans for more extensive financial regulation for the future."
  Report + AUDIO + Vocabulary
  (BBC)
  
  

Consumption :

• The Story of Stuff - an animation with subtitles and the annotated script
  + Resources : Fact sheet / Glossary / ...
  It is "a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, with a special focus on the United States. All the stuff in our lives, beginning from the extraction of the resources to make it, through its production, sale, use and disposal, affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues and calls for all of us to create a more sustainable and just world..."
  (storyofstuff.com)

  

Globalisation :

• THE BOX
  "Follow a container around the world for a year to learn about globalisation and world trade."
  + Worksheets + Videos
  A scenario designed by Jean-Marc Gébelin (Ac. Grenoble)
  (pagesperso-orange.fr/websidestories)

   

• Part 11 : Globalisation - with Insight Plus - your guide to the language and key issues in the news.
  We take a look at the pros and cons of this phenomenon. 
  + the script
  (BBC Learning English)

Culture :

• Identity - This is my England
  "Identity! Sometimes it makes my head hurt -sometimes my heart.
  So what am I? Where do I fit into Britain, 2000 and beyond?"
  Andrea Levy, a writer, is English born and bred.
  But her parents are Jamaican, and the colour of her skin not white.
  As a consequence, she is not always made to feel at home in the country she thinks of as home.
  In this article by her from The Guardian Weekend, February 19, 2000, she explores the question of identity, and its significance in a multi-cultural society like the United Kingdom."
  (elt.britcoun.org.pl)

  

   

• World Cup Facts and Figures - Présentation PowerPoint
  (sunderlandschools.org)

• 7 Wonders of the Ancient World map - interactive (platial.com)

  

• World Royalty, A-Z (royalty.nu)

• Culture Quest World Tour - (ipl.org)

  "Join Parsifal and Ophelia as they sample the delicious cuisines, play the games, see the museums full of arts, crafts and history, hear the folktales and learn about the holidays & festivals of many of the world's cultures."

  
  

• Stereotypes - A teaching module
  "Objectives:
  - develop cross-cultural awareness and understanding
  - practice language skills
  - practice collaborative skills
  - show students how stereotypes are formed and what they can lead to if not acknowledged and rebutted.
  - learn how to challenge bias, unfairness and stereotypical views."
  Level: intermediate and above
  A - Warm -up (Pre-teaching vocabulary)
  B - Introduce concept/practice vocabulary in situation
  C - Develop ideas/discuss
  D - Homework
  (the_english_dept)

• Kaya's World (kindersite.org)

  

• Aussie kids speak out on being a kid in Australia (timeforkids.com)

Folklore :

• Folklore. (British Council)
  "Have a look at the article, stories, word game, cartoon, poll, trivia and links."

  

Racism :

• Find or Loot ? Click on the pictures.
  
  

• Help wanted (cpcs.umb.edu)

  

• Spot the difference?
  " Question. What do African-Caribbean, English, French, Pakistani and Polish and children all have in common in the UK?
  Answer. They can all be the victims of racism."

  

• What is Racism? - Fact sheet
  (racismnoway.com.au)

• Commonwealth Racial Discrimination Act (1975)
  "Students will become familiar with the Act which underpins all anti-racism legislation and education in Australia."
  with Worksheets to download and Suggested Activities
  + Fact sheets
  (racismnoway.com.au)

• Racism
  Racism in Europe - Racism in Australia - Racism in Africa - Racism in the Middle East - Racism in Asia - Racism in North America -
  The Lure of Adolph Hitler and neo-Nazism - Racism against Gypsies - Immigration - The Internet and Racism - Globalization and Racism -
  UN’s World Conference on Racism, 2001
  (globalissues.org)

• International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (un.org)

  

• The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  "is observed annually on 21 March. This year's theme is "Empowering
  Youth to Fight Racism". Cyberschoolbus invites you to learn, reflect,
  and take action against racial discrimination, a powerful issue
  that affects us all."
  + an animated story - interactive :
  POOK in the world
  (un.org)

  

• Racial discrimination.
  "21 March is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
  "Take a look at the article, poem, cartoon, trivia, poll, links, history and word game."
  (British Council)

  

• Racism (Wikipedia)
  1 Definitions 1.1 Legal definition 1.2 Sociological definitions
  2 Racial discrimination 2.1 Institutional racism 2.2 Economics and racism 2.3 Declarations against racial discrimination
  3 Ideology 3.1 Ethnic nationalism
  4 Ethnic conflicts
  5 Academic racism 5.1 Scientific racism 5.1.1 Heredity and eugenics 5.1.2 Polygenism and racial typologies 5.1.3 Human Zoos
  6 Racism and colonialism in the nineteenth century
  7 State-sponsored racism
  8 Racism in the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance 8.1 During the Age of Enlightenment
  9 Interminority racism...

   

Discrimination :

• Celebr8 by Levi Tafari - "a poem about inclusion and diversity."
  + Tasks and activities for exploiting the poem
  + Teachers' notes and answer key
  + Text of poem :
  "WE SHOULD CELEBR8
  NOT DISCRIMIN8
  LEARN TO APPRECIATE
  DON’T PLAYER HATE
  BECAUSE THERE’S ROOM FOR YOU
  AND THERE’S SPACE FOR ME
  LIVING IN THIS WORLD OF DIVERSITY
  LET’S CELEBR8 DIVERSITY..."
  (British Council)
  
  

• Women face bias worldwide - UN
  "Women are discriminated against in almost every country around the world, a UN-commissioned report says...
  70% of the world's poor are women and they own just 1% of the world's titled land."
  (BBC)
  
  

Corruption :

• CORRUPTION (transparency.org)

  

Flags :

• English-speaking countries - Flags - Présentation PowerPoint
  "Conçu pour une classe de 4ème 'faible' mais adaptable, considérant que les diapos ne sont que des déclencheurs, quelques drapeaux des 'English-speaking countries', le choix est 'contextualisé', Maurice, Seychelles, India etc., l'occasion de revoir les couleurs, les formes, la géographie, le lexique ('countries and nationalities') et de décorer la classe aux couleurs des drapeaux que les élèves auront envie de faire eux-mêmes.
  A améliorer en rajoutant des photos des capitales..."
  sent by Françoise Chapellier (Ac. de La Réunion)

  

• Symbolic Use of Colors in Flags - (enchantedlearning)
  "Very often, the colors used in a flag represent the values of that country (or other entity)."

Maps and Photos :

• Carte des pays de langue anglaise dans le monde (salic-slmc.ca)

  

• PHOTOS - TOUS les PAYS du MONDE (linternaute.com)
  Catégories : Mer - Animaux - Insolite - Déserts - Campagne - Montagne - Villes - Sports - Aventure - Actualité - Fleur - Insecte - Architecture - Créations

Food : Click on the picture.

• See Cost of food

• See Hunger
  
  

• World hunger 'hits one billion'
  "One billion people are hungry around the world, with a 100 million increase blamed on the global recession, says the UN."
  (BBC)

• SCHOOL LUNCH AROUND THE WORLD :
  
  
  • School Lunch From Around the World
    (interestingemailforwards.blogspot.com)
    Site signalé par Renée Maufroid.

    

  • School lunches around the world (CBBC Newsround)

• Global Food Crisis - Lots of LINKS
  (Christine Reymond - Infonews n° 336)

• World Hunger Map (thesharingway.org)

  

• Rising food costs - Families' shopping list
  "Families around the world tell us what shopping costs...
  We returned to our six families around the world to see if their shopping list and their eating habits have changed with the global increase in food prices."
  Guatemala / UK / India / China / Kenya / Egypt
  (BBC)
  
  

• UN sets up food crisis task force
  "The United Nations is to set up a task force to tackle the global food crisis...
  The UN believes 100 million people are going short of food, and the World Food Programme says it will need an extra $755m (£380m) this year to cope with the rising number of people it needs to feed. "
  + VIDEO : Global rice supply
  "Raids on hoarders, aerial planting and other snapshots from around the world."
  (BBC)
  

• The cost of food: facts and figures - LIEN MODIFIE
  (BBC)

  

• 5 nutritious habits of the planet's healthiest countries (CNN)

  

• What the World Eats - in pictures
  - with Food expenditure for one week and Favorite foods
  (time.com)

  

Listening :

• National Anthems - You can listen to most of them.

• The World (with exercises) :
  - Lecture on Culture Shock (M)
  - A Japanese Public Bath (M)
  - Saving the Earth (M)
  - Battle at the Front (D)
  - Holiday Traditions (D)
  - I Love Trees (D)
  - The Christmas Gift (D)
  - Our Aging Society (D)
  - A Greener World (D)
  - The Japanese Economy (D)
  - A Rare Solar Eclipse (D)
  - Exotic Animal Theater (D)
  - Bamboo Artifacts (D)
  (esl-lab)

Videos :

• Shift Happens
  - a slideshow examining globalization and America s future in the 21st century.
  (slideshare.net)

  

   

  Shift Happens
  (YouTube)

  Shift Happens Narrated
  (YouTube)

   

• The Miniature Earth - a video
  Des chiffres sur la population mondiale
  (prof.danglais - Frederic Chotard)
  
  

• The miniature Earth
  "Watch the video and then match the items in each column."
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• Tenebary From Guinea
  "Tenebary is an African little boy from Guinea. He is telling us about his life, his family, his school, his dream. He also tells us an African tale.
  There are 5 pages in this activity."
  Created by Renée Maufroid.
  - with a VIDEO

  

• "Click on the names of the different continents and discover where English is spoken" (+ flags) -
  (tripod.com/the_english_dept)
  
  

• A small world
  Listen to this song and play the game
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
  
  

• A Journey with Fanny
  "Write down what Fanny does in each part of the world and then play the game, find what she doesn't do!
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

  

• The English language - with a map and interactive exercises (Ac. Rouen)

• Children of the world : In China - activities created by Renée Maufroid

  

• Children of the world - activities created by Renée Maufroid
  America - Australia - Scotland - Italy - Mexico - Ireland - India - Cuba - China...

Exercises TO PRINT :

• Semaine des Langues - activités (teachers.domainepublic.net)

• Countries with English as an Official Language. Where are they ? (north, south, east or west of ?)
  (xtec.es)
  
• World Cup 2006
  What languages do they speak ? (sunderlandschools.org)

Cliparts :

• World Clip Art (kidsdomain.com)
  

INTERACTIVE games :

• World Geography Games (gamequarium.com)

Cartoons :

Discrimination (advicenow.org.uk) Lien modifié	The world is just (photos1.blogger.com)	The world according to America (igsawlounge.co.uk)
Obesity problem (bendib.com)	The gap between rich and poor (nicholsoncartoons.com.au)

Songs :

• We are the world (esl-lounge.com)
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)

• A small world
  Listen to this song and play the game
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
  
  

• Nine Million Bicycles by Katie Melua :
  "There are six BILLION people in the world
  More or less
  and it makes me feel quite small
  But you're the one I love the most of all."

Videos :

• Americans are NOT stupid - WITH SUBTITLES (YouTube)

  

• British are also NOT stupid - WITH SUBTITLES (YouTube)

  

• Shift happens (albinoblacksheep.com)

  

• If the world were a village of 100 people
  (YouTube)
  
  

• The Miniature Earth
  (YouTube)

• The 7 Wonders Movie - Lien modifié
  (sevenwondersofyourworldmovie.com)