CURRENT WORLD ISSUES
CANADA & THE WORLD
Don't forget to track your resources!
Things to click on in UG2GO:
Other Good Sites:
First Nations/Aboriginal Rights:
Aboriginal Affairs & Northern Development Canada - First Nations in Canada
Canadian Human Rights Commission - Human Rights Handbook for First Nations
Assembly of First Nations
Economic Globalization:
National Geographic Education
Britannica for Kids
Kids.Net
Ebola:
Kids Health
Unicef
Time for Kids
H1N1:
Canoe Health
Global News Report - Jan.2014
W.H.O.
SARS:
Social Studies for Kids
CDC Website
SARS, 10 Years Later: One Family's Remarkable Story - Toronto Star
Natural Disasters:
Haiti Earthquake Facts
CNN - Haiti Earthquake Fast Facts
Rebuilding Haiti - Canadian Government
Canadian Geographic - Tsunami Facts
CBC - Digital Archives - National Disasters
How the Government of Canada Responds to National Disasters
Child Labour:
Canadian Labour Congress - Facts on Child Labour
Cheap Fashion for Canadians...Toronto Star Article
We Day - "Child Labour is Canada's Invisible Crisis"
Child Soldiers:
Do Something.Org
Unicef
Child Soldier Initiative
Canadian Oil:
Quick Facts - Oil Sands
Greenpeace Canada - Tar Sands
Oil Sands & the Environment
Renewable Energy:
Types of Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
What is Renewable Energy? -ESchoolToday
Hunger:
Do Something.Org
Kids Can Make a Difference
Second Harvest
Homelessness:
CBC
Raising the Roof
Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
Industrial Pollution:
Industrial Causes of Pollution
Clean Air Kids
Environment Canada
Fresh Water:
WWF Canada
Environment Canada
David Suzuki
Climate Change:
A Students Guide to Global Climate Change
Introduction to Climate Change
Environment Canada
Conflicts (Wars):
Armed Conflict Database
Costs of War
Canadian Contributions to Peacekeeping
Things to click on in UG2GO:
- PowerKnowledge Life Science
- Kids Search (EBSCOHost)
- Searchasaurus
- Grolier Online Kids
- InfoTrac Junior
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Kids InfoBits
Other Good Sites:
First Nations/Aboriginal Rights:
Aboriginal Affairs & Northern Development Canada - First Nations in Canada
Canadian Human Rights Commission - Human Rights Handbook for First Nations
Assembly of First Nations
Economic Globalization:
National Geographic Education
Britannica for Kids
Kids.Net
Ebola:
Kids Health
Unicef
Time for Kids
H1N1:
Canoe Health
Global News Report - Jan.2014
W.H.O.
SARS:
Social Studies for Kids
CDC Website
SARS, 10 Years Later: One Family's Remarkable Story - Toronto Star
Natural Disasters:
Haiti Earthquake Facts
CNN - Haiti Earthquake Fast Facts
Rebuilding Haiti - Canadian Government
Canadian Geographic - Tsunami Facts
CBC - Digital Archives - National Disasters
How the Government of Canada Responds to National Disasters
Child Labour:
Canadian Labour Congress - Facts on Child Labour
Cheap Fashion for Canadians...Toronto Star Article
We Day - "Child Labour is Canada's Invisible Crisis"
Child Soldiers:
Do Something.Org
Unicef
Child Soldier Initiative
Canadian Oil:
Quick Facts - Oil Sands
Greenpeace Canada - Tar Sands
Oil Sands & the Environment
Renewable Energy:
Types of Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
What is Renewable Energy? -ESchoolToday
Hunger:
Do Something.Org
Kids Can Make a Difference
Second Harvest
Homelessness:
CBC
Raising the Roof
Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
Industrial Pollution:
Industrial Causes of Pollution
Clean Air Kids
Environment Canada
Fresh Water:
WWF Canada
Environment Canada
David Suzuki
Climate Change:
A Students Guide to Global Climate Change
Introduction to Climate Change
Environment Canada
Conflicts (Wars):
Armed Conflict Database
Costs of War
Canadian Contributions to Peacekeeping