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Middle East Outreach Council Announces 2008 Middle East Book Award Winners

This year's awards recognize books on Islamic Spain, Muslim women, and children in refugee camps, contemporary Iraq, and the United States.  more »

Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature

CLASP announces the 2009 Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, along with its annual annotated bibliography of recommended titles. read full article »

Children's Africana Book Awards

The African Studies Association announces the winners of the Children's Africana Book Awards. read full article »

Overseas Travel Reports

• Teacher Thankful for Fulbright-Hays Experience in Russia
• A Russian Host's Toast to an American Guest
• David and Steve's Excellent East Asia Adventure
• Russian Heritage Speakers Course in Pittsburgh and Moscow
• One Teacher’s Experience in India
• California Teachers Spend 5 Weeks in Egypt

Overseas Travel Opportunities

• Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
  Overseas projects in training, research and curriculum development
  Washington, DC
  Competitive grant process

Top Resources

• How Big is Africa?
  Curriculum guide and poster designed to enhance student understanding of the African continent and its geography
• Understanding Migration
  Explores human migration in historical and contemporary contexts.
• A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
  Well thought out student/teacher resource offers material for understanding Chinese history, culture and society.
• Land of Diversity
  A Curriculum Guide for Teaching about Latin America
• Cairo: Living Past, Living Future
  Multidisciplinary unit, historic and modern sections, case study approach, primary sources, stand-alone components
• (Re)embracing Diversity
  Educational outreach for Muslim sensitivity