Global Classroom
Web Links

Global Classroom maintains a guidebook of organizations in the Puget Sound region that offer resources to K-12 teachers and students, from curriculum materials to classroom speakers to live performances. Download your personal copy of the Teaching Resources for International Education (TRIE) (PDF).

International Education and World Facts

- Facing the Future: People and the Planet
- International Education Washington
- New Horizons for Learning
- Peace Corps World Wise Schools
- The World Factbook
- University of Indiana Social Studies Sources
- USDA Data Sets and Reports
- Washington State Council for Social Studies
- World Bank's Education Resources
- World Press Review's website for educators

Organizations
- Amnesty International
- Center for World Indigenous Studies
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Free the Children
- Human Rights Resource Center
- Human Rights Web
- State of the World's Children
- The American Foreign Service Association
- UNICEF CRC Photo Essays and Case Studies
- Jackson School of International Studies

Population
- Population Action International
- The Population Reference Bureau
- US Census Bureau
- United Nations Population Fund
- United Nations Development Program
- National Wildlife Federation
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- World Resources Institute
- Zero Population Growth

Hunger
- Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger

Trade
- Seattle Public Library: Trade-related sites
- Washington Council on International Trade

- Africa
- Balkans
- Central & South Asia
- East Asia
- Eastern Europe
- Iraq
- Latin America
- North Korea
- Western Europe

For those with a sense of adventure and the desire to experience another culture first hand, studying abroad or hosting an international student can be a rewarding experience. Check out this list of Exchange Programs for more information on organizations that offer student exchanges and study abroad programs.