Current+&+Social+Issues

[|Cartoons for the Classroom]is a service of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Cartoons in the Classroom offers more than one hundred lesson plans based on editorial cartoons created by the members of the AAEC. Each lesson plan is available as free pdf download. Most of the lessons deal with current political and economic topics, but some lessons are not time sensitive.
 * Global Issues **

[|Constitutional and Social Issues]

[|George Mason University's History News Network’s](HNN) mission is to help put current events into historical perspective. Each week HNN features up to a dozen fresh op eds by prominent historians. Our archives, extending over the past decade, include thousands of well-researched pieces.

[|Global Issues] web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related.

Global Issues and Organizations provides links to political, economic, social and cultural relationships of the world.

[|HumanRights.gov] is the official United States Government (USG) website for human rights related information, which links users directly with news, reports and explanatory information from the State Department, USG agencies and other resources, allowing for easy access to publicly available documents.

[|The Learning Network][|:] teaching and learning with the New York Times. Every weekday, new educational resources based on the articles, photographs, videos, illustrations, podcasts and graphics published in The New York Times are offered – all for free.

[|TeachUNICEF]is a portfolio of free global education resources. Resources cover grades PK-12, are interdisciplinary (social studies, science, math, English/language arts, foreign/world languages), and align with standards. The lesson plans, stories, and multimedia cover topics ranging from the Millennium Development Goals to Water and Sanitation.


 * Social Issues **

[|Common Sense Media] is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.

[|Cyber Savvy]is a student-led, positive norms approach to teach upper intermediate, middle, and high school students (grades 5 – 12) about digital safety, including effective digital decision-making, safe posting of personal information, digital relationships, social networking, cyberbullying, and digital dating/exploitation.

[|Internet safety for teens]by the Washington State Office of the Attorney General

[|Love is Respect] The National Dating Abuse Helpline and Break the Cycle have been working together to develop the ultimate healthy dating resource.

[|OnGuardOnline.gov]is the federal government’s website to help you be safe, secure and responsible online.

[|Teaching Tolerance]: a place to find thought-provoking news, conversation and support for those who care about diversity, equal opportunity and respect for differences in schools.