The theme this week is the Year 5-6 HSIE Unit: Global Connections - 
Global interdependence, import and export industries, trade, travel, global communication, communication systems. 

Sites

Global Citizens
http://www.abc.net.au/civics/globalcitizens/defaultie4.htm
Creating a new sense of global citizens who have pride in this beautiful planet
and tolerance of all people.

Global Education
http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/page1.html
Aims to raise awareness and understanding among Australian school students of 

international issues, development and poverty, and to prepare them to live in an
increasingly "globalised" world.

United Nations World Food Program
http://www.wfp.org/
Mission is to provide: Food for LIFE; Food for GROWTH; and Food for WORK to
promote the self-reliance of poor people and communities.

Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/
A global organisation, Greenpeace focuses on worldwide threats to our planet\'s
biodiversity and environment.

Know Your Commonwealth
http://www.youngcommonwealth.org/
Guide for young people about the Commonwealth and its member countries.

European Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union
Information on the European Union and its member countries.

Trade Australia 2003
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/823c286e8b9c4111ca256cae0016f270?OpenDocument
International Accounts and Trade, Merchandise exports and imports by mode of
transport for Australia during 2003.

CIA World Fact Book
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Reference maps and information about countries of the world.

Air Transport History of Australia
http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/transport/air.html
National Archives of Australia

Trouble over Trade
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/wr/article/0,17585,53583,00.html
Article on protests about the World Trade Organisation.

Lessons

Oxfam Cool Planet
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers/atoz/
Large collection of activities and lessons related to globalisation and world
poverty.

Globalisation Lesson Plans
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/Resources/globalization/globaled.html
Extensive list of lesson plans on Globalisation.

Life in The Global Village
http://portal.consumerline.org/lesson_plans/?topic=33
Unit of work invites students to explore those aspects of globalisation that
affect them and allow them to consider some of the contrasts in development,
which exist globally.

Why we trade: Exchanging goods and services
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/download/lesspln/trade.htm
Students conduct simple bartering and trading activities and consider how
product value can be altered by the market.

Moving With Trade
http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GAW97/trade.html
Student learn how trade began in Europe and then find trade routes on maps.

The Trading Game
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/em289/popupActivity.html
Trade items in this interactive game.

Online Music
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM187
Students answer this question: Is using an online music site such as Napster
trading music with friends or is it piracy - stealing copyrighted music?

Globalisation Mean Cultural Cloning?
http://www.kidzonline.org/teachit/internet_LP.html
Students will explore the meaning of globalisation. They will be responsible for
researching an issue surrounding one of several controversies related to
globalisation.

Charlie
www.PrimarySchool.com.au