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United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Indigenous Peoples
Students can explore the cultures of various indigenous peoples around the world, e.g., the Maya of Guatemala, Amazon tribes, the Maori, the Navajo, and the Saami in Norway and Sweden. They will examine what it means to be indigenous and...
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United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Fighting Disease
The United Nations has distributed this list to make school age children aware of the communicable diseases that have most recently had an effect on society. Good descriptions are provided for each of the 11 diseases.
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United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Pais a Un Vistazo
Country information at-a-glance from the UN's site for children. In Spanish. Select a country to see its location, major cities, population statistics, links to country newspapers, UN mission contact information, and economic, health,...
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Unesco: Math Games (In Arabic)
This site offers games and lessons that teach basic math concepts such as area and volume, number patterns, time, etc. Games use familiar tasks such as shopping to reinforce math concepts. While the title of each page includes an English...
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Unesco: Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
This World Heritage website features ancient Syracuse and the Necropolis of Pantalica, located in Italy. The Necropolis has over 5000 tombs from the 13th to 7th centuries BC, and ancient Syracuse encompasses Ortygia, which was founded by...
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Unesco: Longobards in Italy: Places of Power (568 774 Ad)
The Longoboards buildings reflect the accomplishments of the Lombards, a Germanic culture originally from northern Europe. These early medieval buildings are located across the Italian Peninsula and date from the 6th to 8th centuries....
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Unesco: Old Town of Corfu
The Old Town of Corfu, with roots in the Byzantine era, is located off the coast of Greece, at the entrance to the Adriatic Sea. As such, it was significant militarily. It has three forts that were in use for centuries, and were rebuilt...
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Unesco: Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
The Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, now a World Heritage Site in Iran, was first built in the 5th century BC, and is still partly operational today. The complexity of this site is testament to the engineering genius of the...
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Ohchr: Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage
This is the UN Convention on marriage issues passed by the General Assembly in 1962. The page also includes a listing of the ratifying states.
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United Nations: Press Release
A July 18, 2000, press release provided by the United Nations. The topic is progress since the start of reform in UN funds and programs.
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Unesco World Heritage: Pont Du Gard
This Roman aqueduct is one of UNESCO's world heritage sites. This article both shows this structure and explains why it was chosen.
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Unesco World Heritage: Lyons
The city of Lyons was founded by the Romans; the remnants of Roman construction are one of UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage sites, explained in this article.
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Women in Science: Unesco Institute for Statistics
Women in Science, a new interactive tool, presents the latest available data for countries at all stages of development. Produced by the UIS, the tool lets you explore and visualize gender gaps in the pipeline leading to a research...
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Unesco: Education: Most Influential Theories of Learning
Concise descriptions of the major theories of learning.
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Unesco: The Prehispanic Town of Uxmal
Brief historical description of the Mayan city of Uxmal with photos and conservation requirements.
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Refworld: Freedom in the World Niger (2007)
Resource discusses the attempt by the Nigerian Government, in 2006, to improve the country's social infrastructure and the protests from unions and other civic groups.
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Unesco: Statue of Liberty
The World Heritage List entry for the Statue of Liberty, compiled by the UN authority responsible for supporting efforts to preserve the world's cultural legacies.
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Unesco: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
This World Heritage site includes a photograph of Cahokia as it appears today, a brief description of the excavation of the site, and a short video.
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Referral of Lra to the International Criminal Court
The press release describing a letter from the president of Uganda to the international court in January 2004. In it, he asks the court to take action against the LRA and provides documentation on the use of genocide by the LRA.
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Unesco: Information and Communication Tech in Development
This report presents a number of views and proposals voiced in recent UNESCO-sponsored forums concerning the challenge of Information Highways for development. The official position of the Organization can be found in the document...
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Unesco: Artificial Intelligence: Examples of Ethical Dilemmas
Discusses ethical issues with the use of artificial intelligence, including gender bias, autonomous vehicles, art created by AI, and applications in a court of law.
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Unesco: Algebra Review (In Arabic)
This page, part of a larger UNESCO site on math and science education, has 15 basic, open- and multiple-choice algebra questions, with the correct answer immediately following the question. Entirely in Arabic.
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Unhcr: Child Soldiers Global Report Somalia (2004)
This report, from the UN Refugee Agency, provides statistics and information on the use of children as soldiers in Somalia. (April 2001 to March 2004)
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Unesco: Decorated Grottoes of the Vezere Valley
This site from UNESCO World Heritage explains why this river valley has been designated a World Cultural Heritage site, with photo.