Middle School Resources

• The Student Diplomat Program for Middle School Students: Handbook for Teachers
• The United Nations: A Handbook for Middle School Students

Global Education Resources for Middle Schools

General United Nations Resources

United Nations
The official website of the United Nations; provides access to information on all member states, projects and issues, U.N. structure and press releases

United Nations Association of the United States of America
UNA-USA is dedicated to building understanding of and support for the ideals and work of the UN among the American people.

U.N. CyberSchoolBus
An interactive website designed by the United Nations dedicated to students and teachers interested in the United Nations

Model U.N. Headquarters
The official website for the Model United Nations; assists students in steps to preparing for the Model United Nations simulation

U.N. Peace and Security
Information on the U.N.’s peace and security missions; this website also includes the U.N. Charter and the Millennium Development Goals

U.N. Human Rights
This website gives an overview of human rights and provides specifics on human rights and programs

U.N. Economic and Social Development
This resource can be used to research U.N. ¬specific information on technology

US Government Resources

CIA World Factbook
This offers different country briefing resources, and some general demographic definitions and information.

White House
This website gives information on the President’s agenda and includes information on foreign affairs

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee
This resource contains information on specific topics
on the Committee’s agenda

US State Department
The State Department gives vital information on US foreign policy and the world

Country Information

U.N. CyberSchoolBus: County at a Glance
Choose your country from the list and view fast facts on country data such as news, economy, environment, health and technology

BBC News Country Profiles
Offers a drop down-menu to choose the country of choice, provides bullet pointed facts as well as narrative about each country

U.N. Member States
From this website you can access the country mission sites, which provide in¬-depth information on the U.N.’s mission and country statistics, including education statistics

International Media

Al Jazeera English
One of the main websites for Middle East news

Banadir
Current news on Somalia in English and Somali

China Daily
Important newspaper for updates on China

BBC News
Excellent resource for news on the United Kingdom and also Europe

Foreign Affairs
Current global affairs published by The Council on Foreign Relations

Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review
English language daily news source in Turkey

The Japan Times
News website contains information about Japan

The Mail & Guardian
South Africa's oldest quality news source on the web

New York Times
US resource for both domestic and international news

The Rio Times
News Source from Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Newspaper

Times of India
Latest & top breaking News on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the W

The Yucatan Times
Independent bi-lingual news source on Mexico and The Gulf Coast
Popular newspaper for India

The Washington Post (United States)
US resource for both domestic and international news