[LM_NET] HIT: SEC: Globalization resources

[Laura Strathman <lstrathm@GMAIL.COM>]

Thank you all for your wonderful responses.  I tried to thank each of you
individually, but some of my e-mails bounced back.  Here are your
suggestions:

Globalization and Culture:

The World is Flat - Friedman
The Lexus and the Olive Tree - Friedman
China, Inc. - Fishman
Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. - Kelts
From Good to Great - Collins
Freakonomics - Levitt and Dubner

Food/Farming/Environment:

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Kingsolver
Plenty - Smith
Omnivore's Dilemma - Pollan
Food Fight - Imhoff
Hope's Edge - Frances Moore Lappe
World Hunger: 12 Myths - Lappe et al.

Colonialism:

This Our Dark Country: The American Settlers of Liberia  - Reef
Mississippi in Africa - Huffman (also about Liberia)
Blue Clay People - Powers (Liberia, too)

Novels:

Polar Shift - Cussler
Poisonwood Bible - Kingsolver
Iqbal: A Novel - Kuklin

Child Labor:

Iqbal Masih and the Crusades Against Child Slavery - Kuklin


Non-print resources:

Shift Happens (can find the video on YouTube)

Your teacher may be interested in the "Flat Classroom" project that
two teachers (a world apart) did last year.  It talks about
globalization, the effects of a world-wide economy, etc.)

http://flatclassroomproject2006.wikispaces.com/

And...

http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/


Thank you all!

-- 
Laura Strathman
Library media specialist
Maplewood Richmond Heights LMC
St. Louis, MO
lstrathm@gmail.com

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