Comparative Health Care: The United States and Japan
Full Unit

This curriculum unit introduces students to health care in general and to comparative health care-related issues between the United States and Japan, specifically.

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $29.95

Security, Civil Liberties, and Terrorism
Full Unit

This unit, based on and including annotated lectures from a Stanford University course, provides students with the background and tools to define terrorism; understand the nature of liberal, democratic societies; evaluate specific counterterrorist measures; and decide on how they think terrorism is best countered.

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $49.95 includes 2 CD-ROMs

Regional Wars and the Peace Process
Full Unit

This curriculum unit examines three case studies of ongoing regional wars: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kashmiró and one past regional war, Guatemala. Students are introduced to these wars in their historical and global context, as well as in the context of efforts to establish and maintain peace.

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $34.95

Introduction to Diasporas in the United States
Full Unit

This unit introduces students to the topics of diasporas, migration, and the role and experience of diasporic communities in the United States. Students learn about five diasporas in the United States-the Armenian, Chinese, Cuban, Irish, and Yoruban- from their development as diasporas to their contemporary identities, roles, and remaining homeland ties.

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $39.95

International Environmental Politics
Full Unit

Using annotated lectures of a Stanford University course and various activities, students explore five important environmental topics: the environment and security, population, the idea of "sustainable development," free trade and the environment, and climate change.

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $54.95 includes 4 CD-ROMS/5 videotapes

Crowding the Rim
Full Unit

Students benefit from using HazPac, an interactive online map database, to explore natural hazard risks and from collaborating with classmates to develop possible social, structural, environmental, economic, and geological methods to reduce vulnerabilties.

For Secondary - Community College students

Hardcover - $59.95 includes 16 color transparencies/CD-ROM

San Francisco Peace Treaty: The Cold War and the Peace Process
Full Unit

This unit provides students with historical knowledge of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the global issues that influenced its signatories in 1951.

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $29.95 includes Pamphlet: "San Francisco and the 1951 U.S.-Japan Peace Treaty Conference"

Examining Human Rights in a Global Context
Full Unit

This unit provides students with an introduction to human rights, minority (both ethnic and religious) rights, civil and political rights, and women's rights.

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $54.95 includes 8 transparencies

Civil Rights and Japanese-American Internment
Full Unit

This curriculum unit offers students the opportunity to consider civil rights issues in the context of the Japanese-American experience during World War II. Lessons focus on the immigration years, the role of the media, diverse perspectives on the internment years, Japanese Americans and the military during World War II, and legacies of internment.

For Secondary - Community College students

Hardcover - $179.95 includes 3 videos and 4 books

Global Investigation of Child Labor: Case Studies from India, Uganda, and the United States
Full Unit

This unit allows students to gain a broader perspective on child labor and become more familiar with the issues, controversies, and debates that surround it.

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $64.95 includes 26 images as transparencies/"The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child" booklet

Social Fabric of Japan: Case Studies of Selected Minority Groups
Full Unit

The Social Fabric of Japan: Case Studies of Selected Minority Groups introduces students to the topic of minority identity issues in the context of Japanese society.

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $29.95