Resource Centre

Social Studies Online

Development Resource Centre
Wide range of links to development related sites - dig deeply through the layers! Provides access to some useful resources for teachers and senior students as well.
Levels 5 to 8

Encyclopedia of sustainable development
A good starting point for an environmental theme. It provides links to various other websites as well and covers topics such as economy and society as well as a social action 'doing our bit' section.

Global Education
Thus AusAID site offers resources for primary and secondary on a range of global issues child labour, disasters, environment, human rights, refugees and water.
Levels 1 to 8

The Hunger Site
Visit this site daily, click on the button, and somewhere in the world a hungry person gets a meal paid for by the project sponsors.
Levels 1 to 8

Mountain Voices
A huge collection of oral histories from people in the mountainous areas of developing nations. Excellent resources for inquiring into inequalities in development and factors influencing people's access to resources.
Levels 1 to 8

Overpopulation.com
Challenges the commonly propounded view of overpopulation and lack of resources. Useful for Values Exploration.
Levels 1 to 8

Peace Corps Kids' World
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to live in another country? Explore what every day life would be like if you lived overseas and read stories from around the world.
Levels 1 to 4

Six Billion and Beyond
In late 1999, the world's population surpassed the six billion mark. How is rapid population growth affecting both developed and developing nations? What impact will an additional billion people have on our world, future generations and the rest of life on earth? This in-depth site focuses on the issues of population, reproductive health and the environment.
Levels 1 to 8

Sustainability Education Centre
Numerous links to environmental sites. Includes scenarios for planning and decision making within environmental contexts.
Levels 5 to 8