On-line learning for students...
Try out the links below to test your knowledge on global issues in the news and learn more about them.
The
AlertNet Challenge
Try out this quiz from AlertNet, a
humanitarian news network, to see how much you know about current global
news. The quiz also gives
you a chance
to find out information related to each of the questions. The quiz
is updated each week so return for more next week!
CAFOD Fact sheets
Useful facts and figures on global issues in the news such as disasters,
poverty, trade, aid, debt, water and refugees.
Millennium
Development Goals quiz
A short on-line
quiz from the BBC 2015: Where will we be website, to test
your knowledge on the issue of global poverty and the Millennium
Development Goals. Look for the WHERE
WILL
YOU
BE
box on
the right and click 'Quiz'. At the end check out the stats on others
around the world who
have taken part in the quiz.
Newshour Extra
American site containing news reports on global issues written for students
together with ideas for how to use the reports in the classroom.
You think! A World Bank website with useful summaries of important global issues such as trade, environment and HIV/Aids. Also contains a useful glossary and audio and video clips.
Message boards
Voice your opinions on global news issues
by adding your comments to the BBC
Have Your Say
Did you know?
According to a MORI survey carried out in 2003 among 2,494 school children aged 11-16 in England and Wales, most young people find out about global issues from the TV.
93% of those interviewed said they found out about such issues from TV news; 49% from children’s TV programmes or other TV or radio programmes; 72% from newspapers or magazines; and 40% from the Internet.
The internet figure was up 10% on the 2001 figure and is likely to increase considerably in future years.
