WorldView magazine is a wonderful source of news and information relating to the developing world and can be easily incorporated into class lessons as well as group discussions. The materials below are suitable for high school level and higher. They were written by Dr. Angene Wilson and her graduate students at the University of Kentucky.
WorldView magazine is a quarterly publication of the National Peace Corps Association and is a membership benefit for current members of the NPCA and of Global TeachNet, the NPCA's global education network.
Winter 2009 (Vol. 22, No. 4)
"High Risk, High Gain, Can Crisis Corps Play a Role in Countries in Conflict?"
Peace Corps and Afghanistan Now by Angene Wilson
Fall 2009 (Vol. 22, No. 3)
"Letter from St. Lucia: Learning about Hunger" and "CN U HLP ME? I HVE A KWSTION: A Peace Corps Volunteer Harnesses the Power of Text Messaging for Good Health"
Sometimes We Learn, Sometimes We Teach by Angene Wilson
Summer 2009 (Vol. 22, No. 2)
"You Too Can be Bill Gates, Leveraging Technology, Kiva.org Takes Microfinance to the Next Level" and "Taking Peace Corps Back into the Field"
Learning about and Engaging in Microfinance by Angene Wilson
Spring 2009 (Vol. 22, No. 1)
"Kitchen Confidential: His host mother was bound and determined to learn English" and "Love in a Foreign Language"
Inspiring a Love of Languages by Angene Wilson
Winter 2008 (Vol. 21, No. 4)
"The Best Present Ever," "The Millionth Bead" and "Fair Trade Sidebar"
Getting Involved in Fair Trade by Angene Wilson
Fall 2008 (Vol. 21, No. 3)
Letter from Lesotho: "Walking the Last Mile" and Letter from China: An excerpt from The Last Days of Old Beijing
Looking at Issues Trans-Nationally by Angene Wilson
Summer 2008 (Vol. 21, No. 2)
"Peace Corps Partnership Brings Renewable Energy to Vanuatu"
Adaptation to Global Climate Change by Angene Wilson
Spring 2008 (Vol. 21, No. 1)
"False Cognates: Teaching Practical English in Ecuador"
Classrooms Around the World by Angene Wilson
Winter 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 4)
"Market Power," "Unfailing Light," "For Children Only," "Natavillage.org," "Lesotho Tech" and "Keeping Bees"
Technology for All by Angene Wilson
Fall 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 3)
"Pax Metrics"
A Global Peace Summit by Angene Wilson
Summer 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 2)
"European Dreams"
Inquiry about Bulgaria and the European Union by Angene Wilson
Spring 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 1)
"Mt. Chomolungma: a plea to call Everest by its local and original name"
Mt. Chomolungma by Angene Wilson
Winter 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 4)
"Another Islam"
Another Islam: Art, Music and History by Angene Wilson
Fall 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 3)
"To Save Chimps"
To Save Chimps by Angene Wilson
Summer 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 2)
"End of Trees"
Climate Change Around the World by Angene Wilson
Spring 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 1)
"New Griots"
The Power of Pictures: Mali Yesterday and Today by Angene Wilson (designed to connect with study of the Mali Empire in classes where world history to 1500 is taught)
The Power of Pictures: In Mali and in Democratic Republic of Congo by Angene Wilson (designed to fit in a unit on Africa in a world geography or world cultures course)
You may also download both lesson plans as one document.
Special Issue: WorldView on Water
(Vol. 18, No. 4)
"Water is Life", "Fetching Water", "Water Rights" and others
A Lesson Plan for Special WorldView issue on Water by Angene Wilson
Fall 2005 (Vol. 18, No. 3)
"Can You Hear Me Now?", "The Cotton Debate", "The Cotton Chorus" and "Bolling in Texas"
Live 8 Concerts for Africa and Fair Trade in Cotton by Angene Wilson
Special Issue: WorldView on AIDS
(Vol. 18, No. 2)
A Global Perspective on AIDS for a social studies class by Angene Wilson
A data processing lesson for Statistics: reading a table or chart by Larry Shirley
You may also download both lesson plans as one document in either Microsoft Word or PDF format.
Spring 2005 (Vol. 18, No. 1)
"Relief is Not Enough"
Darfur, Sudan: Beyond the Headlines by Angene Wilson
November-December 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 4)
"Voting Mongolia"
Voting Mongolia: Learning about Other Elections by Angene Wilson
September-October 2004 (Vol.17, No.3)
"An End to Genital Cutting"
A Social Revolution in Senegal by Angene Wilson
June-August 2004 (Vol.17, No. 2)
"Yup'ik to Kabul" and
"Turtle's Voice"
The Power of Story in Making a Speech by Angene Wilson
March-May 2004 (Vol.17, No. 1)
"Virus on the Lake" by Justine Treadwell
Good News About AIDS by Angene Wilson
Fall 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 4)
"After-Life" by William Miles
A Modern Connection to Genocide by Graham Drake
Genocide: A Glimpse of Rwanda by Josh Mounts
"Aouinet-Torkoz" by Jeffrey Tayler
Journey Through Morocco: The "Road Less Taken" by Jessica Bell
"Both Sides of the Border" by Mark Jacobs
Where Cultures Intersect by Russell Holl
"Kaunda's Fight Song" by Pat Reilly
Individual Development and Identity: What can you do? by Jeremy Dulaney
Lesson Plan for Global Connections: "Kaunda's Fight Song" by Eric Wolfe
"Patrick and his Peers" by Erin Bair
Service Learning: I Can Make a Difference! by Woody Snowden
Summer 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 3)
"The Bracelet" by Pat Clement
Perspectives: Possession at Three Points on the Compass by Angene Wilson
"Betrayal of Liberia" by Jeanette Carter and Pat Reilly
Connecting Liberia to the U.S. by Angene Wilson
Spring 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 2)
"Soldiers Don't Sew" by Dana Priest, "The Short Answer" by Victor Tanner, and "How to Rebuild Iraq" by Dane Smith
Post-War Reading, Considering, Deciding by Angene Wilson
Winter 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 1)
"Farewell, Freetown" by David Arnold
The Dilemma of Doing Good by Angene Wilson
Fall 2002 (Vol. 15, No. 4)
"Roma Prom: the Big Dance at a Segregated Gypsy High School" by Eileen Kovchok
Gypsies & Education: A Civil Rights Issue by Angene Wilson
Summer 2002 (Vol. 15, No. 3)
"Bosnian Lessons: The argument for nation building" by Ray Jennings
What's Necessary for Peace After War? by Angene Wilson
Spring 2002 (Vol. 15, No. 2)
"Silence of the Looms" by Ricardo Bonalume Neto,
"Loss of Trust" by Jeff Dick,
"Libya's Irony" by Louis Werner, and
"Highway Town" by Jason Carter
Living in Brazil, Fiji, Libya, and South Africa at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century by Angene Wilson
Winter 2002 (Vol. 15, No. 1)
"Half-Smoked" from the Lafayette Park section
Teaching and Learning about Immigration: Process and Issue...after September 11 by Angene Wilson
Fall 2001 (Vol. 14, No. 4)
Special Afghanistan Issue
Teaching and Learning About Afghanistan by Angene Wilson
Summer 2001 (Vol. 14, No. 3)
"Rapper on a Bike," "Rough Cut," and
"Carpet Slaves", from the Lafayette Park section
What can ONE do? by Angene Wilson
"Letter from Niepolomice: Poland's Reforms: What globalization does when a mayor gets excited," by Jan Stojaspal
Globalization at the Grassroots I: Niepolomice, Poland by Angene Wilson
Spring 2001 (Vol. 14, No. 2)
"Walking Independence: A Street in Instanbul where modern Turkey lives," by Vanessa Larson
Street Life in Turkey and in the U.S. by Angene Wilson
Winter 2001 (Vol.14, No 1)
"Branko & Other Heroes: Three Serbs describe how they changed a bad government," by Eileen Kovchok
Towards Democracy: Heroes Changing Governments by Angene Wilson
Fall 2000 (Vol.13, No.4)
"Done with Disaster"
Eyes on the World by Christine Johnson
"Global Parking: U.S. Labor tries to speak Amharic," by David Arnold
The IMF and Structural Adjustment Policies by Amy Berry
"Tropical Sachs," by Joe Kovacs
A Look at an Economically and Socially Costly Effect of Climate:Disease in Tropical Zones by Erica Schultz
"Underfunded Policies:We need a new voice for U.S. engagement in the world," by Dane Smith
Public Input on Foreign Policy by Peter Keam
U.S. Foreign Aid by Nathan Patton
