The World - Dates
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| November 27 |  |
Buy Nothing Day Read your teacher's selection of information and check out suggested external links. |
| November 25 |  |
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Also called by some, White Ribbon Day. Read your teacher's selection of information and check out suggested external links. |
| February 15 |  |
Listen to this Talking People Episode |
| March 25 | 200 years since the abolition of Slave Trade | What Is Modern Slavery?  This year the United Nations is commemorating the abolition of the slave trade. But as the new BBC series Slavery Today uncovers, slavery continues in different forms in almost every country in the world. Click on the links on your left, scroll down, and you'll find an audio to listen to. |
| March 8 | International Women's Day  |
March 8 - International Women's Day - Info from the United Nations and a TV program for 2006 March 8 especially informative of our times: Amy Goodman interviews Vanessa Redgrave on a play on Rachel Corrie. Then Amy Goodman gives an overview of the situation of women in the world and explains the history or herstory of March 8. Then interviews Margaret Busby, the editor of Daughters of Africa. (I've got the book in case anyone's interested) More: The Vagina Monologues: intro page + comprehension activities page + scripts page |
| February 12 | Red Hand Day | Stop the Use of Child Soldiers |
| June 20 | World Refugee Day |
20 million uprooted people worldwide. Basic facts. Check out the UN website and listen to Angelina Jolie |
| December 8 |  |
Read about John Lennon's Strawberry Fields and visit the NY Memorial in Central Park... |
| November 1 |
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Halloween Our Halloween Page |
| October | Global Call to Action Against Poverty |
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| September 26 | European Day of Languages  |
Check out the page the Council of Europe devotes to this: About the day |
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