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Background: OneWorld <http://www.oneworld.org/> site is dedicated to bringing news from around the world particularly sharing what is happening in both the "developed" and "underdeveloped" world. It came online in 1995, and offers news, information and activities for several different audiences.

Audience: Middle School - High School students; Educators

Types of Information Offered: News articles from around the world. OneWorld tries to provide non-biased articles to represent the spectrum of information available on a topic. It is also available in French, Dutch, German and Italian. Sections include:

• News
• Dispatches
• Campaigns
• Spotlight
• Next Generation
• Outlook
• Partners
• Services

Sample Pages from Their Site:

• Latin American Viewpoint-news and information from Latin America.
• This Week's News- Headline news for the week.

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Background: Unwelcome Mats
<http://www.harvard-magazine.com/issues/ja96/immigrants.html> is an article by Harvard professor and critical ethnographer Marcelo Suarez-Orozco which was published in Harvard's online magazine "Harvard Magazine".

Researchers from universities around the United States are working together to "design, develop and disseminate a comprehensive curricular and instructional framework that is strong, flexible, and inclusive of diversity among all individuals and communities". Research projects are monitored by the U.S. Department of Education.

Audience: Higher Education; Educators

Types of Information Offered: Dr. Suarez-Orzco examines the response that industrialized nations have had to the recent influx of immigration.

"Throughout the major postindustrial societies, few topics today provoke as much passion as the issue of immigration: legal and undocumented migrants, the growing numbers of asylum seekers, and the adaptation problems of the children of immigrants."

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