IB Community Theme: Sharing our humanity

Time for school - education in 7 countries

Time for schoolis a US PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) TV series which follows students in schools in 7 countries - Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya and Romania - over a period of years.

 It delves into the schooling available to them, and some of the social, economic, family issues related to education.  The goal of the documentary series is to highlight the Millennium Development Goals for primary education for all. 

Stunning film about earth "Home" by Yann Arthus-Bertrand - on YouTube until 14 June 2009

From Rob Ford

The Ridings School, UK

Swine flu - links to information

Swine flu has recently killed a number of people in Mexico, and cases have been indentified in the US.The links below give up to date information on this viral disease and this outbreak. 

Floods in India, August - September 2008

For updated reports of the floods in India visit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Indian_floods

More technical reports are provided on the UN site ReliefWeb

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm

Hurricane Ike

News of the impact of Hurricane Ike on the Caribbean  region at

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7603319.stm

Track the course of Hurricane Ike at Stormpulse

http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-ike-2008

Dogodogo - stories of street children in Tanzania

Dogodogo is a centre caring for street children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A new book tells the stories of some of these children in their own words and with their own illustrations. Originally published in Tanzania, it now reaches a wider readership in an edition published by Macmillan.

Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar

Links to websites for information about the terrible disaster in Myanmar.

Community and Curriculum

Seniors in the IB Econ class at Bahrain School completed their studies of Section 5 of the currculum, Development Economics. Rather than just study poverty, they did something about it.