Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story. TED Talk. Adiche talks poignantly "warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding." http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDx-Traverse-City-Yong-Zhao-Te Yong Zhao: Teach Children to Invent Jobs. Tedx Talk. Professor Zhao talks about education and global change. Interesting and funny! http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDx-Traverse-City-Yong-Zhao-Te "Two Million Minutes." A 2008 documentary that follows high school students in India, China and Indiana to compare and contrast their experiences as student facing a global society. This edit clip is available on youtube but the 54 minute documentary can be purchased https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZi-eXDw54
Recommended young adult literature. This list is published courtesy of LATTICE Bookclub. LATTICE is a local educational organization which links area educators with university faculty and international graduate students. Thank you, Mary Hennessey.