In this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short text about June 20, World Refugee Day. Students answer 100 varied questions about the passage. There is a link for MP3 listening.

Students are each assigned an animal from Madagascar. They research their animal and design a picture book about their animal. Students design a cover page, back page, bibliography page and the title page. Their book will contain...

March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Learn about the history of this of importat day and its origin in 1960's South Africa.

Extensive biographical information and links for Nelson Mandela.

A geographic description of the Maghreb region of North Africa along with a discussion of the history, peoples of the area, religion, geography, and population genetics.

A history of the French colonial empire from their efforts in Africa to those in southeast Asia. The article discusses the First French Empire in the New World, and the attempts to establish colonies during the Imperialism period of the...

Easy to read Wikipedia article about the bombing of the U.S. embassies in East Africa. These were some of the first bombings linked to al-Qaeda.