The Best Sites To Learn About The Nobel Peace Prize

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Oct 09 2009

Posted at 7:31 am under best of the year, social studies

I just woke up to the surprising news of President Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I don’t have much time, but since I’m bringing my class to the computer lab today, I thought I’d put together a quick list of accessible resources they can use to learn a little more about it.

I may very well be adding to this list when I get home tonight but, for now, here are my choices for The Best Sites To Learn About The Nobel Peace Prize:

Here’s a video announcement of President Obama’s award from CBS News.

CBS also has a “photo essay” profiling recent Peace Prize winners.

MSNBC also has an interactive on previous winners.

The BBC Newsround, as always, has a very accessible report on President Obama’s receiving of the award.

The Wall Street Journal has an interactive on the life of a previous winner, Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma.

Nelson Mandela is another previous winner, so you might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Nelson Mandela.

The Best Places To Learn About President Barack Obama’s Life is a previous list I’ve compiled.

The Best Websites For Learning About Martin Luther King shares resources on another previous winner of the award.

The former president of Finland Martti Ahtisaari won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. Breaking News English has a good online exercise on his award.

The Times of London has a slideshow of previous winners.

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize is the title of a New York Times slideshow.

The NY Times also has a video of Obama’s comments on receiving the award.

Nobel Diplomacy is the title of a Wall Street Journal interactive highlighting Obama’s diplomatic efforts, which were specifically praised by the Nobel Committee.

Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize as ‘Call to Action’ is a slideshow from the Wall Street Journal.

CNN has an interactive timeline showing previous winners.

CNN also has a special feature on the event.

Nobel Peace Prize Myths, Explained is a short article from CBS News.

Obama Accepts The Nobel Peace Prize is a slideshow from TIME Magazine. Obama Receives Nobel Peace Prize is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.

Richard Byrne has also written a good post about resources available at the official Nobel Prize site.

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Richard Byrneon 09 Oct 2009 at 7:36 am 1

Larry,
Thanks for the mention. Another video of the announcement can be found on Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=112826&videoChannel=1

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