A Starter Library Package for the Study of Modern Burma is available.

Educational tools for the study of Burma in K-12 Education:
Age-appropriate resources
Teacher background reading
Curricular suggestions for different academic disciplines

Cost of Starter Library Package (Including 15% Discount):
$41 (with library bound biography of Aung San Suu Kyi for grades 5-8)
$31 (with paperback autobiography of Aung San Suu Kyi for grades 9-12)

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Contents of Starter Library Package:

1. Aung San Suu Kyi: Fearless Voice of Burma
Biography by Whitney Stewart. Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, 1997.
by Whitney Stewart. A biography of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Includes photos of the 1988 uprising, Aung San Suu Kyi and family, and daily life in Burma.
Appropriate for grades 5-8. Library Bound.

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Freedom from Fear
Autobiography by Aung San Suu Kyi. Penguin Books, London, 1995.
A collection of writings by the Nobel Peace Laureate and leader of the Burmese democracy movement. Aung San Suu Kyi explores her country's history and movement towards democracy, as well as the many challenges that lie ahead in the ongoing struggle to overturn military rule.
Appropriate for grades 9-12, Educator background reading. Paperback.

2. Burma: Human Rights, Forgotten Wars & Survival
Cultural Survival Quarterly, Fall 2000.
Periodical with 14 articles written by human rights leaders, Burma scholars, and Burmese refugees about the current situation concerning the people of Burma, with special focus on the persecution against Burma¹s indigenous populations.

3. Burma: The Richest of Poor Countries
By Joel L. Swerdlow. National Geographic, July 1995.
An American writer returns to Burma, the country he lived in as a young child. There he discovers the paradox of modern Burma.

4. Burma: A Cry for Freedom
The New Internationalist, June 1996.
A magazine with eleven articles on Burma written by leading Burma scholars and activists covering topics as diverse as drug trafficking, the democracy movement, forced labor, and the ethnic people in Burma.

5. Burma: Country in Crisis
The Burma Project‹a Program of the Open Society Institute, 1998.
A booklet featuring one-page backgrounders on different subject areas relating to the political, economic, and social situation in Burma.

6. Burma: The Next Killing Fields?
By Alan Clements, forward by The Dalai Lama. Odonian Press, 1992.
Based on interviews with hundreds of Burmese citizens, this book gives a good introduction to the daily lives of people living under military rule.

 

Other Titles on Burma available through the Global Source Catalog:

Aung San Suu Kyi: Fearless Voice of Burma
Biography by Whitney Stewart. Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, 1997.
by Whitney Stewart. A biography of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Includes photos of the 1988 uprising, Aung San Suu Kyi and family, and daily life in Burma.
Appropriate for grades 5-8. Library Bound. 122 Pages. $16.95

Freedom from Fear
Autobiography by Aung San Suu Kyi. Penguin Books, London, 1995.
A collection of writings by the Nobel Peace Laureate and leader of the Burmese democracy movement. Aung San Suu Kyi explores her country's history and movement towards democracy, as well as the many challenges that lie ahead in the ongoing struggle to overturn military rule.
Appropriate for grades 9-12, Educator background reading. Paperback.
(H) Paper, 374 Pages. $13.95

Burma: The Next Killing Fields?
By Alan Clements. Written by an American who traveled to Burma and interviewed hundreds of Burmese citizens, this book examines modern Burma through the eyes of ordinary people.
(H) Paper. 95 pages. $5.

Migrating with Hope: Burmese Women Working in the Sex Industry
Report by Images Asia, 1997. This report attempts to present and highlight the needs, interests, and realities of undocumented migrant women from Burma working as sex-workers in Thailand. We look at the lives of women in Burma, the migration processes, processes of entry into the sex industry, and factors which govern womens well-being or suffering during the time of migration to Thailand.ÑFrom Migrating with Hope.
(H, T) Paper, 50 pages. $7

No Childhood At All: Child Soldiers in Burma
Report by Images Asia, 1997. A comprehensive report on the use of child soldiers by the Tatmadaw, or Burmese military, within the context of militarization of Burmese society as a whole. Contains testimony of child soldiers and documentation by NGOs of human rights abuses by the SPDC.
(H, T), Paper, 75 pages. $7