Upfront teacher edition.

• Author: Rebhun, Elliott

We're happy to bring you our annual World Affairs issue, with an up-to-date arias and almanac that you and your students can use throughout the school year.

In the atlas, you'll find six news maps of the world with "Hot Spots" boxes on key issues and players to watch in 2011, plus a world economic map. The almanac has the latest information and statistics from leaders and Life expectancy to the percentage of young people---for 195 countries. And our two pages of "Snapshots" are filled with charts and graphs on a range of topics--some serious, others fun. (All of the maps and stats are available as downloadable whiteboard-ready PDFs, and our Snapshots as a PowerPoint, at upfrontmagazine.com. Click on "Teacher Tools." Password: congress)

One of our feature stories looks at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's deportation of thousands of Roma, also known as Gypsies, which set off a firestorm of criticism in Europe. We review the...