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Read and discuss autobiographical essays about the daily lives of girls from Georgia, Guyana, and Uganda.
Students will wrestle with resolving contrasting values between cultures.
The writer confronts issues of racial prejudice that she encounters in South Africa, years after the abolition of the official policy of apartheid.
In this unit, students will reflect on the role of water in ceremonies and celebrations around the world.
Students will strive to view situations from more than their own point of view.
The following lesson engages young children in exploring the concept of family with emphasis on how families around the world share more commonalities than differences.
This folk tale demonstrates in a playful manner how Fate and Mind complement and interact with each other to contribute to a person's success and happiness in life.
Gender equity is a human right, but our world faces a persistent gap in access to opportunities and decision-making power for women and men.
Students examine what it takes to make a hero in a story about digging a hole for a fishpond.
Students examine the culturally based impulse to share with others versus the impulse to watch out for oneself or one's immediate family.
Students examine what goes into hero worship and establishing unlikely friendships.
Students will examine themselves relative to their characteristics, abilities, and feelings. By making connections to children in another part of the world, they will discover that people are more alike than different.
Students explore the literary elements of a Tanzanian folk tale about animals collaborating to dig a well.
Students will discover how the concepts of time and punctuality can differ markedly in the United States and another country.
This lesson conveys the obstacles girls face in their schooling, and is designed to help learners gain a different perspective and a sense of empathy for different life challenges.
Students will analyze the meanings and patterns of a folk tale.
Oftentimes women's work is undervalued, but their labor is the lifeblood of families in Morocco.
The hardworking women of Guinea show how making a place "home", is the work of heroes.
Every year on February 22, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world participate in globally themed activities honoring girls to acknowledge they are a part of a worldwide movement.
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