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Educator Resources

Introduce your students to the Peace Corps via the Global Connections program.

Foster an understanding of other cultures and global issues in your classroom with our online educational resources that can help you spark communication among U.S. learners and current and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.

Locking up food security with permaculture
Students learn about how food security affects the US and the world.
6 - 8
9 - 12
Lesson Plan
Environment
Global Issues
Social Studies
Child with globe
This webinar series, provided by the Global Connections program, is designed to support educators so they can fully utilize Peace Corps’ global education programs to encourage their learners to become global citizens.
Activity
Global Issues
Intercultural Understanding
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Students will examine the difference between equity and equality through problem solving and discovery. They will address the question "Why do we need to learn about differences? If we treat everyone the same, everything will be fine."
6 - 8
9 - 12
Activity
Global Issues
Intercultural Understanding
Peace Corps' responsibility for an AIDS-free generation
HIV and AIDS affect communities in every region of the world, making HIV/AIDS truly an issue of global significance.
Article
Global Issues
Health & Wellness
A black, female American teacher leans over a desk to work with young, teenage students in uniform in South Africa
International Education Week (IEW) is November 13 - 17, 2023. IEW is a week-long, global initiative that promotes the benefits of international education and programs that prepare students for global citizenship.
Activity
Geography
Global Issues
Intercultural Understanding
Youth
Mosquito
Students research malaria as a global health issue and discuss examples and ideas for preventing the spread of the disease.
Benin
Botswana
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Senegal
Uganda
6 - 8
9 - 12
Lesson Plan
Video
Global Issues
Health & Wellness
Science
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