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Students learn about how food security affects the US and the world.
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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.
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.
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."
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.
HIV and AIDS affect communities in every region of the world, making HIV/AIDS truly an issue of global significance.
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.
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.
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 research malaria as a global health issue and discuss examples and ideas for preventing the spread of the disease.
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.
Students will analyze the meanings and patterns of a folk tale.
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