Teacher Resources and Information about Global Education
Utah Cultural Celebration Center The Utah Cultural Celebration Center also provides a place where people can come together to enjoy world class art exhibits, concerts, theatrical performances & festivals, and educational programs. Celebrate community and make a difference through food, art, culture, friendship, and fun. Enjoy gourmet foods, silent auction, Trees of Diversity exhibit, and live cultural entertainment. The UCCC hosts activities that promote global awareness through art, entertainment and community activities.
Anasazi State Park Museum Explore this ancient village in the heart of Utah's canyon country. One of the largest Ancestral Puebloan communities west of the Colorado River, known as the Coombs Site, is believed to have been occupied from AD 1160 to 1235 and may have housed as many as 200 people. Archeological excavations at the site have revealed more than 100 structures and have produced thousands of artifacts, some of which are on display in the museum. In addition to museum collections, visitors may also explore the Coombs Site, located directly behind the museum. Anasazi State Park Museum offers a museum store, auditorium, outdoor picnic areas, and an information center with maps and other information about the area, including Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument; GSENM permits are available here. The Anasazi State park is a local connection to Utah's past culture. Students will love to explore and learn about our heritage.
Utah State University has joined the Institute of International Education’s Generation Study Abroad initiative to help more Americans to gain international experience through study abroad programs. This is offered by our local university and is a great way for students and educators alike to have the experience of traveling abroad. In conjunction with the study abroad program USU is offering a newsletter about Global Engagement that highlights the many activities and accomplishments of the international students and scholars.
GLOBAL TEACHER RESOURCES
NAFSA is an association of individuals worldwide advancing international education and exchange and global workforce development. NAFSA serves international educators and their institutions and organizations by establishing principles of good practice, providing training and professional development opportunities, providing networking opportunities, and advocating for international education. For more information about NAFSA, visit www.nafsa.org
NAFSA has created a research based tools and ideas for evaluating global education, "Improving and assessing global learning." The PDF can be found at http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/improving_assessing.pdf it is a must read to help with global education assessment.
NAFSA has created a research based tools and ideas for evaluating global education, "Improving and assessing global learning." The PDF can be found at http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/improving_assessing.pdf it is a must read to help with global education assessment.
IREX- IREX is a nonprofit organization that made it possible for me to travel to Georgia in the spring of 2015 as part of a teacher exchange program with the United States Department of State. But they do so much more and are an excellent resource for teachers. As their website explains, "IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing thought leadership and innovative programs to promote positive lasting change globally." They work with many stakeholders in increasing access to quality education around the world. They also have an exhaustive library with up-to-date news, publications, and resources for teachers and students. For more research oriented projects or assignments, head over to their Projects page for a database of projects, issues, and countries.
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Peace Corps Speaker Match and Classroom Correspondence- Did you know that we have various Peace Corps volunteers who live in our community and teach at our school? Imagine hearing their stories about life and culture in a country far from ours. The Peace Corps Speaker Match can easily match your classroom up with a past volunteer to provide a fun and interactive in-school field trip or guest speaker appearance! The Peace Corps Speaker Match program brings volunteers' knowledge of the peace corps, various regions, and/or global issues into your classroom. And their stories, projects, and experiences can provide U.S. students with unusually candid firsthand perspectives of cultures worldwide -- views not usually accessible through textbooks, films, and other familiar media.
NEA Foundation- The NEA Foundation offers a wide variety of resources and services for educators. With regards to continuing education and professional development for teachers, the NEA has over 15 courses and online programs for educators. Specifically, NEA has an online course called "Global Education: Tools and Approaches." Comprised of four 2-hour sessions, teachers can learn about how to infuse global competencies into their classroom, utilize more literature with global themes, and take advantage of various tools and technology for linking the classroom to the larger world. If you would like to learn more about this course or the other course offerings the NEA has online, click here.
Additionally, they also have the Global Learning Fellowship. This program allows American teachers to travel to other countries, interact with teachers and classrooms from around the world, and make a difference here and abroad "by acquiring the necessary skills to integrate global competence into their daily classroom instruction, advance pedagogy in their school/district, prepare students to thrive in the flattened global age, and thus contribute to the closing of the global achievement gap." For more information about the Global Learning Fellowship, click here.
Additionally, they also have the Global Learning Fellowship. This program allows American teachers to travel to other countries, interact with teachers and classrooms from around the world, and make a difference here and abroad "by acquiring the necessary skills to integrate global competence into their daily classroom instruction, advance pedagogy in their school/district, prepare students to thrive in the flattened global age, and thus contribute to the closing of the global achievement gap." For more information about the Global Learning Fellowship, click here.
Teachers of Critical Languages program is a US Department of State program that brings Arabic teachers from the Middle East and Chinese teachers from China to the United States for a year to teach in a U.S. elementary or high school. This provides students with authentic lessons in Chinese or Arabic, materials, and a great guest teacher! Their website also has great lesson, curriculum, and units for students of all ages learning Chinese, Arabic, and English as a foreign language. If your school would like to offer Chinese or Arabic language courses, please visit their website to find our more information on how to bring a guest teacher to your school or community! This is a program that the Cache County School District currently participates in at the elementary level.
World Savvy- Founded in 2002, World Savvy is a nonprofit organization that helps educators, schools, and districts become more globally competent. They help bring 21st century teaching and learning into K-12 classrooms, making this an ideal first stop if you are looking to bring more global competencies into your classroom. As World Savvy explains, "Global competence refers to the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to navigate and succeed in today’s interconnected world. Globally competent individuals are life-long learners, have an appreciation for cultural differences, an ability to understand and consider multiple perspectives, critical and comparative thinking skills, problem solving abilities, comfort with ambiguity and change, and understand globally significant issues." Ready to get started? Check out their Toolkit for great teacher resources.
Want to really dive into global education? Think about working towards a Global Competence Certificate. World Savvy has lesson plans ready to be used in the classroom. They are mainly focused on social Studies but they can be adapted for other core area.
Want to really dive into global education? Think about working towards a Global Competence Certificate. World Savvy has lesson plans ready to be used in the classroom. They are mainly focused on social Studies but they can be adapted for other core area.
World Digital Library- The World Digital Library is an online database created by the United States Library of Congress and UNESCO. It is an excellent tool for anyone conducting research, but for teachers looking to infuse their lessons with text and photographs from primary sources from around the world, it is invaluable. According to the World Digital Library's website, "The World Digital Library (WDL) is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, carried out with the support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations from around the world.The WDL makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from all countries and cultures."
The principal objectives of the WDL are to:
The principal objectives of the WDL are to:
- Promote international and intercultural understanding;
- Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet;
- Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences;
- Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries.
United States Institute for Peace- USIP works to prevent and resolve conflict around the world. They were founded by Congress in 1984 and are an "independent, nonpartisan, federally funded organization" in the heart of Washington, D.C. They also have excellent toolkits (see the sidebar to the right) for educators who want to work with their students, classrooms, or communities to cultivate a culture of peace. You can also research conflict by country or by issue. For more teacher resources, training information, online course selection, or other resources for students (including an essay contest!), check out USIP's Education and Training Website. below is the PDF file for the educators handbook for high school educators.
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Primary Source
Primary Source is amazing because they have such a wealth of reliable, knowledgeable, and helpful information. Their team of expert global educators work with schools, districts, and states to redesign curriculum to align better with 21st century skills and global competencies. Their online Resource page has lessons, resource guides, a library, and publications all about global education. For teachers, there are even online courses, free online seminars, and other professional development opportunities.
Primary Source is amazing because they have such a wealth of reliable, knowledgeable, and helpful information. Their team of expert global educators work with schools, districts, and states to redesign curriculum to align better with 21st century skills and global competencies. Their online Resource page has lessons, resource guides, a library, and publications all about global education. For teachers, there are even online courses, free online seminars, and other professional development opportunities.
TEDx and TED
TED is a non profit organization that asks amazing people, "thinkers and doers" who are the on the forefront of world issues, speak about their lives in 18 minutes. The presentations can be seen on Ted.com. Past speakers have included inventors, educators, artists, politicians, and free spirits making big differences in our world. TEDx is the local off shoot of TED talks that bring speakers to locations around the world; Washington, DC is home to many TEDx talks. You can also visit Ted.com to search for speakers, topics, or themes that interest you. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's talk "The Danger of a Single Story." Was heart felt and genuine. It is inspiring, thought provoking, and transformational.
Check out their website for more information and tickets.If you are really into TED talks, you can attend the TEDx event September 25 and 26 in Washington, D.C. Here is a preview from the folks at TEDx about what the TEDxMidAtlantic event will be about: "Since the turn of the millennium, the story of humanity has been one of collaboration and connection, driven by a global economy and the infusion of technology into our daily lives. Disparate disciplines have intersected, forging unexpected innovation, and bringing new found prosperity. At the same time, we find ourselves at a crossroads on critical issues. Broken drug policy, mass incarceration, bankrupt social security, a changing climate, ballooning education costs, and disenfranchised inner cities whose frustration and hopelessness has boiled over onto the streets. TEDxMidAtlantic 2015 will both celebrate the intersections that are building a world of abundance while challenging us to pick a direction that will shape our nation — and our world — for the rest of the century."
TED is a non profit organization that asks amazing people, "thinkers and doers" who are the on the forefront of world issues, speak about their lives in 18 minutes. The presentations can be seen on Ted.com. Past speakers have included inventors, educators, artists, politicians, and free spirits making big differences in our world. TEDx is the local off shoot of TED talks that bring speakers to locations around the world; Washington, DC is home to many TEDx talks. You can also visit Ted.com to search for speakers, topics, or themes that interest you. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's talk "The Danger of a Single Story." Was heart felt and genuine. It is inspiring, thought provoking, and transformational.
Check out their website for more information and tickets.If you are really into TED talks, you can attend the TEDx event September 25 and 26 in Washington, D.C. Here is a preview from the folks at TEDx about what the TEDxMidAtlantic event will be about: "Since the turn of the millennium, the story of humanity has been one of collaboration and connection, driven by a global economy and the infusion of technology into our daily lives. Disparate disciplines have intersected, forging unexpected innovation, and bringing new found prosperity. At the same time, we find ourselves at a crossroads on critical issues. Broken drug policy, mass incarceration, bankrupt social security, a changing climate, ballooning education costs, and disenfranchised inner cities whose frustration and hopelessness has boiled over onto the streets. TEDxMidAtlantic 2015 will both celebrate the intersections that are building a world of abundance while challenging us to pick a direction that will shape our nation — and our world — for the rest of the century."