Global Issues in the Elementary Classroom
This book contains a broad array of activities to help you introduce basic global and international topics to your students. Activities are organized into five sections: "Introducing the Concept of Global Awareness," "Studying Human Values," "Studying Global Systems," "Studying Global Issues and Problems," and "Studying Global History." For grades K-6
Presents global perspectives to the K-6 curriculum. Twenty-seven activities are organized into five sections, beginning with developing awareness of the importance of learning about other countries and cultures, and moving on to studies of human values, global systems, global issues and problems, and finally, global history (historical migrations, comparative studies of revolutions, the role of spice in shaping history). A resource section of materials and organizations is also provided.
Activities include: "Your Global Home," "The Wisdom of Proverbs," "School Rules around the World," "Using Foreign Currencies to Learn about Others," "Journeys that Make the World Smaller," "A World of Invention," and "Architecture and Global History."
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