Above: The open-air campus of the Instituto Federal de Brasilia, one of Brasilia's public high schools
Study: Get Familiar with Global Ed!The Teachers for Global Classrooms Program began with an 8-week online collaborative course with educators around the country. The course was an invigorating experience as we studied the importance and necessity of global education, examined the skills globally competent students need, and formed connections between global education and our individual schools and standards. The resources on this page provide educators with introductions to global ed, and concrete materials and ideas to get global ed started in your classroom. View Chimamanda Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story" to gain perspective on the need for cultural understandings in our community as a movement toward global competence. Oxfam's "School Guide for Global Citizenship" below offers a thorough global education rationale and implementation strategies.
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Above: Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
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Our Digital Learning EnvironmentThe online student resources provided by Seattle Public Schools offer a wide variety of texts, videos and other tools to enhance student learning and broaden global understandings. Popular resources from the library catalog include World Book Student, Learn 360, and HistoryLink.org. These carefully constructed materials help students engage with multiple perspectives and events around the world.
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Global Education Assessment Tools"So once I've implemented new strategies, how do I asses them?" Click the link below to view global competency checklists and matrices to assess your students' growth as global citizens. You'll be proud to find a description of a cross-curricular unit plan implemented by Aki Kurose in a brilliant publication about global education from the Asia Society!
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