World Food Day (Oct. 16) & Stand Up and Take Action (Oct. 16-18)
As
we recognize World Food Day on October 16 (tomorrow), I am pleased to highlight
particular organizations we work with here at the National Peace Corps
Association to combat hunger and poverty worldwide. We encourage you to
visit their websites, download their resources and use them in your classrooms
and communities throughout the year - as the issues of food security, hunger
and poverty cannot be solved just one day each year!
In addition to these, NPCA has launched Africa Rural Connect, a social platform dedicated to assisting rural farmers and ultimately to help ease the burden of hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa. We invite you to participate by signing up and sharing your ideas on the site. Starting
tomorrow and through the weekend (October 16-18), Stand Up and Take Action is
the 4th annual mobilization jointly coordinated by the Millennium Campaign
and Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) to coincide with the
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17th. The
purpose of these days of action is to stand up against poverty
and take action on the Millennium Development Goals. Last year more
than 116 million people participated in these actions worldwide.
We will share
further information on these organizations and how we work with them in future
issues of GlobalEdNews and in our Global
TeachNet newsletter. Thank you all
for your efforts in combating hunger and poverty!
Peace,
Anne Baker
Vice President
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Global Perspectives in the Classroom Course
NEW ON-LINE
CLASS: SPRING 2010. Purdue
University, West
Lafayette Campus (also available through Continuing Education)
This course
examines what it means to develop and apply a global perspective in a
classroom/school/community setting. You will reflect on your current practice
and perspectives, develop knowledge and skills in global competence, and apply
these new skills to your educational setting through an individual or group
project.
The
course includes:
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Readings on
global perspectives in the classroom
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Weekly, asynchronous, on-line discussions
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Practical exercises and reflections designed to help you assess your current
teaching context
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An opportunity to design, implement, and evaluate a mini-project in your
classroom, school, or community
Topics
include:
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Why is a global perspective important?
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Looking at the world through multiple perspectives
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Standards and a global perspective
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Technology in a global classroom
FOR MORE
INFORMATION
Nadine Dolby, Associate Professor, ndolby@purdue.edu
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2010-2011 Opportunities from the National Security Language Initiative for Youth
Posted by request:
Dear
Language Teachers/Educators/Interested
Colleagues,
I am
writing to let you know of two great opportunities for the 2010/2011 National
Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) overseas intensive language
programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. One is for students
and the other is for institutions/organizations.
Merit-based
scholarships are available to study overseas
for summer, semester and academic
year programs in
Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Korean, Persian
(Farsi),
Russian and Turkish. In addition, your school,
school system and/or local
university can apply for a
sub-grantee award to organize and implement six- to
eight-week overseas intensive language programs to take
place in summer
2010.
Interested
students should visit www.nsliforyouth.org, where they can complete the
online application. The deadline is December 4, 2009. Organizations
interested in Summer 2010 sub-grant opportunities can view the Request for
Proposal (RFP) by clicking here. The submission deadline for proposals is November 16, 2009. If
after reading the RFP you have questions, please contact American Councils at
1-866-790-2086.
Regards,
The NSLI-Y
team
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Citizen Climate Curriculum from the Will Steger Foundation
Posted by request:
Follow along with polar explorer Will Steger as he and a group of young
people embark on Expedition Copenhagen,
a mission to bring the youth voice to the international climate negotiations in
December. First give
your students the basic knowledge they need to follow the news coverage of the
climate negotiations and the skills they need to make their opinions
heard. Then send your students'
statements to the youth delegates headed to Copenhagen and follow the Youth Delegation's multimedia blogs.
Download Citizen Climate, free standards-linked high school lesson plans from the Will
Steger Foundation. These lesson plans build on the WSF's original six lesson
plans on the basics of global warming. The new lessons cover the carbon cycle,
target levels for atmospheric levels of greenhouse gasses, cap and trade,
carbon tax, new technologies, concerns of developed and developing countries,
and how to formulate position statements.
Learn more: www.willstegerfoundation.org
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New Human Rights Education Publication from HREA
From Human Rights Education Associates:
The Office
for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR), the Council of Europe, the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are pleased to announce
the publication of Human Rights Education in the School Systems of
Europe, Central Asia and North America: A Compendium of Good Practice. HREA
was retained to develop the Compendium under the guidance of these partners.
A PDF
version of the main part of the Compendium is available on the websites of the
partner organizations, in addition to HREA's (www.hrea.org/compendium).
This document does not yet include the Annex containing samples of the
resources. We anticipate that the Compendium will be fully available online as
of December 2009.
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