Call for Contributions for Spring Global TeachNet Newsletter
Although we're ankle-deep in snow here at NPCA, we're already preparing for the Spring issue of the Global TeachNet News. We're asking that if you have
any lessons, articles, or resources that foster a global perspective in the classroom that you'd like to share, please let us
know!
New to the Global TeachNet community? You can find out more about the Global TeachNet News by visiting our Global TeachNet website or our archives of past issues.
Send all contributions to the Global TeachNet newsletter editor, Susan Neyer, at susanneyer@astound.net. Submissions are due by February 15th.
Global TeachNet is the global education program of the National Peace Corps Association.
Peace,
Anne Baker
Vice President, NPCA
PS - We have added to and posted last week's educational resources on Haiti to our website. Click here to view. If you have other resources to suggest, please share them with Susan for the newsletter or email them to teachnet@peacecorpsconnect.org.
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New Issue Briefs from Globalization101.org
Globalization101.org
is proud to announce the addition of two new Issue Briefs to the site:
The Global Education Issue Brief
analyzes education as a business, examines public sector, and pedagogical and
curricular developments related to the theory of global education, highlights
the role of civil society and international organizations, and looks at
governmental policies regarding education.
The Global Media Issue Brief addresses what the media is and how it interacts with
society-specifically, the types of media, the media's role in society,
governmental roles in media, control of media, alternative media, the economics
of the media industry, and a case study on a pivotal moment in history
involving the media and its implications.
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2010 CTAUN Atlanta Conference
The third
annual CTAUN Atlanta Conference will take place on Friday, March 12, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Emory University. The conference topic is "Who
Needs the UN Now?" The CTAUN Atlanta conference will provide educators,
journalists, students, and others with a framework for understanding and communicating
the continuing relevance of the United Nations in the 21st century.
This conference is for interested educators and administrators at all levels
and in a wide range of disciplines, as well as concerned citizens. It will
provide resources for enriching school and university curricula.
The
deadline for registration is Tuesday, March 2, 2010
See
www.teachun.org for:
Copy of
registration form Conference program Past
CTAUN conference reports Teacher
resources and plans
For further
information, please contact: Julia A. Farrigan, CTAUN Registrar, (770) 775-6449
(phone), farrigan@bellsouth.net
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Sustainable Harvest International Educators Workshop
Posted by Request:
SHI's Educators Workshop in Nicaragua: Stewardship in Action
August
7 -15, 2010
Engage in dialogue about community-based service-learning that involves
concepts of sustainability, organic agriculture and environmental
restoration.
Through
activities in our schools, at our training center and afternoon visits to SHI
family farms, participants will develop and share curriculum ideas that can be
brought back to their home schools. All participants will be able to shape the
service-learning curriculum guide that will be produced at the end of the trip.
Participants will be exposed to rural culture through homestays and other
cultural activities - and even relax a bit in the subtropical sunshine!
For more
information, please visit our website.
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Lesson on Haiti from The Choices Program
The
Haitian Crisis: Thinking Historically
Free One-day Lesson
On January 12, 2009 a powerful earthquake
devastated Haiti, killing
thousands upon thousands and laying waste to the country's capital, Port-Au-Prince. Known as
the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti faces a terrible crisis that
it cannot begin to cope with alone. Many in the international community have
rushed to help, raising larger questions about how to best assist the
impoverished country in its recovery.
In this free
one-day lesson, students are challenged to think beyond the earthquake
and consider the role of Haiti's
rich history in the current crisis. Students explore the historical reasons for
Haiti's poverty and Haiti's relationship with the United States. Using video and
audio of scholars from Brown
University, the lesson
asks students to consider how historical understanding affects our response to
the current crisis.
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