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February 2014                                                                                
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Greetings from National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) Global Education! 

This first quarter of the calendar year is a busy one for those helping to "bring the world home" (the "Third Goal" of Peace Corps).  With Peace Corps' 53rd birthday coming up, this is a perfect time to get involved!

We're excited to share resources to help you bring a global perspective to classrooms and communities.  Be sure to check our website for the latest updates:
  • Beyond the Golden Rule to the Platinum Rule! lesson to accompany the Winter 2013 (Vol. 26 #4) issue of WorldView magazine on Changemaking.
  • WorldView magazine is a benefit of NPCA membership, so if you don't yet receive it, consider joining!  The magazine features lots of great stories, photos and news updates for you and your students.
  • Lesson plans, resources and opportunities for students and teachers in the Winter 2013 issue of Global Education News.  Read below on how you or your students can write for the newsletter (deadline for the next issue: February 14). 
These are just some of the ways we here at the NPCA carry out the Third Goal of the Peace Corps, bringing the world home.  Read on!

Peace, 

    Anne's signature


Anne Baker
Vice President
National Peace Corps Association
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer - Fiji 1985-1987  

 

Write for NPCA Global Education News

It seems we've had a lot of "snow days" around here this year.  What a perfect time to work on your article or lesson plan for our next issue of Global Education News!  And with Earth Day coming up, how about sharing your environmental concerns, lessons and resources?  How is Earth Day recognized in your community?  Whatever your global topic, we invite you to submit it for publication in our quarterly NPCA Global Education News.

Please send any resources, websites, book reviews, lessons, etc. that would be of interest and/or useful for our readers to our editor, Susan Neyer, at [email protected].  She would like to get items by February 14, or at least know by then to expect them. 

You can download and read any issue of the newsletter from our website here
Winter 2013-2014 Global Education News   
 
In case you missed it earlier, we wrapped up 2013 with another resource-filled issue of our quarterly Global Education News, also available in the Education section of the NPCA website.  Here are some of the highlights of this issue:
  • This Time We Must All Be Filipino
  • 9-12 Corner: Beyond the Golden Rule to the Platinum Rule!
  • Teaching Climate Change: Integrating Science with Humanities
  • Award-winning books on Africa and on South Asia
  • Global Education Resources, Professional Development Opportunities and more!
  • Save the date for Peace Corps Week:  February 23 - March 1, 2014

 Download this issue  

 

Peace Corps Week 2014     
 

  

> from Peace Corps: 

 

You're invited to answer the Peace Corps Week 2014 challenge! Peace Corps Week celebrates the anniversary of President Kennedy's establishment of the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961. It takes place from February 23 to March 1 but you are encouraged to take part in activities starting January 2 and continuing through March 1

 

You can participate in two ways:

  • The Classroom Challenge encourages RPCVs to connect with U.S. classrooms to share their Peace Corps country's culture with American students. Sign up for Speakers Match or Correspondence Match on the World Wise Schools website today to get involved!
  • The Video Challenge invites RPCVs to compete to win best video that showcases "What I wish Americans knew about my Peace Corps Country." Internationalize your classroom by sharing the submitted videos with your students!
Teaching about Nelson Mandela 
 
Boston University's African Studies Center and Africa Access Review worked together to produce Teaching about Nelson Mandela, Apartheid and the Struggle for Freedom.  This annotated teaching resource list is for K-12 and includes books, curricula, DVDs and websites.
 
Teachers for Global Classrooms

> from IREX and the Department of State:
 

 

Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) is a year-long professional development opportunity for U.S. middle and high school teachers, which aims to globalize teaching and learning in their classrooms and schools.  Global education is integral to building 21st century skills. Accordingly, the TGC Program provides teachers with:

  • An online course that helps teachers integrate global education objectives into their curriculum
  • A Global Education Symposium in Washington, DC
  • A two or three week international travel fellowship
  • A chance to apply for grant funding for international projects for their school
  • Continuing Education Units

TGC is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and is implemented by IREX. Participants are selected through a national, open competition.

 

The application for the 2014-2015 program is now available online and will be open until March 11, 2014 (11:59 pm EST).

 

More information and the online application

 
The Great Seed Search
 

  

> from Asia Society:

 

Agriculture has always been global. Consider the spice, rice, and tea trades of earlier centuries to now: trade is increasingly global given the ease of transport. Where did your coffee come from? Where are our soybeans going? Geography, politics, and resource distribution: these are all key issues in feeding the world's population today and in the future. 

 

Classrooms must reflect this. There are many existing resources to help all teachers integrate a global perspective into their ag classrooms. The newest is The Great Seed Search, a game created by the American Farm Bureau in collaboration with Asia Society and Longview Foundation. Featured on the My American Farm website, students learn that seeds, those kernels so integral to life on this planet, originate from countries around the world. As they learn where seeds come from, they also learn about the cultures of those countries.

IN THIS ISSUE
NPCA Global Education News

Latest Newsletter

Peace Corps Week 2014

Teaching about Nelson Mandela

Teachers for Global Classrooms

The Great Seed Search

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UPCOMING EVENTS/DEADLINES

February 10, 2014

National Peace Essay Contest 

 

February 23 - March 1, 2014

Peace Corps Week 

 

March 1, 2014

Educator Academy in the Amazon Rainforest 

 

March 11, 2014

Teachers for Global Classrooms 

 

June 20-21, 2014

Peace Corps Connect - Nashville  

    

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