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Here you will find international & local resources for globalizing your classrooms, see how I wove my Fulbright TCG coursework into my English as a New Language classroom, and examples of how to "globalize" curricula and standards.
Here you will find international & local resources for globalizing your classrooms, see how I wove my Fulbright TCG coursework into my English as a New Language classroom, and examples of how to "globalize" curricula and standards.
The Global-Local Paradigm
The Global-Local Paradigm
Nearing the end of his life, an old man reflected upon his regrets.
“When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town.
I couldn’t change my town.
Already an older man, I finally tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself,
and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself,
I could have made an impact on my family.
My family and I could have made an impact on our town.
My town’s impact could have changed the nation…
…and I could, indeed, have changed the world.”
Unknown monk, c. 12th century
“Global competence is not an add-on.
“Global competence is not an add-on.
It is implicit in every part of the curriculum." - Fernando Reimers
It is implicit in every part of the curriculum." - Fernando Reimers
International Global Learning Resources
International Global Learning Resources
Out of Eden ~ Harvard's Project Zero
slow down to observe the world carefully and listen attentively to others;
exchange stories and perspectives with one another; and
make connections between their own lives and bigger human stories.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals Project
Connect your class with classes from around the world to further the SDGs with the Goals Project.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Academy Library
Wow, prepare yourself for the motherlode of all SGD-related content and resources! I'd begun using the goals in my classroom last year, but this resource will take them even further!
A global issues organization that partners with philanthropists and musicians to focus on defeating world hunger, protecting the environment, and building global equity.
Learn with the world, not just about it.
Join interactive curriculum-based groups where students are creating, researching, sharing opinions and becoming global citizens.
(formerly known as Teaching Tolerance)
A learning organization that reexamines history and current event through a lens of human rights, equity, empathy, and activism in aims to reduce prejudice.
The Pulitzer Center's K–12 education programs and resources cultivate a more curious, informed, empathetic, and engaged public by connecting teachers and students with underreported global news stories and the journalists who cover them.
Student to World lets students explore global issues via interactive activities, curated media resources, and stories created by their peers from around the world. Students explore aspects of their everyday lives and create an action plan to benefit their local and global communities.
Local Global Learning Resources
Local Global Learning Resources
We are incredibly fortunate here in Rhinebeck to have a vibrant organization such as Culture Connect at our fingertips. CultureConnect helps empower the youth and families of our communities to create a future of social justice, global engagement, and cultural competence.
Under the Culture Connect umbrella, they also offer more specific programming such as Art Connect, World Connect, College Connect, and Madagascar Connect.
Thank you for all you do to globalize our community!
Rhinebeck Rotary District 7210
Youth Exchange is an exchange program for secondary school students between the ages of 15 and 17 who travel abroad to learn about other cultures and other languages.
Interact is a service program for local students. In the past Rhinebeck Interact students have traveled to Nicaragua for short term exchanges.
Global art making!
Mysteries from around the world!
Check out the global and vibrant offerings right here in our neighborhood library.
Also, check out a book! Its the easiest way to travel :)
Bard College's Hannah Arendt Center
The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College is the world's most expansive home for bold and risky humanities thinking about our political world inspired by the spirit of Hannah Arendt, the leading thinker of politics and active citizenship in the modern era.
The International Studies Program provides a solid multidisciplinary grounding in the study of global interdependence. Students build core knowledge of international social sciences, become fluent in at least one language, and develop strengths in at least two traditional disciplines.
Take a Cultural Responsiveness workshop with the Hudson Valley Regional Bilingual Education Network (HV RBERN)!
Larry Ferlazzo's List of Learning Resources for Multi-cultural teaching and learning.
Larry compiles an incredible array of high quality materials and resources on a regular basis. You can always count on his recommendations.
“There's no way that you can’t connect with others, if you are a little creative.” Piper Aparcio
“There's no way that you can’t connect with others, if you are a little creative.” Piper Aparcio
Globalizing Teaching & Learning
Globalizing Teaching & Learning
An example of a Project-Based, Globalized Unit Plan for High School
An example of a Project-Based, Globalized Unit Plan for High School
Developing Civic Understanding & Power: Local to Global Impact & Action with SDGs
This project was SO impactful and eye opening. Not only was it my first experience with global unit-planning, but it was also my first time diving into the world of project based learning. We started our civic journey at the local level-- watching local debates; we expanded to the national level and analyzed national presidential inaugural speeches and made connections to the SDG wall; From there we moved outward towards a student-selected global issue, in this case my student chose to focus on migration at the US-Mexico border. His culminating action-project was inspiring as he built awareness on the topic amongst his peers and organized a supply drive to send to border detention centers.
I turned the bulletin board in my classroom into an interactive Sustainable Development Goals wall.
Anytime my students and I encounts a quote or issue that linked to one of the SDGs we created a post-it to solidify the connection.
This wall is a permanent fixture in my room now and I have found that the SDGs are more interdisciplinary than I ever imagined.
Globalizing Curricula & Standards
Globalizing Curricula & Standards
Steps to take to Globalize Curricula
Develop global learning outcomes and assessments for any course, regardless of subject matter or discipline
Infuse courses with interactive learning strategies for global content
Apply diverse perspectives to course materials
Learn how technology can be employed to internationalize the curriculum
Review examples of curriculum internationalization across all disciplines
Example of how I brainstormed ways to globalize a 7th grade social studies lesson on women's rights using the 4 basic tenets of Global Competency:
As the ENL teacher I focus on the linguistic modalities. In this particular lesson I focus on explicit vocabulary instruction and the standards related to reading and writing; the overarching content-area standard is:
7.7c Women joined the movements for abolition and temperance and organized to advocate for women’s property rights, fair wages, education, and political equality.
Students will examine the efforts of women to acquire more rights. These women include Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Susan B. Anthony.
Investigate the World: Have students investigate women’s rights movements in other countries and regions of the world.
Recognize Perspectives: After doing some research on other global women's rights movements, students would then create a Venn diagram/comparison chart to compare and contrast global movements with the American movement (i.e: women finally permitted to drive in Saudi Arabia, etc.)
Communicate Ideas: Discuss the broader implications of your research findings to you, your close circle, and other affected people/ integrate a global thinking routine from Harvard's Project Zero to discuss.
Take Action: Use digital communication to connect with students’ aged-peers in a different community or country to explore impacts of similar incidents or historical episodes. Work together on a collaborative project to promote gender equality. Project could be a PSA, documentary, infographic, podcast, etc.
I feel at an advantage for globalizing lessons in my school community because I work with students from various cultural and linguistic backgrounds. As such, I am always trying to build mirrors into the mainstream curriculum for students to see themselves in. I also feel grateful to live in NYS where our Common Core State Standards includes globalized addenda to the national standards. For example, Standard RL.7.6 usually states: Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. However NYS has added 6a: Analyze stories, drama, or poems by authors who represent diverse world cultures. If you’d like to see more examples of these additions check them out here:https://nysed-prod.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-p-12-common-core-learning-standards-for-english-language-arts-and-literacy
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