Global Current Event Connections to Lessons:
Lesson plan 1:
Location: Philippines
Article: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/19/world/asia/philippines-yellow-boats-for-hope/index.html
Connection:
This article discusses the daily struggles facing many students getting to school in the Philippines. In certain remote villages, students have to swim through up to half a mile of water to get to school. Since this issue has been brought to light, an organization has been set up to donate small boats to help the students get to and from school safely. I will emphasize to students how lucky they are that we have access to reliable transportation and functional infrastructure.
Lesson plan 2:
Location: United Kingdom
Article:https://www.kansas.com/news/business/article223992430.html
Connection:
This article discusses Theresa May and the impact of ‘Brexit’ on British democracy. ‘Brexit’ is such a huge, recent part in Britain’s history and has significant impacts, due to individuals and groups bringing it about. I will show students that individuals have the power to influence not just PA and the U.S., but also other countries around the world on a global scale. I could also compare and contrast Theresa May and William Penn’s influences to democracy and government and how citizens’ say has an impact as well to put everything in perspective.
Lesson plan 3:
Location: Agra, India
Article: Turning Green by Rebecca Katzman; published November 16, 2018
Connection:
The issue in this article is the pollution increase of the Taj Mahal structure in Agra, India. The article talks about how the symbol of India is getting dirty, and nobody is doing anything about it and the symbol the Taj Mahal have on India. During my lesson, I could incorporate this symbol by explaining the importance of Taj Mahal. At the end of the article, this is a map with symbols to understand the map of India. I could also incorporate this in my lesson.
Lesson plan 4:
Location: England, UK
Connection:
This current event relates to my lesson plan because it is about a popular sport in Europe. The article specifically talks about England’s West London team, Chelsea. The current event is about Chelsea’s draft of new players and how they are taking them from other teams by offering them more money. I could extend this lesson to children by teaching the importance of current events and the different popular sports from around the world. Students could research the different soccer teams from all over Europe by doing the same process as they did for my formal lesson plan.
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Lesson plan 6:
Location: Japan
Article: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201811130056.html
Connection:
The Yakusuni Shrine, located in Tokyo, Japan, was built in 1869. According to the website, it was established to "commemorate and honor the achievement of those who dedicated their precious lives for their country." Almost 2.5 million names are inscribed inside the shrine. Of those names, there's a general who has been held directly responsible for the attack on the US fleet at Pearl Harbor, a general who ordered a battle that resulted in a massacre that killed 200,000 civilians in 1937, and the architects of Japan's alliance with Germany and Italy during World War II. More than 30 cities across the United States have removed or relocated Confederate statues and monuments amid an intense nationwide debate about race and history.
After a “Unite the Right” rally in Virginia in August 2018 to protest against the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, it resulted in the death of a woman who was demonstrating against white supremacy, thus resulting in other cities deciding to remove Confederate statues. Many of the controversial monuments were dedicated in the early twentieth century or during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Discussions regarding the removal of several other monuments in Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, Pensacola, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, Richmond, Virginia, Birmingham, Alabama, and Charlottesville, Virginia were also among the dispute.
Lesson plan 7:
Location: United Kingdom/Britain
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/business/britain-fracking-cuadrilla-tremors.html
Connection:
This article explains the environmental impacts that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is having in Britain. This connects to the information that is presented in Lesson 7: Resources by explaining the environmental impacts that extracting natural gas from the Earth has on the surrounding environment. In viewing this, students will be able to make the connection that hydraulic fracturing has similar impacts on the environment despite the specific location.
Lesson plan 8:
Location: Israel, Middle East
Article: https://foodnewsinternational.com/2018/12/19/middle-east-steak-made-from-the-lab/
Connection:
This article focuses on how scientists in the Middle East are using laboratories to produce steaks. This is relevant to lesson 8 on Food Production because this alters the way students think of food processing and how a steak, for example, would be thought to start with a cow, but now can start with a science lab. I can incorporate this into my lesson in allowing my students to see that technology can produce similar products in different ways.