Practical Lessons To Promote A Global Perspective In Elementary Education

Download or read book Practical Lessons to Promote a Global Perspective in Elementary Education written by Elaine Jarchow and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book for elementary school teachers presents a rationale for developing a global perspective, providing sample lesson plans and a curriculum resource guide. Chapter 1, "Promoting a Global Perspective in Elementary Education" (Ronald G. Midkiff), uses stories from one teacher's global experiences to offer a rationale for promoting global perspectives in elementary education. Chapter 2, "Nine Practical Lessons" (Elaine Jarchow), presents nine sample lessons written for elementary teachers that illustrate the kinds of lessons teachers might use to infuse global perspectives into their teaching. These lessons include: "Around the World in 80 Minutes" (Tracy Goetz and Kristen Syrett); "Molly's Pilgrim" (Casondra Brewer); "Suho and the White Horse" (Li Jun); "Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat" (Lihua Sun); "Arabian Knights: Three Tales" (Julie Watts); "A Folktale from Ghana" (Benjamin Eshun); "International Children's Day in Turkey" (Semra Erkan and Amie Mitchel Beckett); "The Aymara Indian Family" (John W. Pickering); "Using the Internet for Global Communication" (Hugh Barr); and "Battle Poetry" (Ann Walker Korahais). Chapter 3, "Curriculum Resources for Lesson Plans on Global Education" (Liselle Drake and Sarah Pickert), describes a new project designed to help teachers locate lesson plans on the World Wide Web, offers examples of good sites for locating lessons specifically for global education, and lists organizations that publish lessons on global education. (SM)