What's in this section?In this section you will find some useful resources to help you globalize your lesson plans with the state standards and global competencies in mind. I have also included some examples of globalized unit/lesson plans to show you how the state standards and global competencies work together to build a fun, effective global learning experience for your students.
Also in this section you will find a Global Education Unit Plan that I developed utilizing the Understanding by Design (UbD) model to meet the global competencies in my subject area along with a plan annotation based on my international field experience in Brazil. |
Shaping Curriculum Standards into a Global Sphere...
As educators, every time we turn around, we hear the word, "standards"...it is starting to become the air we breathe in education today. Some have happily embraced standards-based education while others have avoided it like the plague. Standards-based education still remains a touchy subject in many educational circles, but like it or leave it, it is becoming more commonplace in classrooms across the country.
The good thing is that the global education competences work in concert with most standard-based education models. Basically, standards-based education stresses critical-thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, creativity, communication, and analytical skills. These are known as the "21st, century skills." Collectively these skills and standards prepare students to be "college and career ready." Global Education seeks to prepare students in the same manner, but with a global perspective. Global Education is not a new set of standards. At the core, Global Education stresses the same skills and standards, but through a global lens to prepare students to be globally competent in addition to being college and career ready. Compare for yourself... |
As noted in the Global Education Assessment section, here are some examples of global competency activities in practice:
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Standards-Based Global Education:
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Virtually any standard in any academic subject area can be modified to satisfy both state standards and the global competencies. It is easier that you think! All it takes is a global perspective, some creativity, and a little plan modification...et voila... you have a globalized lesson! Below, I show you how to globalize your lessons is three basic steps. I have included one World Language example (La Música de Latinoamérica), one U.S. History example (American Nativism Gone Global) and one example that could be used in either discipline (What the World Eats). One example was written using the Understanding by Design (UbD) model and the others were written in a more open format. Please contact me for additional globalized lesson plans for your academic subject area.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ How to Globalize your Lessons...Easy as 1,2,3! 1. Choose a standard 2. Consider ways to integrate global education into the standard 3. Plan specific lesson plan modifications _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ As a Spanish teacher in the state of New Hampshire, my curriculum standards are based on the standards set forth by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) and the New Hampshire Association of World Language Teachers (NHAWLT). Collectively they both subscribe to the 5C's in World Language Teaching. These standards also articulate well with the global competencies.
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Global Education Unit/Lesson Plans:
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Any lesson can be globalized simply by shifting perspective and some content. Using given standards and the Understanding by Design (UbD) model, you can create meaningful, productive unit and lesson plans that will not only meet your local standards, but will also meet the global competencies. In the links below, I have developed examples of globalized unit and lesson plans to show you how to globalize your lessons. You will find that both the local standards and the global competencies are met successfully. The UbD template format is helpful in crafting global lessons that not only meet the standards, but also use the multiple intelligencies to provide for higher level thinking. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Global Education Unit Plan: La Música de Latinoamérica Music runs in the cultural blood of Latin America and is a conduit of self expression, art, history, culture, and sociology. I wanted to encapsulate this important cultural piece into my lesson plan. In globalizing my lesson, I looked at music from all of Latin America, including Brazil. I also conducted a class study on African influences in Latin American music and how they have come to form the base of many Latin rhythms. Throughout the lesson, I gave students ample opportunity to explore the different genres of Latin music, analyze, collaborate, problem solve, recognize perspectives and self-reflect. The annotation document will walk you through how I modified my original unit plan to include Brazil and Afro-Brazilian/Afro-Latino influences to represent a more pan-Latin American view of Latin American music. Click below to view my unit plan, lesson plan, and plan modification. |
What the World Eats
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In this multicultural/multinational activity, students can investigate the world beyond their local environment, recognize their own and others' cultural perspectives, and understand that culture, customs, geography, economy, and lifestyle have a major impact on food consumption and cost in different parts of the world.
Students analyze and conceptualize pictorial and written data to draw conclusions, make cross-cultural comparisons, and present their results effectively. This turn-key, multi-discipline activity offers infinite possibilities for discussion and study. It can be easily modified for different subject areas, levels, and foci. Click on the following buttons for example templates in English or in Spanish. |
American Nativism Gone Global!
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This lesson takes a US History topic and puts it into a global context. In this lesson, I took the opposite of globalism, nativism, and made it a platform for global discussion. This lesson focuses primarily on the Americanization and Nativism Movement during the large waves of immigration to the United States in the 1800's. The topic is not only important from the American historical perspective, but also is relative to events happening around the world today. This lesson provides students an opportunity to explore the topic from both an historic and modern day context through a global lens. This section shows you how to take a historic topic/standard and weave in global competencies to provide global perspectives.
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