Going Global

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Going Global

• Ideas and Resources
• for the Language Arts Classroom

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• Sarah Powley
• English Department Chair
• McCutcheon High School
• Lafayette, Indiana
• spowley_at_tsc.k12.in.us

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Components of International Education
Curriculum Content World Languages Student
Exchange
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Language Arts Curriculum

• Literature
• Composition
• Communications
• Research

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Literature

• Text Short Stories
• Supplementary Novels with Ethnic Connections
• Theme-based Supplementary Novels

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Short Story Collections
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Novels with International Content

• The House on Mango Street
• Bless Me, Ultima
• Joy Luck Club
• Nectar in a Sieve
• Things Fall Apart
• Cry, the Beloved Country

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Coming of Age in Other Lands
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Springboards Coming of Age Novels

• To Kill a Mockingbird
• The Secret Life of Bees
• Cold Sassy Tree
• When We Get There
• Ellen Foster

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Bibliography Fiction

• Zoli
• The Poisonwood Bible
• The Power of One
• The Book Thief
• The Kite Runner
• A Thousand Splendid Suns
• In the Time of the Butterflies
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent

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Bibliography Non-fiction

• The Lost Boys of Sudan
• They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky
• The Syringa Tree
• The House at Sugar Beach
• First They Killed My Father
• Chinese Cinderella
• A Long Way Gone

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A Straw Fence the Height of a Man
Uncommon Journeys Peace Corps Adventures
Across Cultures http//www.peacecorps.gov/w
ws/publications/




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Composition

• Formal Composition
• Paraphrase and Summary
• Creative Writing
• Research
• Letter to a Public Official

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Communications

• Forensics
• Simulation Games

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Forensic Speech Discussion

• Problem/Solution format

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• Global Issues

United Nations UNICEF http//unicefusa.org/t
eachunicef/
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Simulation Games

• The Paper Bag Game
• Barnga
• Brief Encounters

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The Paper Bag Game

• Students learn what life is like for people
  living in poverty, trying to survive on a daily
  basis. Focused on India, but widely applicable.

• http//learn.christianaid.org.uk/YouthLeaderResour
  ces/pbag.aspx
• Or, google Paper Bag Game

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Barnga

• Students experience living in another culture,
  not knowing the language or the rules and
  expectations of that culture.
• http//socrates.acadiau.ca/courses/educ/reid/games
  /Game_descriptions/Barnga1.htm
• google Barnga
• Amazon.com

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• Photo of kids playing Barnga

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Brief Encounters

• Students develop an understanding of how our
  cultural values influence the way we view other
  groups.
• Simulation game available online at
• http//www.peacecorps.gov/wws/

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Web Resources

• United Nations UNICEF
• http//unicefusa.org/teachunicef/
• Peace Corps Coverdell World Wise Schools
• http//www.peacecorps.gov/wws/
• New York Times Upfront
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews
  /indepth/upfront/index.asp
• International Studies Schools Association
• http//www.du.edu/issa/lessonPlans.html
• Facing History and Ourselves
• www.facinghistory.org
• The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• www.ushmm.org

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• National Peace Corp Association
  http//www.rpcv.org/index.cfm

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• Questions?
• Ideas to share?
• Comments?

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Thank you.
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• Sarah Powley
• English Department Chair
• McCutcheon High School
• 4951 US Highway 231 South
• Lafayette, Indiana 47906
• spowley_at_tsc.k12.in.us