Global Connections
Sustainability Education as Civic and Global Responsibility
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:04pmThe State Board of Education in Washington created a rule defining environmental and sustainability education and mandating its instruction in pubic school at all grade levels in all subject areas.
Teaching about Global Interconnectedness and Interdependence by Using Literature
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:04pmThis interactive session engages participants in discussing how to use literature in teaching about world cultures and global issues. Notable Social Studies Trade Books (2004 - 20011) will be discussed.
A Panorama of Perspectives: Environmental/Sustainability Education in Social Studies Classrooms
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:04pmJoin our panel of educators in a sharing and learning opportunity to discuss what environmental/sustainability learning "looks like" through traditional and innovative classroom lessons, civic engagement and outdoor education.
Water: Is it a Human Right, or a Marketable Commodity?
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:04pmReady to go lessons, using U.S. foreign policy, documentaries and NGO websites; engage students in in-depth discovery of 26 countries' struggles with water quality and supply.
Europe in Crisis? The EU, Immigration, and the Welfare State
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:04pmThe European Union faces important challenges in the wake of the financial crisis. Panelists will discuss the crisis and the EU's response, the European welfare state, and immigration.
Exploring Asia through Human Rights, Health, and the Environment
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:04pmExplore Asia through powerful units on contemporary issues--Human Rights, Health, and Environment--by The Seattle Times and UW's Jackson School of International Studies. Meet the author and receive materials!
Teaching Elementary Social Studies through Yoga and Tae Kwon Do
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmInnovative and meaningful strategies for combining Social Studies and Physical Education through character and community building activities along with multicultural studies through Yoga and Tae Kwon Do.
History Comes Alive with the Japanese Storytelling Format "Kamishibai"
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmThrough actual classroom projects, participants learn how the visual storytelling format called kamishibai (paper theater) helps students create compelling presentations that combine writing, editing, drawing, performance, collaboration, and multicultural history.
The Social Studies Games: Teaching The Hunger Games
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmThe popular series of books (and first movie) will be examined for ways that they can be used to teach and engage students in social studies concepts, strategies, and topics.
Social Studies for Global Detectives: The Landmark Games
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmProject-based learning unites with Social Studies in this intriguing web-based inquiry as students communicate and compete with players from around the world in the global Landmark Games.
