To understand India it is important to understand its dependence on the monsoon. The purpose of this lesson is to help students see the overriding significance of the monsoon and the impact of the rains upon all facets of life in South Asia. This lesson is from a curriculum guide entitled, A South Asia Curriculum, Teaching about India. Due to copyright laws, not all the readings are included here, but are cited.

An Issue of Identity: Nationalism
Grade Level: 9 - 12

This lesson is from a curriculum guide entitled Spotlight on the Muslim Middle East: Issues of Identity. In "rethinking" the Muslim Middle East, this guide looks at different vantage points and themes in the geographic region stretching from Central Asia to the Emirates, to India through North Africa. This example examines the issue of nationalism through national anthems, poetry, television programming and contemporary writing. Due to copyright laws, not all the readings are not included here, but are cited.

Latin America in A Contemporary Context
Grade Level: 9 - 12

What should educators teach students about Latin America? To understand today's Latin America, teachers must first have a firm understanding of Latin America's past. Here we have tried to summarize how Latin America should be viewed in today's global world, and to highlight some strategies for teaching. Three complete lessons!

The Japanese American Experience: A Way to look at Global Education
Grade Level: 9 - 12

Many insights about teaching global education can be gained from the exploration of the Japanese American experience. Being aware of one's own perspective as well as the perspective of an immigrant group, e. g., Japanese Americans, is an important component of studying American history and culture. Through the examination of Japanese Americans in pluralistic America, students should discover that the culture, identity, and history of any group in America is influenced by a mix of "home-country" values, American idealism, and an American sense of place. Students and teachers will be challenged to examine their own perceptions and interpretations and to learn the role of "world Views." Four complete activities

Ideas for Developing Activities Focusing on Communication
Grade Level: 7- 9

Young people in the 7-9 grade age group tend to be very self-oriented as they begin the trials of adolescence. Suggested here are ways to use this interest in self to increase the students' awareness of how they communicate and appear to others. The activities fit into the journal keeping and autobiography projects that are part of the language arts curriculum for this level. Increased self knowledge will enhance the capacity to make creative personal decisions regarding one's own lifestyles and perceive and identify long- and short-term consequences of individual and group decisions.

Cross-Cultural Communication
Grade Level: 7- 10

In the 4-6 social studies curriculum, you will encounter some examples of cross-cultural communication. You can build upon them as examples of barriers to understanding or acceptance of culturally diverse people. The following suggestions can help students develop progressively deeper levels of cross-cultural awareness, and to see cultures - including their own - within a frame of reference relatively free of ethnocentric bias.

Others
Grade Level: 7- 10

The activities in this lesson are designed to increase student awareness of some of the problems and possibilities involved in learning to communicate with others. They will examine what is involved in "knowing" other people, delve beneath the superficial, and begin to perceive that good communication is not only a challenge but a necessity. Complete activity!

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Lesson plans related to The China Project
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Lesson plans related to NY & the World
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Complete Publications online :

• Spotlight on Confucius
• Guidelines for Gobal and International Studies Educaion
• Myself & Others
• Spotlight on Japan
• International Conflict and the Media