2008 Conference Presentation Materials
Below, please find short descriptions of conference presentations with links to presentation material downloads. All available for free to our ISSA colleagues!
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Educating about Thailand and Vietnam: Meeting Current Global Challenges through Best Practices
Get tips on applying for the Fulbright Hays Exchange Program and explore lesson plans created by the three teachers who travelled on this program to Thailand and Vietnam. These lessons will teach you how to apply the "Writing through Culture" and Six-Trait Writing" approcahes to investigate Thai and Vietnam culture at local and global levels through use of Thai and Vietnamese artifacts and how to create a multigenre portfolio of writings in which students discuss "Topics of Thailand" such as Thai art and culture. A PDF of Betsey Coleman's presentation is available here.
North American Stewardship: Canadian and American Approaches
How do Canadians view global and regional issues? Learn about Canadian approaches to key global and regional issues such as international security, energy, environmental destruction and stewardship of one of the world’s biggest sources of fresh water. This presentation includes specific teaching materials and resources.
Access Betsey Arntzen's presentation handout. A resource on teaching about Canada and information on the Study Canada Summer Institute can also be downloaded here. A PDF of the presentation can be downloaded here, as well as a list of resources for teaching about Canadian/American water issues and US resource centers on Canada.
Eliminate Poverty by 2015?
Access Concern Worldwide's "Global Summit Simulation Education Handbook."
iEarn: Internationalizing Classes- Web2 Tools in a WEb1 World
Access Ed Gragert's powerpoint presentation on using technology to internationalize classes. Jim Carleton and Mali Bickley's online presentation on ICTs and Change can be linked to here.
Cool Globes
Cool Globes offers curriculum ideas and materials on global warming. Access the carbon cycle lesson plan, a CO2 emissions activity, and the entire Cool Globes curriculum.
Leadership in a Global Economy
Do you really understand the effects of globalization on your community? Increase the ability of your students to grasp these concepts by creating visual images that show the effects and patterns of globalization. Activities include mapping patterns of export, import and immigration on blank maps and playing simulation games on multicultural communications. Obtain a copy of Magane Koshimura's powerpoint presentation for this presentation here. Download the lesson plan for this presentation and a copy of the social science rubric for this presentation.
Rockford Spanish Immersion
In this presentation, Michael Hibbeln instructs best practices on Spanish language immersion in order to prepare students for their place in the world. Download the powerpoint of this presentation here as well as a Spanish immersion pamphlet.
Australearn: Study and Learn in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific
Jennifer Flannery's powerpoint along with resources on teaching about Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
Taking IT Global
Emily Kornblut offers a document with resources on global IT.
The Glenbrook Academy of International Studies
Allan Ruter offers International Studies schools materials straight from the Glenbrook Academy of International Studies. Download a school summary of selection processes and curriculum, an overview of the curriculum, a document on the ideal attributes of graduates, and essential questions from the academy.
The GLOBE Program and Collaborations Around the World
Come and witness a program that connects students worldwide with each other and the environment. The GLOBE Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is an international hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program. GLOBE’s vision promotes and supports collaboration between students, teachers and scientists globally in researching and studying dynamics of the Earth’s environment. More info. on the GLOBE program is located here.
Beyond Multiculturalism: The Challenge of Preparing Teachers for 21st Century Schools
This downloadable powerpoint presentation by Steve Jongewaard includes discussions of multiculturalism in the 21st century along with links to lesson plans.
The Iranian Revolution of 1979: Iranian Citizens Ponder their Future
The Choices Program from Brown University offers the powerpoint from their presentation on teaching about this important historical event.
We thank all presenters for their contributions! If you would like to add your own materials to this page, e-mail a description with attached documents to ISSAinfo@du.edu.
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