Global Concepts for Young People
Stories, Lessons, and Activities to Teach Children About Our World
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Global Concepts for Young People
Stories, Lessons, and Activities to Teach Children About Our World
About This Book
Learn how to teach global concepts and use them to increase critical thinking across the curriculum. In this new book from popular consultant Becky Hunt, you'll get ready-to-use lesson plans, stories, and activities to help you teach five key global conceptsâChange, Interdependence, Culture, Scarcity, and Power. Aligned with both the C3 Social Studies Framework and the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, these engaging lesson plans encourage critical thinking skills that will lead to increased creativity in problem solving.
This book is an essential resource for teachers looking to:
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- Create a framework to teach young people global concepts that will help them analyze and understand the world.
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- Present stories and lessons connected to real-world issues that inspire students to develop innovative solutions.
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- Engage students in lessons that will help them to understand and celebrate people from different cultures at home and around the world.
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- Shape students into global citizens with an understanding of the world and a desire to bring about change.
Special features include anchor stories, games, graphic organizers, and critical-thinking questions. Many of the tools are available as eResources on our website, www.routledge.com/9781138237940, so you can print and use them in your classroom immediately.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Meet the Author
- eResources
- Acknowledgments
- 10 Ways to Talk to Students about Sensitive Issues in the News
- 1. Introduction to Global Concepts
- 2. Change: Itâs All Around Us
- 3. Interdependence: How We All Live and Work Together
- 4. Culture: Who We Are and How We Live in the World
- 5. Scarcity: How We Balance the Earth and Its Resources
- 6. Power: The Ability to Control Something or Someone Else
- 7. Implementing Global Concepts in Your School
- Appendix 1: Global Concepts Read Aloud Lesson Planner
- Appendix 2: Informational Global Concepts Story Map
- Appendix 3: Narrative Global Concepts Story Map
- Appendix 4: Informational Story MapâChange
- Appendix 5: Informational Story MapâInterdependence
- Appendix 6: Informational Story MapâCulture
- Appendix 7: Informational Story MapâScarcity
- Appendix 8: Informational Story MapâPower
- Appendix 9: Narrative Story MapâChanges for Charlie
- Appendix 10: Narrative Story MapâA Home for Lucky
- Appendix 11: Narrative Story MapâMonty and Omar
- Appendix 12: Global Concepts Culture Chart
- Appendix 13: Story Culture Chart
- Appendix 14: Name that Artifact!
- Appendix 15: Applying the Global Concepts
- Appendix 16: Global Concepts Wheel
- Appendix 17: Technology Links to Bring the World to your Students