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Educator Spotlight: Lessons from the Field

Beth Guzzetta, this week’s Educator of the Week, organizes international programs that emphasize field research as well as respect for other cultures and environments. Beth is a middle school math and science teacher and an international research educator at Allendale Columbia School in Rochester, New York. You seem to have a pretty unique role at your school. Can you tell me about it? I’m a classroom … Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Lessons from the Field

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Educator Spotlight: International Travel From Home

Mariana Oprea is a K-12 exceptional children’s teacher at Piedmont High School in Monroe, North Carolina. She has been teaching for 14 years. Activity: Exploring World Cultures Subjects: Exceptional Children’s Education Grades: K-12  Tell us about your activity. What did you need to prepare? My students and I often do in-depth studies of specific countries. To get students thinking, I like to set up the … Continue reading Educator Spotlight: International Travel From Home

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Weekly Warm-Up: What is World Heritage?

Your students know intuitively that places can carry meanings. Whether they’ve visited the Grand Canyon, the Eiffel Tower, or the place their parents met, they’ve undoubtedly felt the significance of standing in a particular spot. What are some places that carry meaning? Why? Challenge your students to consider places that are important to them as individuals, as members of their community, and as citizens of … Continue reading Weekly Warm-Up: What is World Heritage?

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Greg Watts- 10 Things Americans should know about the World

Greg Watts writes for EF Tours‘ blog, Following the Equator, which is a forum for teachers and students who travel–and for anyone interested in educational travel. The blog follows the latest news and discussions about travel and education. We Americans come from a big, powerful and influential country, to say the least. As if being a big (No. 3 in population) and wealthy (No. 1 … Continue reading Greg Watts- 10 Things Americans should know about the World

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