This week's postings: 1. WorldView Magazine: Classroom Sets Available 2. Support Girls’ Education in Africa: Become a PCNAF Secondary School Partner 3. Foreign Policy Association: 2007 Great Decisions Materials 4. Studies Abroad for Global Education (SAGE) 5. Facing History and Ourselves Online Course: Holocaust and Human Behavior Ellen Frierson Program Associate National Peace Corps Association mailto:teachnet@rpcv.org http://www.globalteachnet.org -------------------------------------------- 1. WorldView Magazine: Classroom Sets Available Take advantage of the National Peace Corps Association’s WorldView magazine winter 2007 special offer for classroom teachers: Order one or more sets of 30 copies of a previously published issue of WorldView and pay only shipping and handling for three-day ground delivery. E-mail your order under the subject line "Classroom sets", indicating the number of sets of 30 of either or both issues with your mailing address and telephone number to mailto:pubs@rpcv.org. Get 'em while the supply lasts. Two issues from 2006 are available: Spring 2006: Writer George Packer's look inside the Green Zone of Baghdad and Washington Post reporter Anthony Shadid's reporting on Najaf; letters from India, Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe; and kids' photographs from Mali. Summer 2006: Author Tracy Kidder's profile of Dr. Paul Farmer and his rural Haiti public health program; an excerpt from Peter Hessler's latest book on contemporary China; Ambassador Tony Hall's description of several trips to North Korea; letters from Botswana, Iran and Senegal; and a profile of the president of the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation. To learn more about WorldView magazine, visit http://www.worldviewmagazine.com. Lesson plans are available to accompany articles from each issue. To access lesson plans, click on "teach" on the WorldView website. -------------------------------------------- 2. Support Girls’ Education in Africa: Become a PCNAF Secondary School Partner Posted by request: Economic growth is driven by people with knowledge. That’s why educating girls is a key to economic development in Africa. However, in Nigeria (Africa's most populous country), far more boys than girls attend school, and more girls than boys drop out, repeat grades, or do not complete the primary cycle. In 2003 the Peace Corps Nigeria Alumni Foundation (PCNAF) launched a scholarship program that provides support to promising Nigerian female students in need of financial assistance to complete their secondary school education. It was created in an effort to eliminate some of the barriers that discourage or exclude girls from the benefits of basic and advanced education. By joining the PCNAF Secondary School Partnership Program your school will become part of a growing movement within the international community to enhance public awareness of the importance of girl's education in developing countries, and to narrow the gender gap in primary and secondary education. PCNAF will assist teachers in developing curriculum to inform their students about: 1) the Global Campaign for Education; 2) disparities in girls’ education in Nigeria and other developing countries; 3) the economic and social benefits of educating girls; and 4) how they can play a critical role in helping to eliminate disparities in girls’ education. In addition to engaging in fundraising activities to support the scholarship program, students will also have an opportunity to correspond with the PCNAF scholarship recipients and their teachers, and participate in cross-cultural exchanges (letters, photos and artifacts). PCNAF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2001 by a small group of former Peace Corps Volunteers in the Washington, DC area with a desire to stay connected to the country they had come to know and love, and to continue their efforts to help it develop. They decided to focus their attention on addressing some of Nigeria's educational needs, and the scholarship program was their first initiative. For more information about PCNAF and the girls’ scholarship program, please visit http://www.pcnaf.org To find out how your school can participate in the PCNAF Secondary School Partnership Program, please send an e-mail message to Albert Hannans at < >, or phone him at (703) 924-1474. -------------------------------------------- 3. Foreign Policy Association: 2007 Great Decisions Materials Posted by request: The Foreign Policy Association is pleased to announce the release of the 2007 Great Decisions materials for use in the classroom. Each year, the Foreign Policy Association identifies eight of the most critical global issues facing our country, and offers in-depth articles, study questions and opinion ballots for each topic in the Great Decisions Briefing Book. FPA also makes available a Teacher’s Guide, and produces the Great Decisions Television Series for PBS (available on DVD or VHS) to assist educators with integrating the Great Decisions into the classroom. Finally, extensive resources on each topic along with information specifically for teachers and students, is available online at http://www.GreatDecisions.org. The Foreign Policy Association also offers sponsored teacher training programs and other professional development opportunities in the summer and throughout the year.If you are interested in learning more about the Great Decisions program, or would like to order a classroom pack, please visit http://www.fpa.org/pubs_inventory2416/pubs_inventory.htm or contact Program Coordinator Michael Lucivero at < >. 2007 Topics Include: The Middle East; Climate Change; Mexico; Migration; South Africa; Children; Central Asia -------------------------------------------- 4. Studies Abroad for Global Education (SAGE) Posted by request: The SAGE Program offers North American high school students in grades 10-12 the unique opportunity to spend an academic semester or year in India at a top-ranked international school. Woodstock School is set in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains in North India and because of the school’s exceptional international curriculum, students receive full high school credit for all courses they take and stay on track for American college or university preparation. Besides academics, students study Indian music and dance, go trekking in the Himalayas, and volunteer for community service projects in the local area. These are just a few of the cultural experiences available through the SAGE Program. A highlight of the SAGE year is the month-long Winter Tour, a cultural tour of India during the winter vacation. For more information about the SAGE Program, including summer programs and custom trips throughout the year, please visit: http://www.sageprogram.org, write to mailto:info@sageprogram.org; or call (toll free) 1-888-997-SAGE. -------------------------------------------- 5. Facing History and Ourselves Online Course: Holocaust and Human Behavior >From the North American Human Rights Education listserv: Facing History and Ourselves is once again proud to offer an online course for educators, "Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior." The course will be conducted twice in the next few months: February 15, 2007 - April 4, 2007 March 22, 2007 - 16 May, 2007. This eight-week course will explore Facing History's content, methodology, and unique approach to teaching history. The eight-week course requires a commitment of approximately four hours of work per week. There are no "live" events, so course participants find the time to do the weekly assignments and participate in the online discussions at their convenience. Spaces and a limited number of scholarships are still available for courses beginning February 15 and March 22. Learn more and apply for enrollment at http://www.facinghistory.org/OnlineCourseList Questions? 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