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Teaching Material: Curriculum & Lesson Plans. The Globalization of Language Grade Level:7-12 These three activities focus on endangered languages, saving endangered languages, and the dominance of English in global affairs.

Teaching Material: Curriculum & Lesson Plans

Students will examine causes of language loss and speculate on the future. Statelessness in a Global World Grade Level:7-12 Based on provided readings and using the crisis in the Balkans of the late 1990s as an example, students will address various aspects of statelessness—what it means; how one becomes stateless; the process of re-identifying “identity-less” people.

Global Teaching Tips Grade Level:k-6 H. How Do We Analyze A Global Issue Grade Level:9-12 Analysis of global issues follows a pattern that can become a model for lifelong learning. Human rights concern the relationship of people with their society. Indigenous People: A Human Right to Exist? Establishing the New Nation Grade Level:9-12 The Developing World: How Do You Determine It? Contemporary World Issues - Climate Change. Climate Change: Separating Politics From Science Climate Change Climate Change: What a Complicated Topic.

Contemporary World Issues - Climate Change

Some in the scientific community want you to believe that there is a unanimous consensus about what causes Global Warming. Alarmist want you to believe that Anthropogenic (Caused by Human Activity) Global Warming will Ultimately Destroy Our Planet. I don't believe this. I feel that much of the Information People hear about was designed with one Purpose in Mind: To Make a Profit. --> We Will Explore this Highly Debated Topic, and look at opinions of a reputable scientists, as well as the intergovernmental panel on climate change. So Is The Climate Changing? The Atmosphere IS Dynamic. A Statement From Dr. In a Paper written for the Senate Committee of Science and Transportation, Dr. Christy Writes: "It is our great fortune (because we produce so much of it) that CO2 is not a pollutant.

" In 1989, Dr. The Intergonvernmental Panel on Climate Change Wow, So who do you believe? Global Issues : social, political, economic and environmental issues that affect us all — Global Issues. Teaching with Current Events. We have various resources to help you incorporate current events into the classroom in a way that helps your students understand the importance of the Constitution on their daily lives.

Teaching with Current Events

Daily Headlines: Read breaking news related to the Bill of Rights, gathered by Institute staff every school day, from reputable news sources across the country. Our news stories are chosen with young people in mind and on the basis of ease of use in the classroom, clarity of the constitutional issue, and neutral presentation. Most-clicked headlines are below, and you can find more stories grouped by constitutional principle on the menu to the left. Like our Daily Headlines? Civil liberties organization asks federal court to declare NJ’s anti-bullying law unconstitutional Date: 4/9/14 Source: NJ.com Eminent domain bill killed; ethics complaint on lobbyist considered Date: 4/9/14 Source: Holyoke Enterprise Obama climate change agenda faces first Supreme Court test Date: 2/24/14 Source: Reuters.

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Civic Action and responsibility. Globalization and economy. Environmental Issues. Human Rights. CWP - KHS Social Studies. Home Page.