I’ve been pretty busy at work the past couple of weeks, so I’ve got a backlog of things I want to post, but I wanted to quickly share a bunch of resources that I’ve found for teaching about the protests in Iran.
As usual, Larry Ferlazzo has pulled together a lot of great links in his […]
Entries Tagged as 'cultural issues'
Lesson Plan Ideas for the Protests in Iran
June 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: human rights · Iran · cultural issues · politics · global issues activities · war · blog
New Internationalist: Global Issues for Learners of English
May 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
The New Internationalist has a collection of global issues articles written specifically for learners of English. They have articles on globalization, the environment, human rights and war. They haven’t updated the articles for several years, but the topics are still very relevant.
One example that I like is a series of 5 stories told […]
Tags: poverty & wealth · cultural issues · child labor · fair trade · war · consumerism · ESL activity · reading · the environment · global issues activities · blog
World Sim
January 20th, 2009 · No Comments
I just read a great article on a very interesting activity that a college anthropology professor does with a few hundred students in a lecture class.
He breaks them into groups of about 20, and assigns each group a culture. They spend a few weeks preparing, and the class culminates in the World Sim activity […]
Tags: environmental racism · environmental justice · teaching with games · food and hunger · cultural issues · politics · poverty & wealth · global issues activities
The Center for Exchange and Solidarity
January 14th, 2009 · No Comments
The Center for Exchange and Solidarity is an organization in El Salvador supporting education, organizing, and social justice. One component is an English school, staffed by volunteers, focused on using popular education/participatory methodology to discuss social, economic, political, and environmental issues. It seems like a wonderful learning opportunity for both the students and […]
Tags: volunteering · ESL programs · cultural issues · ESL resources · global issues resources
Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
June 8th, 2008 · No Comments
“Dancing Rabbit is an ecovillage set amid the hills and prairies of rural northeastern Missouri. Our goal is to live ecologically sustainable and socially rewarding lives, and to share the skills and ideas behind that lifestyle.”
I spent three weeks at Dancing Rabbit, and had an amazing time. Folks were very welcoming, and I learned […]
Tags: food and hunger · natural building · cultural issues · climate change · global issues resources · consumerism · blog
A Collection of Global Issues ESL Activities
April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
I was just going through some files, and I found a bunch of links to ESL / EFL activities and materials that deal with global issues. Some are electronic textbooks, while others are in article form. I also added all of these to the global issues activities page in my collection of links for […]
Tags: climate change · poverty & wealth · cultural issues · consumerism · global issues activities · ESL activity · the environment · textbooks · blog
What the World Eats
March 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Time Magazine has a slideshow showing photos of 15 families alongside a week’s supply of food. Each pictures is accompanied by information about the country in which it was taken, the amount of money that the family typically spends on food per week, and a favorite recipe of two. The images are taken […]
Tags: slideshow · pictures · food and hunger · cultural issues · health · global issues activities · consumerism · poverty & wealth · blog
Facing the Future
February 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Facing the Future is an organization that makes activity-based, global issues curricula for students of all ages. In addition to the great stuff they offer for sale, they have a ton of materials available as free downloads. I especially like the lesson plans from Engaging Students Through Global Issues, and the Climate Change […]
Tags: war · consumerism · vocabulary · politics · climate change · cultural issues · health · poverty & wealth · global issues activities · textbooks · speaking · ESL activity · global issues resources · listening · reading · writing · the environment · blog
Spiritual Dimension of Sustainable Development
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments
The latest issue of the Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence newsletter is out, and it addresses the Spiritual Dimension of Sustainable Development. This is a point of view that does not often come up in my classes, and might strike a chord with some students.
I particularly liked the article Spirituality of Spiritual Development. It […]
Tags: consumerism · cultural issues · theory · journals · global issues resources · the environment · blog
Intercultural Resource Pack
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments
The Intercultural Resource Pack is a free electronic ELT textbook with a variety of cultural and global issues based activities. Even though it is subtitled “Latin American Perspectives,” most of the activities could be used with students anywhere. Each activity is labelled according to the target students’ ages and levels. The five […]
Tags: global issues activities · consumerism · cultural issues · textbooks · the environment · speaking · reading · blog