Over the past several election cycles, I’ve become convinced that the only issue that truly matters is getting the money out of politics. Until we do that, no meaningful change is possible. Lawrence Lessig’s recent TED talk expresses this problem in clear and engaging terms. This talk would be difficult for most students, but it [...]
Entries Tagged as 'global issues activities'
We the People, and the Republic we must Reclaim
April 24th, 2013 · No Comments
Tags: blog · finance · global issues activities · listening · politics · statistics · video
Wealth Inequality in America
April 1st, 2013 · 1 Comment
This video is an effective way to visually communicate the wealth inequality in the US. I especially like the fact that it focuses so much on the difference between perception and reality. When I was teaching in China, I asked my class what percentage of Americans they thought was rich. The consensus was 80%. It [...]
Tags: blog · finance · global issues activities · infographics · poverty & wealth · video · visual prompts
TESOL 2013 – Environmentally Responsible Program Administration
March 22nd, 2013 · No Comments
In this session, we talked about ideas for greening an English language program. I shared my own experiences, dividing my time between the areas of curriculum and resources. Here is the presentation I gave. Below, you can find links to the various materials I discussed. A good place to start is a project I undertook [...]
Tags: blog · global issues activities · Global Issues class · greening an IEP · presentations · service learning · TESOL 2013 · the environment · vegetarian / vegan · vocabulary
TESOL 2013 – Feeding International Students with the Language They Need
March 21st, 2013 · No Comments
Here are the materials from my TESOL presentation on giving international students the food-related language they need. My premise is that we focus on the language for expressing preference, describing cultural foods, and understanding recipes. In fact, these are not the most pressing food-related needs that our students have. I propose that food lessons should [...]
Tags: blog · cultural issues · ESL activity · food and hunger · global issues activities · health · presentations · reading · the environment · vegetarian / vegan
Saving Water Infographic
March 18th, 2013 · No Comments
So You Want to Save Water? is an infographic that shows the water used in producing various foods and other items. At the bottom of the graphic, they show how much water could be saved by switching various things. I was surprised to learn that swapping a cup of coffee for a cup of tea [...]
Tags: blog · food and hunger · global issues activities · infographics · the environment · vegetarian / vegan · water
TESOL 2013
March 14th, 2013 · No Comments
For those of you going to TESOL 2013 next week, I’ll be giving two presentations. Thursday 3/21 1:00-1:45 in D163 Feeding International Students With the Language They Need Students come to IEPs with religious, environmental, and ethical values that inform their diet. Lessons about food should therefore give students the language they need to control [...]
Tags: conferences · food and hunger · global issues activities · health · presentations · TESOL 2013 · the environment · vegetarian / vegan
100 Views of Climate Change
March 13th, 2013 · No Comments
100 Views of Climate Change is a website from Colorado State University that offers short and long videos on climate change, along with notes on books and articles and links to other resources. Finding specific resources is very easy. The site is broken into five sections: climate, nature, humans, action, and the big picture. Each [...]
Tags: art as activism · blog · climate change · global issues activities · global issues resources · listening · reading · the environment · video
To This Day by Shane Koyczan
March 7th, 2013 · No Comments
I love Shane Koyczan. I first heard his work in a collaboration with musician Dan Mangan called Tragic Turn of Events / Move Pen Move. His most recent work is a project based around his poem To This Day, where he collaborated with numerous volunteers to make a video that powerfully addresses the issue of [...]
Tags: art as activism · audio · bullying · global issues activities · happiness · human rights · listening · poetry · reading · video
The Weirdest People in the World
March 5th, 2013 · 5 Comments
Joseph Henrich, Steven Heine and Ara Norenzayan recently published a paper on The Weirdest People in the World. Here, weird is an acronym meaning Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic. Henrich et al question the conclusions reached by social science experiments conducted largely at American universities. They propose that many of the fundamental truths arrived [...]
Tags: blog · cultural issues · global issues activities · happiness · health · reading
No Name-Calling Week
January 18th, 2013 · No Comments
January 21 to 25th is No Name-Calling Week, a national campaign aimed at combating bullying in schools. The resources page features links to lesson plans for elementary, middle school and high school students. There are also art lessons and promotional materials. None of these activities are specifically targeted towards language learners, but many could be [...]
Tags: art as activism · bullying · global issues activities · human rights · k-12 · lesson plans · LGBT Issues