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Teaching Asia-Pacific Core Values of Peace and Harmony
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Prepared for teachers and teacher educators in Asia and the Pacific, this sourcebook help them nurture and strengthen the core values of peace and harmony in their students. Case studies and invited contributions by eminent educators are presented in the 11 chapters of this book.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Case Study
Lesson Plan
Reading
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
United Nations
Provider Set:
UNESCO
Author:
Bob Teasdale
Zhou Nan-Zhao
Date Added:
02/16/2011
Technology in a  Dangerous World
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Aim is to analyze important current events for what they reveal about the nature and working of our technological world. Starting point is connection between technology and terrorism. Subject also explores how a human-built world can foster insecurity and danger, and how human beings respond. Many invited guests help develop a strong interdisciplinary approach (science, engineering, social science, humanities). Topics include technological risk and remediation, sociotechnical systems, imagination of disaster, technology and identity, technology and religion, technology and education, and technology and trust. Written and oral assignments and a final project required. Service-learning proposals and web-based presentations, in addition to written work, may be considered for the final project by the instructor.

Subject:
Political Science
Social Science
Sociology
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Williams, Rosalind
Date Added:
09/01/2002
“Thinkin’ ‘bout Thinkin’” The World’s Great Philosophers talk about current events
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"Thinkin' 'bout 'Thinkin'" is a three part lesson plan for a high school Social Studies class. Phase 1 is a biographical research paper on a philosopher (political philosopher); Phase 2 is a research paper on a current event; and Phase 3 is a script of a dialogue between two or more political philosophers about two or more current events.

Subject:
Social Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Date Added:
01/16/2015
Utah Current History Presentation Assignment
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Learning Objective: I can select a recent event I think will be worthy of remembering, recording, or interpreting, and make an argument for its potential historical significance.Assignment Overview: Students will choose from the provided current Utah event, read through the provided resources, and create a presentation showcasing what they learned and their interpration on the event's significance. 

Subject:
U.S. History
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Primary Source
Author:
Karlee Genther
Date Added:
05/28/2021
Utah Government and Bears Ears  Controversy
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Assingment Overview: Students will use their prior knowledge of Federal, State, and Local governments to work through the current Utah controversial topic of Bears Ears National Monument. The following resources below are used to help the student understand the different perspectives attached to the struggle of this Utah monument. They will then complete the assignment provided below the resources. There are different version of the assingment to help differentiate depending on student needs. 

Subject:
Cultural Geography
Physical Geography
U.S. History
Material Type:
Case Study
Homework/Assignment
Lesson
Author:
Karlee Genther
Date Added:
05/28/2021
Vaccine Debate
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Students will gather information and data about vaccine information. They will use this information to argue whether or not vaccinations should be mandatory, culminating in a summative assessment in the form of a debate and a reflection on the information gathered.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Date Added:
04/07/2015
World101
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This award-winning collection of multimedia explainers is a starting point for students with little or no background knowledge of international relations and foreign policy. With accessible, jargon-free language and instructor-designed teaching resources, lessons on the World101 platform are non-partisan and developed in partnership with Council on Foreign Relation experts.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Political Science
Social Science
U.S. History
World Cultures
World History
Material Type:
Interactive
Lesson Plan
Module
Author:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date Added:
07/14/2022