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Citizens of the world…

Building a generation of students who are aware, concerned and involved global citizens is a challenging task. The future is in the hands of the students sitting in our classrooms - tomorrow's leaders. Teachers who bring the world into their classrooms develop a global perspective for themselves and help their students become more aware of the world around them. Communicating online with other learners around the world is one small step that can help bring about positive global change.
Patti Weeg
The Global Classroom

Connecting Literature to Life

Helping students make connections from text to real life helps to build real life awareness of the world.

	Walls Around the World Walls are built to keep things in or out or as a memory to those that have been. Walls record history and walls record time. Read the book “Talking Walls” by Margy Burns Knight. Then take a trip across our world to find out more about our earth walls. Create your own wall. What message would you leave on your wall? Berlin Wall - East Berlin, Germany Cave of Lascaux, France Great Wall of China Hadrian's Wall Scotland, England Mahabalipuram - India Vietnam Memorial Wall, Washington DC Western Wall Walls Lesson Resources by Annette Lamb Literature Learning Ladders are Annette Lamb’s way of connecting books to real life context. Vist Annette’s site to learn how to create your own learning ladders and find ones that are already done for you.


Reading to Escape?

Readers often escape into the world of the book. Use the real life connections to draw them out and to explore their own world. Making that bridge from fiction to fact!


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