This document discusses using local resources to teach global lessons. It provides examples of local organizations, events, and communities that can help students learn about the world. These include sister cities programs, international festivals, campus events, local businesses with global connections, and interacting with diverse members of the local community. The document argues that aligning global competence standards with common core standards can help students investigate and understand other cultures and perspectives through lessons grounded in local experiences.

1. Using Local Resources to
Teach Global Lessons
Gregory Adler
adlersensei@gmail.com
@Tweets2Teach

3. What does “Global Education” mean
to you?
A) Focused effort to educate all kids
around the world
B) Studying abroad in an exchange
program
C) Competing against the world on
standardized tests
D) Learning about the world from
many perspectives

4. Global Education Headlines
“Top PISA Test Scores from Shanghai”
“What Makes Finnish Students So Smart?”
“Wake-up Call! US Kids Trail Global Leaders”
“The Smartest Kids in the World?”

5. What does Global Education mean to
you?
A) Focused effort to educate all kids
around the world
B) Studying abroad in an exchange
program
C) Competing against the world on
standardized tests
D) Learning about the world from many
perspectives
✔

6. US Education Department
International Strategy (2013)
“Succeeding Globally
Through International
Education & Engagement”

7. US Education Department
International Strategy (2013)

9. Global Competence Poll
✔ - if you have a good understanding
✖ -if it sounds familiar but …not sure
? - if you’ve never heard of this

10. Global Competence
• Global Competence is the knowledge, skills, and
dispositions to understand and act creatively and
innovatively on issues of global significance.
- Council of Chief State School Officers

11. World Savvy Poll
(high school graduates 18-24 yrs. old)
RESPONSES TO IMPORT OF GLOBAL COMPETENCE :
• 86% agreed that a solid foundation in world events is crucial to
solve the problems in the world today.
• 60% said they would be better employees if they had a better
understanding of different world cultures.
• 90% believe that developments abroad are significant in their lives
• 79% say that it is important to be comfortable interacting with
people of different cultural backgrounds
• 80% believe that jobs are becoming increasingly international in
nature.

12. World Savvy Poll
(high school graduates 18-24 yrs. old)
IMPRESSIONS OF GLOBAL EDUCATION RECEIVED:
• Instruction was very US-centric
• Exposure to the rest of the world was limited.
• I don’t think my teachers had that much knowledge.
• Don’t recall anything on world events.
• I don’t recall people discussing current global issues.
• I wish it was discussed more often.

13. First Ever MDSSC G/C Survey
ParticIpants : YOU !
Questions : Don’t Worry – Provided by me
Results : TBD …. right now !

14. First Ever MDSSC G/C Survey
Interest: High level
Questions : Country Specific / Cultural Agility
Results : Self-reported

15. There is still another problem…

17. Aligning CCSS & Global Comp
CCSS ELA
SHIFTS 
BUILDING
KNOWLEDGE W/
CONTENT-RICH
NON-FICTION
READ / WRITE
GROUNDED IN
EVIDENCE FROM
TEXT
PRACTICE W/
COMPLEX TEXT &
ACADEMIC
LANGUAGE
Students
investigate the
world
Students recognize
other perspectives
& argue their own
Students
communicate ideas
w/ diverse audiences
GLOBAL
COMPETENCE
LESSON
Current Events
World Newspapers
Documentary Film
Editorials Op-ed’s
Model UN
Int’l VideoConference
Anthropology Vocab
Mystery Skype

18. Aligning CCSS & Global Comp
CCSS “COLLEGE
& CAREER
READINESS” 
Develop strong
content
knowledge
Value evidence
Open-minded &
discerning
Understand other
perspectives and
cultures
Respond to audience
purpose etc.
Use tech medium
effectively
Students
investigate the
world
Students recognize
other perspectives
& argue their own
Students
communicate ideas
w/ diverse audiences
GLOBAL
COMPETENCE
LESSON
Current Events
World Newspapers
Documentary Film
Editorials Op-ed’s
Model UN
Int’l VideoConference
Anthropology Vocab
Mystery Skype

19. GLOBAL REFLECTION

20. Photo 1

21. Photo 2

22. Photo 3

23. Photo 4

24. Photo 5

25. Your Connecting Word or Phrase?

26. Global is Local & Local is Global
Virginia Mosque US HS Ethnic Dance Group
Maryland
Ethiopian
Restaurant
DC College
Basketball
American Chinatown

27. Local Resources
for Teaching
Global Lessons

28. Sister Cities
POLL QUESTION: Does your town or city have a Sister City ?

29. MD City / Town International Sister City Year
Inaugurated
Charles County Jogeva, Estonia; Walldorf, Germany 2012
Columbia Cergy-Pontoise, France; 1977
Tres Cantos, Spain 1990
Cumberland Tapa, Estonia 2000
District Heights Mbuji-Mayi, Dem. Rep. Congo 2008
Frederick Aquiraz, Brazil 2006
Morzheim, Germany 1982
Frostburg Viljandi, Estonia 2000
Grantsville Torva, Estonia 2000

30. MD City / Town International Sister City Year
Inaugurated
Hagerstown Wesel, Germany 1952
Havre de Grace Silamae, Estonica 2000
McHenry Otepaa, Estonia 2000
Montgomery County Gondar, Ethiopia 2000
Oakland Torca, Estonia 2000
Ocean City Finale Ligure, Italy 1996
Rockville Jiaxing, China 2008
Salisbury Salisbury, England 1932
Westminster Paide, Estonia 2002

31. Celebrate with Someone Else

32. Global Scavenger Hunt

33. “Read” a Film

34. Campus Event?

35. Get a Taste of Culture

36. Get a Taste of Culture

37. Invite Guests to your Classroom

38. Sister Schools Projects
Collaborative lessons

39. Model Diplomacy

40. Local Organizations with Global Reach
• Corporations
• Colleges & Universities
• Armed Forces
• International Organizations
• Professional Sports Teams

41. HOW GLOBAL IS YOUR SCHOOL?
…YOUR CLASSROOM?

42. How Global is your SCHOOL?

43. How Global is your SCHOOL?
Do school facilities
promote global
themes connecting
students to the world
beyond the campus?

44. How Global is your SCHOOL?
Is there an international
focus in extracurricular
activities?

45. How Global is your SCHOOL?
Is staff & community
diversity integrated as
part of the school
experience?

46. How Global is your Classroom?

47. How Global is your Classroom?
How often are global
themes and international
perspectives raised ?

48. How Global is your Classroom?
Are there opportunities
for students to interact
with people from diverse
backgrounds?

49. How Global is your Classroom?
Are global experiences of
students highlighted and
is study abroad
encouraged ?

51. …Even More Resources
Admin Level
• Global competence is a 21st century imperative.” NEA (2010)
• “Preparing Our Youth to Engage in the World “
Asia Society, Boix Mansilla and Jackson (2012)
• “Global Achievement Gap”” Tony Wagner (2009)
Teacher Level
• Mapping the Nation Website
• Asia Society ISSN : Global lesson Plans
• Globalization 101.org
Parent Level
• Growing Up Global, Homa Tavangar (2009)

52. “ Linking Local to Global”

53. Mapping the Nation
www.mappingthenation.net

54. Mapping the Nation

55. Teachers Going Overseas (…for free!)

56. Using Local Resources to
Teach Global Lessons
Gregory Adler
adlersensei@gmail.com
@Tweets2Teach
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