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Crossing cultures--stories of the Peace Corps experience / Paul D. Coverdell, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- America in the 21st Century: Political and Economic Issues
- America in the 21st century : political and economic issues series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technical assistance, American--Developing countries--Case studies.
- Technical assistance, American.
- Peace Corps (U.S.)--Case studies.
- Peace Corps (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Peace Corps volunteers wrote the stories in this book to an audience of classroom students in the United States. The letters are intended to help U.S. students get to know and understand other cultures. Peace Corps volunteers agree to serve in order to meet the three goals of the agency: to provide assistance to the peoples of other countries, to help the people of other countries better understand Americans, and to help Americans better understand other peoples. This book helps fulfill the agency’s third goal through remarkable stories by volunteers in the field.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CROSSING CULTURES - STORIES OF THE PEACE CORPS EXPERIENCE
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- A Flexible Curriculum Resource
- About the Peace Corps
- About the Coverdell World Wise Schools Program
- Authors Narrate Their Letters Online
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 2 WORLD MAP
- COUNTRIES IN WHICH PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS IN THIS BOOK SERVED
- FITTING IN
- Chapter 3 A SOUTH AFRICAN STORM
- Autobiographical Note
- My Peace Corps Assignment
- A SOUTH AFRICAN STORM TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Overview
- Objectives
- Grades: 9-12
- Procedure
- Extension Activities
- Chapter 4 HEY, DRIVER!
- HEY, DRIVER! TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Grades : 6-12
- Chapter 5 ONE STEP AT A TIME
- ONE STEP AT A TIME TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- WORKSHEET #1:
- Understanding Cultural Viewpoints (Part 1)
- WORKSHEET #2:
- Understanding Cultural Viewpoints (Part 2)
- Chapter 6 GIRL FARMER
- GIRL FARMER TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Extension Activity
- One's Gender Roles Are...
- One's Sex Is...
- Chapter 7 ANGEL
- ANGEL TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Objective
- Grades : 9-12
- Chapter 8 HOW DOES ONE SPELL „HAPPINESS‟ IN PARAGUAY? CHE AVY‟A
- HOW DOES ONE SPELL „HAPPINESS‟ IN PARAGUAY? CHE AVY', A TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Extension Activities.
- LOCAL FLAVOR
- Chapter 9 "WAKING UP, STEPPING OUT"
- WAKING UP, STEPPING OUT TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- T-CHART FOR CULTURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
- End Note
- Chapter 10 SONEKA‟S VILLAGE
- SONEKA‟S VILLAGE TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Grades : 3-8
- Chapter 11 ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN
- ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Chapter 12 A DAY
- Chapter 13 A YEAR
- AUTUMN
- WINTER
- SPRING
- SUMMER
- A DAY, AND A YEAR TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Procedure for "a Day "
- Procedure for "a Year "
- WITNESSING CHANGE
- Chapter 14 "LOOKING BACK"
- LOOKING BACK TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Chapter 15 JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS
- JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Chapter 16 RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY
- RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Chapter 17 REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE
- REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- End Note.
- THE CHALLENGES OF SERVICE
- Chapter 18 "CHIGGERS AND OTHER CHALLENGES"
- CHIGGERS AND OTHER CHALLENGES TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Chapter 19 A LIFE OF SACRIFICE AND HARDSHIP?
- A LIFE OF SACRIFICE AND HARDSHIP? TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Chapter 20 LESSONS LEARNED BY A NEW TEACHER
- My Peace Corps Assignment*
- LESSONS LEARNED BY A NEW TEACHER TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
- Chapter 21 NATIONAL STANDARDS
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS*
- SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS**
- Theme I : Culture and Cultural Diversity
- Theme IV: Individual Development and Identity
- Theme IX: Global Connections
- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS***
- Essential Element II : Places and Regions
- Essential Element III: Physical Systems
- Essential Element IV: Human Systems
- Essential Element V: Environment and Society
- End Notes
- AUTHOR UPDATES
- INDEX
- Blank Page.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61209-358-2
- OCLC:
- 704437511
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