Internationalizing Curriculum

1. Internationalizing Curriculum Real-Life Connections to Latin America

2. Interview What is your favorite Latin food? Where do you eat/find this food? How are the ingredients available to make this food? Who else do you know who likes this food?

4. 3rd Grade Social Studies Book Costa Rica “En nuestra planeta tenemos seis continentes.” On our planet we have 6 continents. “I am American.”

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6. 2001-2005 Hispanic students were 57 % of the total growth in NC public schools. 394% Source: US Bureau of Census & NC Rural Economic Development Center

7. BRIC Nations 2050 = dominant suppliers of raw materials = dominant suppliers of manufactured goods and services BRAZIL & RUSSIA CHINA & INDIA Source: Goldman Sachs Report 2003, Wickipedia.com, Investopedia.com

8. 100–85 1 Iceland 93.5 2 Switzerland 89.1 3 Costa Rica 86.4 4 Sweden 86.0 EPI SCORES 85–70 5 Norway 81.1 8 Austria 78.1 9 Cuba 78.1 EPI SCORES 70–55 26 Belize 69.9 30 Ecuador 69.3 31 Peru 69.3 32 Denmark 69.2 33 El Salvador 69.1 36 Dominican Republic 68.4 60 Paraguay 63.5 61 United States of America 63.5 62 Brazil 63.4 63 Poland 63.1 64 Venezuela 62.9 Environmental Index 2010 • RANKS - 163 countries • 25 performance indicators • Environmental Public Health • Ecosystem Vitality • Measures how close countries are to established environmental policy goals. Source: http://epi.yale.edu

9. Geographic Illiteracy 2006 • 50% of US students couldn’t find New York state on a map • 9 of 10 (88%) US Americans cannot find Afghanistan on a map of Asia • ¾ think English is the most spoken language, while only 18% identified Mandarin Chinese • 42 states fail to require a high school geography course Source: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foundation/pdf/KeyGeographyEducationIndicators.pdf

10. International Desire & Need Rising High School Seniors, (November SAT takers) intentions for the future: • 45% expect to take a language • 65% expect to study abroad • 80% expect to have an international major Reality How many of the 19 Million United States students in college/university actually spent time overseas for credit in 2008-2009? 2.5% Source: American Councils for International Education, Open Doors Report www.iienetwork.org

11. CAROLYN BIELFELDTAssistant editor Vanity Fair www.dnsancestors.com http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/07/staffmaps200707

12. GLOCALIZATION Serves as a means of combining the idea of globalization with that of local considerations. Wickipedia

13. "Think globally, act locally" urges people to consider the health of the entire planet and to take action in their own communities and cities.

14. Yahoo! Markets a portal viewed worldwide and offers different versions of its website (and related services) for different users. For example, it provides content and language variations in some 25 countries including China, Russia and Canada. It also customizes content to appeal to individuals in those locations. Investopedia

16. Glocalize your students

17. Water cycle – Water power Hydroelectric energy (CR 70% )

18. Beginning Connections • Quick Geography reference • Simple item showcase – Piadia Seminar • Extra touch point - Foreign film with subtitles • Different food/fruit at the grocery store • Latin restaurant instead of Italian restaurant • Quick comparative research - introduce items (keyboard, nebulizers, )

19. Power of Questions & Inquiry • What language do Mexicans or Puerto Rican speak? • How far is a kilometer? • Scavenger hunt, list 10 Fortune 500 companies in Costa Rica or in Latin American countries. • Require Rubric’s to site a source from a Latin America. • Have skill separate from content: learn to make a spreadsheet using a Latin American countries currency • Relate the “Greats” of Latin America to the content

22. Latin American Community Connections • Community members, leaders, churches, migrant workers, health clinics, translators • Stores • Restaurants (immigrants other roles in native country) • Western Union • University Spanish or Latin American studies Department • Interviews – Oral histories

23. Connect to Latin American Current Events • Beach of Jaco – Water quality • Brazil – Rainforest deforestation and Costa Rica’s selling of carbon credits on Wall Street • New medicines: Look at penicillin development in Mexico with Squibb and new discovers of the guabana fruit benefits to cancer • Literary Themes: Eva Luna & Jane Eyre • Multiplication & Division: Track and convert the currency volatility in Argentina and look at where the dollar is declining • Political Science: Recent coup in Honduras, Woman presidents • Civil Rights Movements: African American relating to South American Indigenous Indians

24. Latin American Student Connection • Create a safe classroom environment to provoke sharing by designating time to share and asking questions • Ask experience of families related to content • Incorporate activities and presentations to specific content that tap into all the multiple intelligences and engages • Invite family to visit, value the students cultural experience by reaching out to understand.

25. Video - Inspire Solving World Problems – Inventions and Meeting Market Needs Net Generation - (Young World Rising - Rob Salkowitz) DUTO Colombia Light - YouTube Electricity - Ted Talk Hole in the Wall