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The English Language Arts can take your students around the world. Image: LuisPortugal/iStockPhoto.com.

Integrate Global Knowledge and Skills into English Language Arts

Get ideas on how students can learn about the world, weigh perspectives, communicate ideas worldwide, and take action locally or globally--and exceed English Language Arts requirements.

 

What is Global Competency?

Global competency is a buzzword in school reform. We want our graduates to be globally competent and have 21st century skills. But what is it exactly?

 
Are your students gaining all-important real-world global experiences using technology? Image: photomorphic/iStockPhoto.

Five Ways to Use Technology and Digital Media for Global Learning

The Internet and other tools means that every student project should involve access to people, perspectives, expertise and experiences on a global scale.

 
Br'er Rabbit and Tar Baby: similarities to Indian folklore? Drawing by Joel Chandler Harris, 1904.

Animal Tales Travel Around the World

This lesson introduces a well-known folk tale, with renditions from India, the United States, and West Africa. After analyzing the versions, students write their own didactic story based on the formula, but focused on a contemporary setting.