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Lesson Plans, Unit Plans, Modules

Intended Audience:
Higher Education, Faculty

 
Developed by Dr. Julie Durbin at the Community College of Beaver County (CCBC), this module shows how to introduce humanities content on Eastern Europe by incorporating fairy tales into literature courses.
 
This module resulted from a series of joint workshops organized in 2014-2016 by CCBC in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and East European Studies. This partnership for curriculum and campus internationalization was supported with a grant through the "Bridging Cultures with Community Colleges" program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Intended Audience:
Higher Education

Bianka Stumpf participated in the Brussels Study Tour 2016. For more information about this program, please visit https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/content/brussels/study-tour.

Intended Audience:
Students, 9-12, Faculty, K-12

This unit uses the play My Country by Carol Ann Duffy, former poet laureate of the United Kingdom, to instroduce students to Brexit.  It is targeted at the educator's 11th grade IB English course.
 
Patriica Vicino participated in the Brussels Study Tour 2019.  For more information about this program, visit https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/outreach/educators/professional-development/brussels.

Intended Audience:
Students, 9-12, Faculty, K-12

This unit invites students to learn more about Brussels, Belgium, and the European Union.  It is targeted at the educator's Spanish 1 and 2 courses for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students, with the goal that the target language is used throughout the unit.
 
Mary Jackson participated in the Brussels Study Tour 2019.  For more information about this program, visit https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/outreach/educators/professional-development/brussels.

Intended Audience:
9-12

Global Climate Resilience Project by Kailana Durnan as part of the Summer Institute for Global Educators 2022.

Intended Audience:
Higher Education

Dr. Adriana Helbig of the University of Pittsburgh developed the course Global Hip-Hop.

Intended Audience:
9-12

Global Issues (les Défis Mondiaux) by Roberta Morgan as part of the Summer Institute for Global Educators 2022.

Intended Audience:
6-8

Global Studies - Tiger Interdisciplinary Institute by Jacklyn Prepelka as part of the Summer Institute for Global Educators 2022.

Intended Audience:
9-12

Historical Fiction around the World by Erin Whyte as part of the Summer Institute for Global Educators 2022.

Intended Audience:
Students, Higher Education, Faculty, Post-Secondary

This unit familiarizes students with Brexit through the perspective of music.  It is targeted to the educator's World Music course for undergraduate students.
 
Monica Ambalal participated in the Brussels Study Tour 2019, with sponsorship through the University of California, Berkeley.  For more information about this program, visit https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/outreach/educators/professional-development/brussels.

Intended Audience:
Higher Education

Developed by Dr. Susan Allen at the Community College of Beaver County (CCBC(, this module shows how to introduce humanities content on Eastern Europe into courses on public speaking by organizing field visits to the cultural sites of local immigrant communities.
 
This module resulted from a series of joint workshops organized in 2014-2016 by CCBC in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and East European Studies. This partnership for curriculum and campus internationalization was supported with a grant through the "Bridging Cultures with Community Colleges" program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
 

Intended Audience:
6-8, 9-12

The following guide is designed to encourage groups to consider important themes in Alexie’s book that connect with anti-racism work. Reading and discussing this or other books that tell indigenous peoples’ stories and perspectives can help raise consciousness about how racism and oppression is reproduced in our society’s institutions and practices and helps promote racial justice and healing.  Developed by Profs. Jackie Smith (Sociology) and Michael Goodhart (Political Science).

Intended Audience:
9-12

'Ir de Tapas' by Renee Serencsits as a part of the Summer Institute for Global Educators 2022.

Intended Audience:
K-5, 6-8

This is a play teachers can do with their students to teach culture.

Intended Audience:
Students, 9-12

Language diversity in Central Asia by Umida Hikmatilla as a part of the Summer Institute for Global Educators 2022.