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Lesson Plans, Unit Plans, Modules

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2024: Esse Quam Videri
Intended Audience:
6-8

This resource was created by Jacklyn Prepelka of The Ellis School. This lesson plan is to inform students about their school motto and to help students better understand themselves and their place in their communities. 

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2024: I Am Because We Are, We Are Because I Am
Intended Audience:
K-5

This material was created by Beth Smith from Frank Elementary School.

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2024: Living in Times of Conflict and Global Citizenship
Intended Audience:
9-12

This unit plan was developed by Maria G. Blake of Cholla IB High School, Tucson, AZ. It is intended for sophomore and senior English classrooms.

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2024: Taiwan-China Module
Intended Audience:
9-12

This resource is from Amy Palo of Cornell High School. This module informs students about current events pertaining to China and Taiwan. 

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2024: Teaching About and In TImes of Global Conflict
Intended Audience:
K-5

This resource is a curriculum plan created by Christine Gameos. It utilizes the six C's of Positive Youth Development framework to teach students the refugee experience, utilizing female role model stories and age-appropriate discussion.

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2024: The Trauma of Immigration to the United States for Spanish-Speaking Groups
Intended Audience:
K-12

This lesson plan is by Nanette Fandino-Diaz and is intended to encourage students to understand Spanish-speaking immigrants in the U.S. in a culturally and socially aware capacity. 

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2024: Unit Plan: Israel/Palestine Conflict
Intended Audience:
K-12

This is a lesson plan by Taryn Windheim to inform students about the Israel/Palestine conflict and the resulting protests on campuses. 

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2024: Using Picture Books to Set Intentions and Build Resilience through a Global Lens
Intended Audience:
6-8

This resource is by Sandra Danielle Thomas of Chesnee Middle School.

The EU, Climate Change and Student Activism, by Georgette Hackman
Intended Audience:
Students, 6-8, Faculty, K-12

This unit introduces students to the EU's efforts to address climate change and to involve youth in activism.  It is targeted to the educator's 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Social Studies courses.
 
Georgette Hackman 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.

The European Union Simulation by A. Goodman
Intended Audience:
6-8

This 11-day simulation was designed for middle school students. Groups of students will represent various EU countries; the experience begins with Post WWII Europe and concludes with current events facing the EU (Schengen Area, Euro Zone, Debt Crisis, Migration, and “Brexit”). Amanda Goodman participated in the Brussels Study Tour 2016. For more information about this program, please visit https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/outreach/educators/professional-development/brussels.

The European Union, by Felix Yerace
Intended Audience:
9-12

In this unit, students will be introduced to the structures of the European Union, the concept of “pooled sovereignty,” political parties of the EU, the admissions process for new members, and will consider potential futures of the European Union. Felix Yerace participated in the Brussels Study Tour 2016. For more information about this program, please visit https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/outreach/educators/professional-development/brussels.

The European Union: A Successful Project with Major Implications, by Betsy Dardeshi
Intended Audience:
6-8

This unit introduces students to the European Union. The European integration project is a political and economic partnership thtat represents a form of cooperation among 28 different countries. Students will learn about the physical geography, vision, successes, and the contemporary internal/external challenges of the European Union.

Betsy Dardeshi 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.

The Expansion and Contraction of the E.U.-Members and Candidate Countries by Stacy Maxin
Intended Audience:
9-12

This 4-5 day unit introduces the European Union member nations, candidate nations and current issues of the E.U., to 10th grade World History, Culture and Geography students. The majority of students are ELL/RSP. Students will work independently or in small groups, researching current issues with member states and a candidate country. Stacy Maxin participated in the Brussels Study Tour 2016. For more information about this program, please visit https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/outreach/educators/professional-development/brussels.

The United States and the Eastern Bloc in the 1960s: A Bridging Cultures Module
Intended Audience:
Higher Education, Faculty

 
Developed by Dr. Tyler Mannion at the Community College of Beaver County (CCBC), this module shows how to incorporate Eastern European content into United States history after World War II.
 

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.

The World as a Global Village in Different Aspects of Thinking
Intended Audience:
9-12

The World as a Global Village in Different Aspects of Thinking by Regis Kimwanga as part of the Summer Institute for Global Educators 2022.