Interdisciplinary Global Educators (IGE) working group 2021

 
The Interdisciplinary Global Educators (IGE) working group provides a week-long opportunity for educators to work across disciplines with fellow colleagues to globalize a unit, lesson, or curriculum module or to develop a new curriculum that incorporates a global perspsective into the topic. This model invites students to examine political, economic, social, cultural, and ecological questions from multiple lenses. 
The first video in this collection is a contextualizing lecture on Global Studies by Dr. Michael Goodheart introduces educators to the Interdsciplinary Global Educators (IGE) working group program. 
The second video is by IGE educator participant Maura Doyle, who discusses teaching the novels Purple Hibiscus and Things Fall Apart across the disciplines of Social Studies and ELA using a global lens. 
The third video is by veteran educator Cindy McNulty, who provides pedagogical content, strategies, and resources for teaching through a global lens.
The fourth video is by Ellis School 3rd and 4th grade teachers Jen Lakin, Holly Mawn, and Jessica Nolan, who discuss teaching about the theme of Immigration across grade levels and through a global lens.
The fifth video is by Pittsburgh Public School teachers Kathleen Accamando, Rachel Milliron, and Ashanti York who present on their curriculum project, "The Global Lens of Myths Through Time."
The fifth video is by Sewickley Academy teachers Michael-Ann Cerniglia and Tracy Wazenegger who share their curriculum project, "Gameification for Modern World History"