Global Citizenship in the 21st Century Class

María Dona-Morice and Sarai Gutiérrez-Rodríguez

PINE CREST SCHOOL

Hands-on Projects

Hispanic Project

Francophonie Project

Hispanic Heritage Project Research

 

Go to the link http://www.kqed.org/w/mosaic/latino/contributions1.html

Go to : “Latinos Breaking ground” go through every box on the top and answer the following questions in Spanish:

What did you learn? Did something make you change your views on the Latino

people? What and why? What did you know about the Latinos before reading this

information? What surprised you and why? Pretend you are a reporter for People en Español, and you

have to interview one of the people you read about. What would you ask? What do you think he/she would answer? Write an article about this person based on the questions you asked and what you think they might have answered you?

Do you think any of the people you read about changed the world somehow? ¿Would the person agree with you?

 

Go to: “Simple Latin Beats” and answer the following: What rhythm did you like the most and why? What did the rhythm make you feel?o Make your own “beat” and present it to the class

 

Go to : “Art takes action? and do the following: Choose one of the four paintings you liked and tell me why

you liked it. Make your own painting that represents a topic you feel

strongly about and that you want to show your classmates. Explain why you feel strongly about it.

Go to “Words that bridge borders” and answer the following questions:o   Which words did you already know had Spanish

roots? Which new words did you learn? What surprised you ? Why?

 

Go to: “What´s on the table?” and answer the following questions:

What did you learn? What are some fruits that you can find in Central

and South America? Which fruits are not originally from Central and

South America? What surprised you? Why?

Presentation

Summarize everything you learned and share it to the whole group.

Also as a group or individual think about what parts of the project you can use in your classroom and how you would use them. Share your ideas

with the whole group

Francophonie

Global Project Explanation

Select one Department!

Create a mini-activity for the Department

Brainstorm

My Experience at PC

Students chose their own departments – President and VP elected by peers

GoogleDocs for organization

Weekly meetings. President/VP in all meetings.

1 leader per department. Organization! Leaders meet with President.

Activities/Tools Website and Edublog: http://bit.ly/

17FqTM1

Website in School’s site

PCNN

Tried local news

Week of Events 1 country per day but Petit Louvre

everyday Monday: African Bracelets’ Workshop Tuesday: Canadian Jeopardy game with

cookies. Wednesday: Francophone Islands – Tahiti

dance Thursday: Belgian Chocolate and

presentation Friday: Class party with Francophone food.

French Cinema – Le Ballon Rouge and Ratatouille (all school invited!)

Tips Before starting project: meet with

administrators to let them know about this assignment and ask for their collaboration if needed.

Students must copy you in all email communication.

Disclaimer in Website Schedule issues – events during free

period

Tips

Supervision - Departmental Checklist Events Planner Promote it, invite other classes!

Google Docs: Departmental checklist: http://bit.ly/13fCgdM

Week of events planner: http://bit.ly/1dQW269

Deadlines: http://bit.ly/17PDGiz

Find more online!

Read more about this project and many more in my Educational Blog: Myworldandlanguage.wordpress.com

Twitter @Mmesasa

Questions???

maria.donamorice@pinecrest.edu

sarai.gutierrez-rodriguez@pinecrest.edu