Internationalizing Curriculum

Real-Life Connections

to

Latin America

InterviewWhat is your favorite Latin food?

Where do you eat/find this food?

How are the ingredients available to make this food?

Who else do you know who likes this food?

3rd Grade Social

Studies Book Costa

Rica“En nuestra

planeta tenemos seis continentes.” On our planet we have 6 continents.

“I am American.”

52.3%

Source: US Bureau of Census & NC Rural Economic Development Center

2001-2005 Hispanic students were 57 % of the total growth in NC public schools.

394%

BRIC Nations

2050

= dominant suppliers of raw materials

= dominant suppliers of manufactured goods and services

Source: Goldman Sachs Report 2003, Wickipedia.com, Investopedia.com

BRAZIL & RUSSIA

CHINA & INDIA

Environmental Index 2010

RANKS - 163 countries

25 performance indicators

Environmental Public Health

Ecosystem Vitality

Measures how close countries are to established environmental policy goals.

100–85 1 Iceland 93.5 2 Switzerland 89.1 3 Costa Rica 86.4 4 Sweden 86.0 EPI SCORES 85–70 5 Norway 81.1 8 Austria 78.1 9 Cuba 78.1 EPI SCORES 70–55 26 Belize 69.9 30 Ecuador 69.3 31 Peru 69.3 32 Denmark 69.2 33 El Salvador 69.1 36 Dominican Republic 68.4 60 Paraguay 63.5 61 United States of America 63.5 62 Brazil 63.4 63 Poland 63.1 64 Venezuela 62.9 Source: http://epi.yale.edu

Geographic Illiteracy 2006

50% of US students couldn’t find New York state on a map

9 of 10 (88%) US Americans cannot find Afghanistan on a map of Asia

¾ think English is the most spoken language, while only 18% identified Mandarin Chinese

42 states fail to require a high school geography course

Source: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foundation/pdf/KeyGeographyEducationIndicators.pdf

International Desire & NeedRising High School Seniors, (November SAT takers)

intentions for the future:• 45% expect to take a language• 65% expect to study abroad• 80% expect to have an international major

Source: American Councils for International Education, Open Doors Report www.iienetwork.org

Reality

How many of the 19 Million United States students in college/university actually spent time

overseas for credit in 2008-2009?

2.5%

CAROLYN BIELFELDT Assistant editor Vanity Fair

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/07/staffmaps200707

www.dnsancestors.com

GLOCALIZATION

Serves as a means of combining the idea of globalization with that of local considerations. Wickipedia

"Think globally, act locally" urges people to consider the health of the entire planet and to

take action in their own communities and cities.

Yahoo! Markets a portal viewed worldwide and offers different versions of its website (and related services) for different users.

For example, it provides content and language variations in some 25 countries including China, Russia and Canada. It also customizes content to appeal to individuals in those locations. Investopedia

Glocalize your students

Water cycle – Water power Hydroelectric energy (CR 70% )

Beginning Connections

• Quick Geography reference• Simple item showcase – Piadia Seminar • Extra touch point - Foreign film with subtitles• Different food/fruit at the grocery store• Latin restaurant instead of Italian restaurant• Quick comparative research - introduce items

(keyboard, nebulizers, )

Power of Questions & Inquiry What language do Mexicans or Puerto Rican

speak? How far is a kilometer? Scavenger hunt, list 10 Fortune 500 companies

in Costa Rica or in Latin American countries. Require Rubric’s to site a source from a Latin

America. Have skill separate from content: learn to make

a spreadsheet using a Latin American countries currency

Relate the “Greats” of Latin America to the content

Latin American Community Connections

• Community members, leaders, churches, migrant workers, health clinics, translators

• Stores• Restaurants (immigrants

other roles in native country)• Western Union• University Spanish or Latin

American studies Department • Interviews – Oral histories

Connect to Latin American Current Events

• Beach of Jaco – Water quality• Brazil – Rainforest deforestation and Costa Rica’s selling of

carbon credits on Wall Street • New medicines: Look at penicillin development in Mexico

with Squibb and new discovers of the guabana fruit benefits to cancer

• Literary Themes: Eva Luna & Jane Eyre• Multiplication & Division: Track and convert the currency

volatility in Argentina and look at where the dollar is declining• Political Science: Recent coup in Honduras, Woman

presidents• Civil Rights Movements: African American relating to South

American Indigenous Indians

Latin American Student Connection

• Create a safe classroom environment to provoke sharing by designating time to share and asking questions

• Ask experience of families related to content• Incorporate activities and presentations to specific

content that tap into all the multiple intelligences and engages

• Invite family to visit, value the students cultural experience by reaching out to understand.

Video - InspireSolving World Problems –

Inventions and Meeting Market Needs

Net Generation - (Young World Rising - Rob Salkowitz)

DUTO Colombia Light - YouTubeElectricity - Ted TalkHole in the Wall