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Online GlobalEdCon Presentation, Nov. 2011. Fostering Global Awareness Using Travel Literature and Other Primary Sources This session will be an introduction to using travel literature to promote global awareness and global connections. This global content enables students to compare and contrast their own regions and cultures with other areas of the world. Possibilities for virtual travel, student-created blogs and discussion groups, and collaboration with students in other regions of the world will be discussed. Ideas for promoting students' understanding of contemporary and historical geography in a global context will be shared: travel blogs, digital stories, and interactive sites enable global dialogue and cultural understanding; Google Maps & Google Earth host global content such as an interactive map of geotagged primary sources; and student-created blogs, digital images, and maps authentically assess students' understanding of global geography and culture. This session is recommended for anyone who is interested in promoting global cultural awareness through the concept of travel in Social Studies, Literacy, or English Language Arts classes. While examples of specific projects will be included in this session, its primary focus will be to share ideas for global collaboration using 21st century skills and web tools. Students who travel via literature will see their world expand and will become more aware that they are global citizens.
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Global Awareness Through Travel Literature
Susannah WheelwrightGrade 6 World Geography Teacher
Global Awareness Through Travel Literature
Global Awareness
Understanding other cultures +
Knowing one’s place in the larger world +
Empathetic worldview +
Outreach and service = Global Citizenship
Travel
“Seeing” other people and places + reflecting on global experiences + comparing and contrasting to own place and culture = Learning via a geographical lens
Global Awareness Through Travel Literature
Travel Literature Maps Diaries Blogs Images Video Letters TEXTS Global
Audio Fiction Photos Postcards Logbooks Guidebooks
Overview
• Global Content: Maps, Geotagged Primary Sources, Other Cultures
• Geographically Rich Global Experiences: Virtual Travel, People from other cultures, Literature and Images, Interactive Maps
• Compare and Contrast: Global Interactions, Text to Visual, Local to International, Culture to Culture, Historical to Contemporary
Why?
• To challenge stereotypes and prevent generalizations
• To make foreign places real instead of imagined
How?
• Classroom teachers and students interact with travel literature as text
• Students publish globally and communicate with people of other cultures
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to:
Julie Elkan, Holliston Tech Ed Coordinator
Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) for the Swensrud Teacher Fellowship and the support and access to their library of primary sources
Marie Cuevas & Laurie O’Rourke, fellow curriculum creators & webinar viewers
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