We are the world – Even at school

ELT Forum 2014 Presentationby Zuzana Hardoš KurnasováCS Lewis Bilingual High School

Table of Contents

Global Studies at CS Lewis Bilingual High School

Activities for your classroom Challenges (Accepted) Resources for teachers

Global Studies at CS Lewis HS

Since 2006 – regular English course

Freshmen – Globalization and Challenges

Sophomores – Stereotypes, migration, nationalism

Juniors – Human rights and repressive regimes

Inspiration no. 1 - Freshmen

Social Issues Project A video reportage of max 10 minutes Requirement: Interview at least 2 people Structure: intro to the topic, interviews, conclusion Extra: Subtitles

Working w/ English Background info on the topic

Subtitles

Presentation in class

no. 2 - Sophomores

Refugees In-class activity Photos of refugees

stories

Asylum Committee 1 asylum

Combines: Research

In-Class Role Play

Foreigner in Slovakia Look at your country,

act as if you were an English speaking foreigner

Write a journal about your experience

no. 3 - Juniors

Human Rights Investigator's Log Work with UDHR in

class Learn the principles

of summarizingat home: HR violations in the

last (2) weeks – (4) countries

Skills Reading news articles Finding reliable

sources Working with UDHR –

practical understanding of Human Rights

Writing a report/log – summary + HR violations

Back in class – small presentation + discussion

Challenges

Longer-term projects

Keeping up with the news Finding the background info to the activity/topic

Discussions Asking good questions

Controversial topics vs own opinion

Why accept the challenge?

The students bring the world into the classroom

Activities Resources

Výchova k tolerancii hrou by Dušan Ondrušek, Dana Potočková and Juraj Hipš – excellent in-class activities

Človek v ohrození films from Jedensvet Festival and accompanying material

Multi-Kulti na školách by Nadácia Milana Šimečku

http://nehejtuj.sk/

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (plain language)

Visiting Albatros Island http://www.thiagi.com/ http://www.storyofstuff.com/ http://www.globalfocus.org.n

z/?page=PublicationsAndResources

Documentary films on http://mediastorm.com/

http://www.understandingprejudice.org/

Books by Keri Smith

Informative Resources

Freedom House, Amnesty International, Brookings Institute, Carnegie Endowment for Peace, Human Rights Watch, International Crisis Group

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) esp. their Interactives & Backgrounders, Foreign Policy (magazine), Stratfor, European CFR

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, The Atlantic, Slate, The Browser, Policy Innovations Magazine

The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, BBC, PBS Frontline, MSNBC, Al- Jazeera English

scholar.google.com (scholarly peer-reviewed articles)