Watch, Contemplate and Blog Your Reaction:
Does Matt have a message?
Does Matt have a message?
- Malala Yousafzai * Website * Extended interview * Malala's recovery * Syrian Refugees
- Where's Matt 2012 - youtube * Dance Map * Lyrics * Matt's Website
Read the comments from your class
Can teens make an impact on people around the world?
Can teens make an impact on people around the world?
Find Your Voice
SELECT A COUNTRY - What country would you like to learn about? Focus on the people, culture, history, landscape, and wildlife.
- Type of Government
- Name of Leaders
- Population
- Location on the planet & terrain of the country
- Languages spoken
- Religions
- People: food, clothing and family
- Undeveloped: Housing, water, & plumbing (sanitation)
- Literacy rate - Education & schools
- Transportation infrastructure: roads, railroads, airports
- Life as a child
- Natural Resources
- Culture & history
- Problems
KIDS
- Around the World - Times for Kids - Read "A day in the life"
- A Kid's Life - in different countries
- Kids Around the World - Factmonster
- Kids World Travel Guide
LOCATE COUNTRY INFORMATION
- USA: CIA Fact Book
- Country Profiles: Factmonster
- BBC News: Country Profiles
- System of Government: List of Countries
- World Leaders - CIA * Heads of State * Faces and Names
- Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
- Nature: Animal Species * BBC NATURE * Mexico turtles *
- Awe-inspiring Places
- Explore Other Countries - National Geographic
- BBC Travel
**THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUALS
- USA - As Awesome as a chocolate bar
- PARAGUAY - Landfill Harmonic * Website
- KENYA - Richard Turere - Lions * TED Talk
- BRAZIL - Bottle lights by Moser
- MALAWI- Windmills by William Kamkwamba - TED Talk
- SOUTH AFRICA - Nadav Ossendryver - Tracking Wildlife
- AFRICAN CHILDREN - Helping Themselves
- ANIMALS - Jane Goodall Institute
- COMPUTER: Sugata Mitra - Slumdog Inspiration * Hole in the Wall - 2 Hole in the Wall
- HOMES: shipping containers * made from bottles
- INDIA - Saroo's Long Journey to find his home
**HELPING OTHERS - Volunteer Organizations
- Water Basket Towers - Ethiopia
- Chapul - Why eat insects?
- Project Noah
- TOM's Shoes & Sight
- Free Rice * Hunger Hotspots identified by the World Food Programme
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Newman's Own
STORIES ABOUT OTHER COUNTRIES:
- NORTH KOREA - Meet family after 64 years * Brothers * Families
- SWAZILAND - language * video * video 2
- Somalia - Internet access
YOUR JOB:
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new lands, but in seeing with new eyes ~Marcel Proust
YOUR "FIND YOUR VOICE" :
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new lands, but in seeing with new eyes ~Marcel Proust
- Review the links above ** and decide on your project
- Focus on the people, culture, history, landscape, and wildlife
- Explain it to a friend, then ask for feedback
- Blog - Summarize your concept in a few sentences
- Organize a presentation to the class
YOUR "FIND YOUR VOICE" :
- How are you going to communicate? Give it a name!
- General facts / photos / video about your country
- Supportive facts for your cause
- Create a keynote, book, video, story, or comic book
- Include a phrase in the language of your country
- Your pitch should be 3-5 minutes! Be convincing
SHARK TANK PRESENTATION
- 3-5 minutes to present your country and convince us that your project is awe-inspiring.
- Classmates will select a project they think is well thought out, and will have an impact on the people involved.
- Each member of the class will have $10,000 to give to projects of their choice in increments of $1,000
- Base your philanthropy on need, the best possibility of success and your interests
- The winning project is the one that collects the most funding
TOOLS
- Translate: - Hello -or Google Translate
- epals - Find schools around the world to connect with
- World Clock * Time Zone Map
- Gapminder Graphs
- Youblisher