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Ayiti Lesson 1: Play the Game
Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education,...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Globalization, Social Justice, Solutions
Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary Studies, Global Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Ayiti: Take Action Haiti
Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education,...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Solutions, Taking Action
Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 8 9 10 11 12
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Thematic Poetry Videos
Overview: Youth literacy can be promoted by leveraging youth culture, such as rap/music videos. By merging sound and visual imagery with text, a poetry writing task can be transformed into a multi-media video assignment. English...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Solutions, Taking Action
Subject:English / Language Arts, Arts
Level:Intermediate / Middle
Grade: 6 7 8 9
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Ayiti Lesson 3: Reflections
Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education,...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Solutions, Taking Action
Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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Visualizing inequality, envisioning a future
This activity uses mapmaking and geography to plot the presence of the MDGs in communities, as well as visually represent development inequalities. The maps made in this lesson may be created using chart paper and markers, or using...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Social Justice
Subject:Geography
Level:Intermediate / Middle
Grade: 6 7 8 9
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Where Are the MDGs?
By investigating the coverage of the Millennium Development Goals in the media, students learn about both the local and global presence of development issues, as well as gain an introduction to the way the media represents these...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Solutions, Taking Action
Subject:English / Language Arts, Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 8 9 10 11 12
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Graph our Litter
Students examine their schoolyard for litter and graph its spread. Using TIGed Collaborations, your students can share their results with other students around the world and discuss what the causes might be for any differences.
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Recycling and Waste Management, Solutions, Taking Action
Subject:Mathematics, Science
Level:Intermediate / Middle
Grade: 7 8 9
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MDG Bingo!
This variation on Bingo allows students to apply research skills and build knowledge of the interconnected issues underlying Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Using principles of peer education, students share their research with...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Social Justice
Subject:Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle
Grade: 6 7 8 9
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Ayiti Lesson 2: Class Discussion about the Cost of Life
Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education,...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Food and Agriculture, Globalization, Sustainable Development
Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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Climate Change Science Module – Lesson #2: Earth’s Energy Budget
This PowerPoint lesson covers the topics of: Earth’s energy budget, Atmospheric Layers (troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, location of ozone layer), Montreal Protocol and remediation of ozone destruction by CFC’s,...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate
Subject:Science, Geography, Biology, Earth Science, Environmental Science
Level:Secondary
Grade: 7 8 9 10 11 12
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