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For Teachers
Welcome to Kids Around the World! This site will introduce your students to the lives, customs, and cultures of children in countries throughout the developing world. There are a lot of ways you can use Kids Around the World in the classroom!
Explore the site yourself to get an idea of how you want to use it in your curriculum. The lesson plans provided are excellent tools to get you started. They include activities for Grades K-5 and ways to use all of the children’s profiles on the site.
Let us know what you think about Kids Around the World by taking our survey.
Some additional suggestions for use include:
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Assign your students to kids interviewed on the site and have them fill out a graphic organizer (a good one to use is the Venn Diagram) to compare their life to that of the international student. Compare/compile notes as a class.
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Use the site as part of a larger project doing research about the countries/people of the world using the “Links” section on each page.
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Combine activities from Kids Around the World with appropriate books in the classroom. See our booklists for examples.
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Share your lesson plans that use the site and/or books that relate to the countries profiled at Get Involved.
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The glimpses into the lives of the KATW children can be an excellent starting point for exploring cultures. You can also give your students a first-hand perspective on life in other countries by inviting Returned Peace Corps Volunteers to speak to the class about their experiences in the countries where they lived and served. You can search for Returned Peace Corps Volunteer speakers in your area by visiting www.peacematch.org.
For Parents
Welcome to Kids Around the World! This site will introduce your child to the lives, customs, and cultures of children in countries throughout the developing world. There’s a lot you can do to help your child get the most out of Kids Around the World!
First, explore the site with your child. Ask him or her questions about the children they meet:
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What do you find most interesting about this child and his or her life?
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How is his or her daily life different from yours? How is it the same?
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What other questions would you like to ask this child? What would you like the child to know about you?
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Pretend you went to the child’s home to visit him/her. What would you want to do? What objects would you bring from your home? Why?
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You can help your child learn more about the countries featured on the site by exploring the “Links” section on each page.
Finally, you can encourage your child’s teacher to use Kids Around the World in their classroom. Teachers can also give students a first-hand perspective on life in other countries by inviting Returned Peace Corps Volunteers to speak to students about their experiences in the countries where they lived and served. Teachers can search for Returned Peace Corps Volunteer speakers in your area by visiting www.peacematch.org .
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