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This global affairs lesson plan asks students to watch a short video and read a newspaper article to learn about the Rana Plaza factory collapse, and then compare it to historical industrial trends.

Students will read articles and watch videos as preparation to an empathy-building exercise that will help them understand why people choose to leave their families to seek out employment overseas.

Objective: Examine current events in Cuba, now that the US and Cuba have restored diplomatic ties. Essential Question: Is Cuba in the midst of positive change, negative change, or stagnation?

Objective: To introduce journalism students to the concept of convergence. Essential Question: Why does convergence journalism make a story more powerful?

A lesson guide to be used to in conjunction with the Everyday Africa curriculum, and visits with Peter DiCampo and Austin Merrill.

Student will discuss the difference between essential facts, secondary facts, and emotive statements.

Students will make connections between history 600 years ago and present problems confronting South American Countries such as Brazil and Peru.

This lesson will help students apply knowledge of language to understand how it functions in different cultures and contexts.

This lesson will give students a close-up view of a successful program dedicated to an aspect of global public health abroad.

Students will learn about the importance of water safety and collect class data on swimming involvement.

Various standards-aligned lessons to support student learning around the importance of language diversity.

Essential questions: What is the cost of industrialization and who pays it? How do we determine whether food is safe? How do you balance food security (production) and food safety?