Precious Droplets: The Value of Water. Water in Africa.

Autor/in	Franz, Kristi Rennebohm
Institution	Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Office of World Wise Schools.
Titel	Precious Droplets: The Value of Water. Water in Africa.
Quelle	(2000), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Academic Standards; Benchmarking; Comparative Analysis; Curriculum Enrichment; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; Geography; Hydrology; Interdisciplinary Approach; Primary Education; Social Studies; Water; Water Resources; Ghana; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Curriculum; Lehrplan; Reform; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Geografie; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Primarbereich; Gemeinschaftskunde; Wasser; Wasserressourcen; Kenia
Abstract	The Water in Africa Project was realized over a 2-year period by a team of Peace Corps volunteers, World Wise Schools (WWS) classroom teachers, and WWS staff members. As part of an expanded, detailed design, resources were collected from over 90 volunteers serving in African countries, photos and stories were prepared, and standards-based learning units were created for K-12 students. This unit, intended for primary grade students, is designed to facilitate students' understandings of the value of water through reading stories from Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Kenya (East African region) and Ghana (West African region). Each student will make a book comparing the value of water in the United States, Kenya, and Ghana. An overall goal is to develop students' understandings of the similarities and differences of how the people in Kenyan and Ghanaian communities and their own community value water. The unit can be used in reading and writing classes. Two to three weeks is needed for completion. The unit lists materials needed, outlines applicable standards, poses discussion questions, and gives student objectives. It details day-by-day procedures for the teacher, discusses reading and writing assessment, suggests follow-up/enrichment activities, and lists five print resources. (BT)
Anmerkungen	Peace Corps, World Wise Schools, 1111 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20526. Tel: 800-424-8580 ext. 1450 (Toll Free); Fax: 202-692-1421; e-mail: wwsinfo@peacecorps.gov. For full text: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/water/africa/lessons/.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC