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ESL: Basic Adjective Exercises
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: ESL
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: May 03, 2012
4 exercises covering common adjectives (physical descriptions and personality). Includes visuals. 2 printable worksheets.
What's Going On? - Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
Posted by: Fountain of MercyTheme: Environmental Issues;Health;Photography;Womens Empowerment;Other
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: April 26, 2012
An excellent resource for lesson plans on the use of child soldiers in Sierra Leone.
FGM and AMNet Kambia
Posted by: Fountain of MercyTheme: Womens Empowerment
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: April 26, 2012
A brief blog outlining the health complications of Female Genital Mutilation in Sierra Leone
A Long Way Gone - Book Lesson Plans
Posted by: Fountain of MercyTheme: Classroom Management;Environmental Issues;History;Theater
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: April 26, 2012
A detailed Teacher's Guide for teaching the book A Long Way Gone, an autobiography which details the life of a boy soldier in Sierra Leone.
The Role of the Outsider in Development
Posted by: Fountain of MercyTheme: Cross Cultural Exchange;Other
Age Group: post-secondary Date Added: April 24, 2012
This is a thought provoking article on how international volunteers (outsiders) can contribute to international development.
Eating the Rainbow
Posted by: VE GlobalTheme: Health
Age Group: pre-k;k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: April 19, 2012
A fun lesson using a rainbow as a guide to teach children to taste a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables for better health.
Computer Fundamentals: 2 Lesson Plans
Posted by: VE GlobalTheme: Technology
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: April 19, 2012
Attachment 1: Computer Fundamentals: Using Microsoft WordAttachment 2: Computer Fundamentals: Touch Typing
Empathetic listening (en Español)
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: Other
Age Group: pre-k;k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: April 16, 2012
When someone is trying to communicate with you or you are trying to encourage someone to talk, you don’t always have to contribute insightful advice to the conversation; sometimes, all people want is to talk, and you just have to be a good listener. Short responses reflecting on the emotions attached to the speaker’s words (or body language) are a great way to listen in an effective and empathetic way. *Examples of empathetic responses*Examples of words that express emotionSPANISH TRANSLATIONS
Photopals Ethical Code
Posted by: OmprakashTheme: Art;Cross Cultural Exchange
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: March 29, 2012
Reflections on the ethics of teaching photography.
PhotoPals Curriculum Map
Posted by: OmprakashTheme: Art;Technology
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: March 29, 2012
This curriculum map can essentially be an outline of your photography workshop and can be used to organize its questions, goals, and content.
Teaching Technical Documentary Photography Skills: Focusing
Posted by: OmprakashTheme: Art;Cross Cultural Exchange;Technology
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: March 29, 2012
We envision this being one of the first lessons taught in a photography workshop, if not the very first. Please feel free to modify or incorporate this plan into any other lesson plan ideas you may have.
Tipos de poemas para niños
Posted by: Michelle NewmanTheme: Art;Cross Cultural Exchange;Womens Empowerment;Other
Age Group: pre-k;k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: March 24, 2012
Explanations and examples of a few fun and simple types of poems for students who have little experience with poetry. (in Spanish)
Quetzaltrekkers Profile and Evaluation Report
Posted by: Robin LattimerTheme: Other
Age Group: pre-k;k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: March 15, 2012
A summary of Quetzaltrekkers' services and suggestions for growth
Self-empowering name artwork
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: Art;ESL;Womens Empowerment
Age Group: pre-k;k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: March 06, 2012
An art project I did with a group of girls ages 4-16: Write out the names of each participant and instruct them to write positive words describing themselves using each letter in their name. I think it was very empowering for the girls to think about how awesome they are!
Volunteer Work Hours Log
Posted by: Robin LattimerTheme: Other
Age Group: pre-k;k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: February 29, 2012
An Excel Spreadsheet that will allow volunteers to keep track of the hours they have worked, their expenditures, their completed tasks and future steps.
HOW TO MAKE A VISION BOARD
Posted by: James OumaTheme: Classroom Management;Womens Empowerment;Other
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: January 20, 2012
Having a vision is the only way one can lead a more purpose driven life.
People Should Not Die of Commuicable Diseases
Posted by: Pascal MititiTheme: Health
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: January 07, 2012
How communicable diseases make you sick and what you can do prevent and control them.
Diarrheal Disease Report
Posted by: Deep JyotiTheme: Economics;Environmental Issues;Health;Womens Empowerment
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: January 02, 2012
This report talks about the effects of diarrheal disease throughout the world
English timelines (for all tenses) with sentence matching activity
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: ESL
Age Group: post-secondary Date Added: December 31, 2011
Match each sentence to a timeline for a visual understanding of the English tenses. Useful as a teacher's reference or a student activity. *Great for visual learners*
Pre-schoolers, Juniors, and Teenagers: Are, Have, Can/Can't, Need, Like...
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: Classroom Management;ESL
Age Group: pre-k;k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: December 31, 2011
Characteristic of pre-preschoolers/infants, juniors, and teenagers including skills and weaknesses, can and can't dos, needs, and likes.
English: The 'Four Conditionals' Model
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: ESL
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: December 31, 2011
Coursebooks often identify four basic types of conditional sentence, as follows: (see attachment)
"Sólo para chicas" (carteles inspiradores)
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: Womens Empowerment
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: December 31, 2011
Inspirational posters taken from the book, "Sólo para chicas" by Ashely Rice (2002). Display in girls classrooms to remind them: "Una chica en el mundo es algo maravilloso...".
HAND WASHING AS A WAY OF PREVENTING INFECTION
Posted by: Pascal MititiTheme: Health
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: December 30, 2011
Proper hand washing habits can leads to prevention of communicable diseases both in both children and adults.
Lifestyle Diseases are Preventable
Posted by: Pascal MititiTheme: Health
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: December 30, 2011
How you treat your body determines how you enjoy your life.
Writing Correction Symbols
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: ESL
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: December 23, 2011
A teacher's key of correction symbols used in order to identify a student's errors without correcting their work for them. Give a copy to the students-- students can go back and self-correct their mistakes with the guidance of the correction symbols (identifying the specific areas of their mistakes).
ESL: Stages of a recpetive skills lesson (listening and reading)
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: Classroom Management;ESL
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: December 23, 2011
Staging of text based language presentations and receptive skills lessons.
English: Future Tense Timelines and Formulas
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: ESL
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: December 23, 2011
This form describes future tenses in English with helpful examples, formulas, and timelines. A great reference sheet for teachers to have handy while teaching the future tenses.
Phoneme Kids
Posted by: Isabelle KrausTheme: ESL;Games
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: December 20, 2011
This is a fun activity designed to give practice in using the phonetic alphabet. Students must already be familiar with the main parts of the body and some clothing items (shoe, sock, shorts).
Donation Critique
Posted by: Anoop JainTheme: Current Events;Health;Economics
Age Group: post-secondary Date Added: November 22, 2011
This document critiques the donor - issue relationship. It asks why money is donated to the places it is
Tengo derechos!
Posted by: Isabelle Kraus
Age Group: pre-k;k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: October 22, 2011
Children's rights poster
Teaching First Aid and Women's Health
Posted by: European Disaster VolunteersTheme: Health
Age Group: post-secondary Date Added: October 17, 2011
Resources for teaching first aid and women's health.
Basic Sketch of the Adult ESOL Curriculum
Posted by: Sara LlansaTheme: ESL
Age Group: post-secondary Date Added: October 16, 2011
Here I've provided a basic sketch of what should be covered in a standard adult ESOL class, as well as the sequence.
Peace Corps Sex Education Manual
Posted by: Shannon NgTheme: Health;Womens Empowerment
Age Group: post-secondary Date Added: October 16, 2011
This manual was forwarded to PSF by a friend from the Peace Corps. It contains helpful guide lines as to how to go about teaching sex education in Latin America. Beware that it is in Spanish.
Introductions to Excel and Powerpoint
Posted by: Deborah HsiehTheme: Technology
Age Group: post-secondary Date Added: October 13, 2011
Basic introductions to using Excel and Powerpoint
Information about refugees and asylum in Europe
Posted by: Asta TamuleviciuteTheme: Current Events;History
Age Group: 6-12;post-secondary Date Added: September 18, 2011
Personal website, which contains structured information about refugees and asylum in Europe.
The Floods at Domkhar
Posted by: Health-IncTheme: Cross Cultural Exchange;Current Events
Age Group: k-6;6-12;post-secondary Date Added: September 18, 2011
Attached document includes first-person accounts of 2010 floods in Ladakh, north India