World Wise Window
World Wise Schools' monthly e-newsletter, the World Wise Window, highlights educational materials based on the Peace Corps Volunteer experience. Sign up now!
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The World Wise Window focuses on a new topic each month, bringing educators stories with lesson plans from post-Tsunami Sri Lanka and Jordan to China and New Orleans. The Window examines global issues and cross-cultural understanding through folk tales, videos, slide shows, photos, and Volunteer-written narratives that come from a Peace Corps Volunteer's unique perspective on daily life in countries around the world.
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Hot Off the Press: Spotlight on Avoiding Mistakes When You Travel
This month focuses on Avoiding Mistakes When You Travel. Check out our new online video, which may help you and your students prepare for traveling to other cultures. “Cultural Gaffes Beyond Your Borders” is an eight-minute show with vignettes illustrating cultural gaffes in many different cultures, with advice on how to avoid them.
Past Issues of the Window
2007-2008- Apr: Spotlight on Learning Other Languages & Earth Day
- Mar: Spotlight on Peace Corps Week and World Water Day
- Feb: Spotlight on Community Service and Service Learning
- Dec: Spotlight on Holidays
- Nov: Spotlight on Change in Culture
- Oct: Spotlight on Adjusting in Another Culture
- Sept: Spotlight on Friends in Faraway Places
2006-2007
- May: Spotlight on Peace Corps Memoirs
- April: Spotlight on Foreign Languages
- March: Spotlight on Island Life
- February: Spotlight on World Thinking Day & Jordan
- January: Spotlight on Service Learning
- December: Spotlight on HIV/AIDS
- November: Spotlight on Educational Technology
- October: Spotlight on China
- September: Spotlight on Disaster Relief