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Global Awareness Through Travel Literature
Susannah WheelwrightGrade 6 World Geography Teacher
Global Awareness Through Travel Literature
Global Awareness
Understanding other cultures +
Knowing one’s place in the larger world +
Empathetic worldview +
Outreach and service = Global Citizenship
Travel
“Seeing” other people and places + reflecting on global experiences + comparing and contrasting to own place and culture = Learning via a geographical lens
Global Awareness Through Travel Literature
Travel Literature Maps Diaries Blogs Images Video Letters TEXTS Global
Audio Fiction Photos Postcards Logbooks Guidebooks
Overview
• Global Content: Maps, Geotagged Primary Sources, Other Cultures
• Geographically Rich Global Experiences: Virtual Travel, People from other cultures, Literature and Images, Interactive Maps
• Compare and Contrast: Global Interactions, Text to Visual, Local to International, Culture to Culture, Historical to Contemporary
Why?
• To challenge stereotypes and prevent generalizations
• To make foreign places real instead of imagined
How?
• Classroom teachers and students interact with travel literature as text
• Students publish globally and communicate with people of other cultures
Links
Acknowledgements
Thanks to:
Julie Elkan, Holliston Tech Ed Coordinator
Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) for the Swensrud Teacher Fellowship and the support and access to their library of primary sources
Marie Cuevas & Laurie O’Rourke, fellow curriculum creators & webinar viewers