| Contact Information | Brant Beyer west@indiana.edu Ballantine Hall 542 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave. Bloomington, IN 47405 United States Phone: (812) 855-3280 Fax: (812) 855-7695 | |
| Program Type | Individual Program | |
| Program Rating | This program has not yet been evaluated. | |
| Target Audience | Education: Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult Learners, Public Library: Library Patrons | |
| Maximum Number of Participants | 35 | |
| Minimum Number of Participants | 5 | |
| Primary Disciplines | Economics/Business, Fine Arts, Foreign/World Languages, International, Social Studies/History | |
| Program Description | This program deals specifically with the European Union--who is a member, how it came into existence, how it is governed, and its relations with the US. | |
| Program Format | 1. Program with a description of the European Union (EU), including current members and history 2. We will then discuss the structure of the EU institutions and how they interact 3. We will then talk about the euro and its role in the current global financial system 4. We will talk about the ties between the EU and the US, including your state (if requested) 5. Time is allowed for questions and answers | |
| Objectives | The participant will: --Engage in a discussion about the importance of integration of modern Europe --Gain an understanding for how the European Union works --Develop an appreciation for the importance of the European Union to Americans | |
| National Standards to which this program aligns | NSS-WH.5-12.9: THE 20TH CENTURY SINCE 1945: PROMISES & PARADOXES The student in grades 5-12 should understand --The search for community, stability, and peace in an interdependent world. --Major global trends since World War II. NSS-G.K-12.2: PLACES & REGIONS As a result of their activities in grades K-12, all students should --Understand that people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity. --Understand how culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions. NSS-G.K-12.4: HUMAN SYSTEMS As a result of their activities in grades K-12, all students should --Understand the patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface. --Understand how the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface. NSS-C.9-12.4: OTHER NATIONS & WORLD AFFAIRS What is the Relationship of the United States to Other Nations and to World Affairs? --How is the world organized politically? NSS-EC.9-12.16: ROLE OF GOVERNMENT At the completion of Grade 12, students will know the Grade 4 and Grade 8 benchmarks for this standard, and also understand: --Governments provide an alternative method to markets for supplying goods and services when it appears that the benefits to society of doing so outweigh the costs to society. Not all individuals will bear the same costs or share the same benefits of those policies. --A government policy to correct a market imperfection is not justified economically if the cost of implementing it exceeds its expected net benefits. | |
| State/Regional Standards to which this program aligns | WH.8: An Era of Global Conflicts, Challenges, Controversies and Changes: 1900 to the Present --Students will analyze and explain trends and events of global significance, such as world wars and international controversies and challenges, and cross-cultural changes that have connected once-separated regions into an incipient global community. GHW.7: Conflict and Cooperation --Students will explore the physical and human geographic factors affecting the origins and the local, regional and supranational consequences of conflict and cooperation between and among groups of people. GHW.8: Trade and Commerce --Students will examine the physical and human geographic factors that encourage or impede economic interdependence between and/or among countries and the local, regional and global consequences of those exchanges. GHW.10: States, Nations and Nation-States --Students will analyze and evaluate the physical and human geographic factors that contribute to the formation of states (countries) and the forces that function to either unite and bind a country together or to divide a country. E.5: National Economic Performance --Students will understand the means by which economic performance is measured. E.6: Money and the Role of Financial Institutions --Students will understand the role of money and financial institutions in a market economy. E.7: Economic Stabilization --Students will understand the macroeconomic role of the government in developing and implementing economic stabilization policies and how these policies impact the economy. E.8: Trade --Students will understand why individuals, businesses and governments trade goods and services and how trade affects the economies of the world. | |
| Program Length | 45 minutes for grades 9-12 | |
| By Request | This program is available by request ONLY | |
| Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees | Interactive Cost: $0.00 Interactive Cost with Premium Service: $0.00 What's this? | |
| Program Fee Notes | There is no fee for this program. | |
| Cancellation Policy | All of our programs are free of charge. Cancellations without regard to our lost time might result in pulling of future programs with that school. | |
| Is recording allowed? | No | |
| Recording Notes | Videotaping is permitted with prior approval from content provider. | |
| The Provider broadcasts over | IP |
FREE Grades 9-12: Introduction to the European Union
Grades 3-12: Visit Ghana Africa LIVE!
Add to Favorites| Content Provider | Oiada International | |
| Contact Information | Darryl Batts darrylbatts@oiadaintl.org 191 Central Avenue Newark, NJ 07103 United States Phone: (973) 732-3188 | |
| Program Type | Individual Program | |
| Program Rating | This program has not yet been evaluated. | |
| Target Audience | Education: Grade(s): 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Parent, Adult Learners, Public Library: Library Patrons,Content Providers: Content Providers | |
| Maximum Number of Participants | There is no maximum, but for optimum interactivity, we suggest no more than 50 students. | |
| Minimum Number of Participants | No Minimum | |
| Primary Disciplines | Career Education, Collaboration, Community Interests, Fine Arts, Foreign/World Languages, Industrial Technology, Language Arts/English, Leadership, Literacy, Mathematics, Performing Arts, Problem Solving, Reading, Social Studies/History, Standards, Technology/Information Science, Writing | |
| Video Clip | ||
| Program Description | The staff and professionals of Oiada International are at your disposal in this program. Spend time talking with and interviewing regional experts and students from Ghana on a topic(s) of your choice. This is your opportunity to choose a topic and speak live to one of our staff and local experts to interact with your class on a tailor-made presentation. We also welcome suggestions for other topics/specialties to serve your class's area of interest. Sample topics may include: • Students learn the meaning of Adinkra Symbols. The adinkra symbols reflect a system of human values that are universal: family, integrity, tolerance, harmony, determination, protection among many others. • Ghana’s Educational System - Comparing curriculums and everyday school life. Are there Gangs and/or bullying in school? • Cultural Enlightenment - Comparing cultures, food, pastimes, sports, and music etc. The effect of music videos and television on children’s morals. Live Musical and Dance performances • The impact of slavery on Africa and America - Getting insight from Ghanaians on how the slave trade affected their country and personal lives • Morality - Comparing moral issues such as corporal punishment. How the two societies deal with crime How are children raised in regards to respecting elders and authority • Meet African royalty - African Kings and Queens still exist and have a functioning role in government • Governmental institutions and policies - Compare past Imperialism and present day Democracy • Meet modern day craftsman – Learn how they ply their trade, woodcarving, Kenti cloth weaving and gold metallurgy. • Religion- How it affects society socially, economically and politically • Tour of the Cape Coast Slave Castles - Like the tour President Obama took earlier this year and experience what life was like inside the dungeon of the Cape Coast Castle • Introductory Language session - Students will learn some basics of a Ghanaian language including how Ghanaians choose their names, their meaning and the importance of that name. • Dramatic Reenactments - Historical events in African and African American History reenacted live | |
| Program Format | 1. Introduction to presenter/program topic 2. Discussion of topic 3. Question & Answer session throughout the course of the presentation 4. Review 5. Wrap up | |
| Objectives | Explore, engage discussion, and develop an appreciation of the topic selected in this custom presentation developed specifically for your class | |
| National Standards to which this program aligns | Geography Standard 1: How to Use Maps and Other Geographic Representations, Tools, and Technologies to Acquire, Process, and Report Information From a Spatial Perspective Geography Standard 10: The Characteristics, Distribution, and Complexity of Earth’s Cultural Mosaics. Geography Standard 6: How Culture and Experience Influence People’s Perceptions of Places and Regions. Geography Standard 14: How Human Actions Modify the Physical Environment History Standard 1: Comparative characteristics of societies in the Americas, Western Europe, and Western Africa that increasingly interacted after 1450. Standard 1C: Comparative characteristics of societies in the Americas, Western Europe, and Western Africa that increasingly interacted after 1450. Standard 1D The student understands the differences and similarities among Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans who converged in the western hemisphere after 1492. History Standard 2: Era 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) How early European exploration and colonization resulted in cultural and ecological interactions among previously unconnected peoples. Standard 2A The student understands the stages of European oceanic and overland exploration, amid international rivalries, from the 9th to 17th centuries. Standard 2B The student understands the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the Americas. Era 2 : Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763) Standard 1 Why the Americas attracted Europeans, why they brought enslaved Africans to their colonies, and how Europeans struggled for control of North America and the Caribbean Standard 1A The student understands how diverse immigrants affected the formation of European colonies. Standard 1B The student understands the European struggle for control of North America. Standard 3 How the values and institutions of European economic life took root in the colonies, and how slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas Standard 3A The student understands colonial economic life and labor systems in the Americas. Standard 3B The student understands economic life and the development of labor systems in the English colonies. Standard 3C The student understands African life under slavery. NL-ENG.K-12.4 COMMUNICATION SKILLS Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes. NL-ENG.K-12.5 COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes. NL-ENG.K-12.6 APPLYING KNOWLEDGE Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts. ENG.K-12.7 EVALUATING DATA Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and nonprint texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience. NL-ENG.K-12.8 DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge. NL-ENG.K-12.9 MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles. NL-ENG.K-12.12 APPLYING LANGUAGE SKILLS | |
| Program Length | 1 Hour | |
| By Request | This program is available by request ONLY | |
| Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees | Interactive Cost: $175.00 Interactive Cost with Premium Service: $150.00 What's this? By Request Cost: $175.00 By Request Cost with Premium Service: $150.00 What's this? | |
| Cancellation Policy | We will not charge for programs cancelled due to nature i.e. snow days. The full fee will be charged to sites which cancel with less than 48 hours notice. | |
| Is recording allowed? | No | |
| The Provider broadcasts over | IP |
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