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Dailylesson plans are in an easy-to-use weekly chart format. Charts list each subject with page numbers of books to read and instructions for using Student Sheets. Many activities will be suitable for all ages; additional activities are suggested for older students. Many simple hands-on activities are included in the Teacher's Manual to reinforce the study of geography

If you own an older edition of Exploring Countries and Cultures, consider upgrading to the current edition. The core of the program has not changed, but numerous books have been revised or replaced.

Travel the world as you explore diverse countries and cultures while learning geography. Read true stories of missionaries and the Gospel of Matthew to understand God's heart for the world in this year-long curriculum for 4th-8th grade (plus 2nd-3rd grade siblings).

Students are introduced to the physical and spiritual needs of mankind as they learn about ecosystems and lifestyles in different parts of the world. Prepare traditional food, make native crafts, and listen to ethnic music.

Student Sheets for Exploring Countries and Cultures engage children in a variety of activities. They include John 3:16country pages, language activities, science sheets, geography mapping sheets, hands-on activities, pre-and-post countrytest, exclusive MFW Geography Game, and country flag stickers. Many sheets are printed in color or on thick coloredpaper.

Critical pedagogical work hinges upon teachers\u2019 critical consciousness about students\u2019 identities that constitute \u2018diversity\u2019 and how they are situated within systems of oppression and privilege. In this study, survey data were collected from practicing world language teachers\u2019 (WLTs) to explore their beliefs about the extent to which dimensions of students\u2019 identities played a role in their language teaching practices. Additionally, these data captured their beliefs about the extent to which teachers, administrators, curriculum developers, and schools should be responsible for addressing identity dimensions, such as ethnoracial status, gender, socioeconomic status, and faith. Results from cluster analyses indicated that teachers\u2019 orientations varied systematically: a first belief orientation locates neither teachers nor schools as responsible, and that student \u2018diversity\u2019 may be irrelevant to education; a second orientation locates both teachers and schools as having shared responsibility, but that some identities might be irrelevant to teaching and learning; a third orientation wherein teachers viewed some identity dimensions as more relevant to their teaching practices than others, suggesting that, although teachers may be critically conscious about identity, that consciousness may not translate to critical pedagogical practices; and a last orientation that suggests critically conscious language teachers who also endorse learner-centered teaching practices. Findings from this study illuminate new theoretical and conceptual spaces about WLTs\u2019 sense of responsibility and advocacy for both students and the ways they position their classrooms as sites of critical pedagogies. These findings have implications for teacher leaders and teacher educators as they work to build teacher capacities for engaging in critical pedagogies that examine systems of oppression and privilege in language classrooms.

The L2 Journal is an open access, fully refereed, interdisciplinary journal which aims to promote the research and the practice of world language learning and teaching, particularly languages other than English. L2 Journal publishes articles on all aspects of applied linguistics broadly conceived, i.e., second language acquisition, second language pedagogy, bilingualism and multilingualism, language and technology, curriculum development and teacher training, testing and evaluation.

But the group was there to do more than see an award-winning artist. The teachers attended the performance as part of the Global Islam and the Arts Teacher Fellows program, a year-long exploration of Muslim cultures through music, dance and dramatic performances during the 2016-17 Carolina Performing Arts season.

Fellows participated in an orientation workshop during summer and will attend a minimum of five performances at the Carolina Performing Arts throughout the 2016-2017 season. They will also develop at least one instructional resource on Muslim cultures to be used in their classrooms and will present their work at a culminating workshop in June 2017.

Community and campus outreach programs like the teaching fellowship have been developed in tandem with the performance series, and also include a student ambassadors program for UNC undergraduates, as well as public documentary screenings, lectures and staged readings of plays, a collaboration with PlayMakers Repertory Company.

Through the performances, the teaching fellows are able to explore the spiritual and cultural dimensions of Sufism through the work of performers from Muslim-majority nations outside of the Arab world, including Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Senegal.

Part of the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations promotes understanding of the Middle East through teaching, research and community outreach.

Making music with the ukulele is accessible and often social, and there are lots of informal ways to do it. But what if you wanted to take things to the next level and study the instrument at the degree level in university? Over the past couple of decades the ukulele has started permeating institutions of higher learning in a variety of ways. It is now finding itself among other instruments of rigorous study in these kinds of settings, especially following the emergence of more advanced classical repertoire, like the arrangements of Tony Mizen, the late John King, and others.

Yet aficionados and enthusiasts alike know what the instrument is capable of when given the chance, and there is delightful possibility in the potential to push boundaries and challenge those preconceived perceptions.

It was surprising to learn that in Hawaii, even with such a rich and meaningful cultural and popular history of the instrument, there are still relatively few opportunities for more advanced study in higher education. There are some instructors and musicians who have brought their own advanced technical playing and teaching skills to colleges and universities there. But as is the case elsewhere, it has not been a straightforward path to gaining those skills or making room for instruction at this level in institutions.

In Canada, the ukulele has been explored in higher education from a pedagogical standpoint for many years, dating back to the late 1960s and the early work of J. Chalmers Doane. Following his tenure as supervisor of music for the Halifax School Board, Doane became a professor of music education at Nova Scotia Teachers College from 1984 to 1993. He had a substantial influence on the use of ukulele in the classroom through training of teachers at the college.

In the following decades, specialist instructors have been brought in to teach in this pedagogical context in institutions such as the University of Victoria, University of Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Queens University, including James Hill, Peter Luongo, Bonnie Smith, Roberta Lamb, and Melanie Doane, to name a few. The instrument has also been used in unique alternative course offerings, such as music therapy programs, health sciences (McMaster University), or first-year seminar explorations (University of Guelph).

The United Kingdom and Europe have certainly seen activity bubbling up with the instrument in academic settings. Back in 2000, Andy Eastwood was the first in the U.K. to perform his final recital on the ukulele when pursuing his music degree at New College, Oxford. It apparently caused quite a stir, not only because of the novelty of the instrument in this context but also because Eastwood was performing in several styles, including popular music, as well as singing to accompany himself.

Elisabeth Pfeiffer of Germany is another formally trained classical guitarist, educator and composer who has been taking ukulele to the highest levels of study and research with the instrument. She is developing repertoire, investigating histories (e.g. Ernest Kaai tone production), and generally building out new spaces for the instrument to grow. Currently in doctoral studies at the University of Surrey, her research aims to explore traditional and innovative approaches to plucking technique in contemporary ukulele music. An expert instructor who is equally at home at ukulele festivals or higher education, she is also teaching the instrument at the university level, as well, including instructing ukulele methodology at Zurich University of the Arts.

Performer, composer, and educator David Chen formerly taught ukulele in the music department at Shih Chien University in Taiwan. Chen has recently relocated to Shanghai and now teaches at the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music training music educators to use ukulele.

Though all of these musicians and educators are working in different parts of the world, there seems to be common thinking about what the future could hold for the ukulele in higher education. Many recognize its potential as an instrument capable of playing advanced-level music, and that it can support highly developed music literacy and musicianship skills. But it still struggles to be taken as a serious instrument that can be held to a high standard alongside other formally studied instruments.

Though many hope to see it reach these high academic standards and offerings, everyone seems to agree that its diversity and potential to be accessed at every level are what makes ukulele such a rewarding instrument, no matter our aspirations in music.

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