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Visualizing From Where Food Comes: Teaching Environmental and Social Impacts of Global Farming
Examine global food production through George Steinmetz’s aerial imagery and evaluate how farming affects people, ecosystems and sustainability.
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Visualizing From Where Food Comes: Teaching Environmental and Social Impacts of Global Farming
Environmental Studies
Geography
Examine global food production through George Steinmetz’s aerial imagery and evaluate how farming affects people, ecosystems and sustainability.Visualizing Where Food Comes From-Teaching Environmental and Social Impacts of Global Farming
Environmental Studies
Geography
Examine global food production through George Steinmetz’s aerial imagery and evaluate how farming affects people, ecosystems and sustainability.
Breaking Bread: Using Food As a Teaching Tool
For the Teacher's Desk
Using food as a teaching tool, students widen their global understanding of other cultures while deepening their connection to the world.
Taarab Music: Exploring the History and Cultural Impact in Zanzibar
Art
History
East Africa
Explore taarab’s cultural roots, sound and instruments—then compare its emotional and social impact to music in your own life..jpg?cx=0.31&cy=0.53&cw=480&ch=360)
Building Bridges in the Classroom: The Stari Most Story for Teaching Writing and Cultural History
For the Teacher's Desk
Teach students how to uncover details through metaphor telling the story of their communities.
How Art Connects
For the Teacher's Desk
Art links everything—cultures, history, even math. Want to hook students? Try teaching through the art that surrounds us with these stories.
Spaces for All
For the Teacher's Desk
Built environments can foster community within cities and neighborhoods and change how we view the world.
MC Escher’s “Extra-logical Realities”: Artistic Progression From Architecture to Mathematics
Art
History
Europe
Create a simple tessellation integrating techniques by Dutch artist M. C. Escher that relies on Islamic-inspired patterns.
The Mostar Bridge Over Troubled Waters: A Case Study in Reconciliation.
History
Language Studies
Europe
Learn how the idioms and metaphors of a bridge destroyed during the Bosnian Civil War express the sentiment of a people.The Mostar Bridge Over Troubled Waters: A Case Study in Reconciliation.
History
Language Studies
Europe
Learn how the idioms and metaphors of a bridge destroyed during the Bosnian Civil War express the sentiment of a people.
Aramco World Learning Center: No Passport Required
For the Teacher's Desk
Project-based learning lies at the heart of AramcoWorld’s Learning Center. Link its resources into classroom curriculum, no matter the subject.
The Past Is Told by the Victors: Exploring the Other Side of History
Art
History
Fertile Crescent
Explore how history’s narrative is dictated by the victors and its affect on our understanding of it.
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Learning Center lessons support one or more US Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grades 9 to 12. Through focus on critical thinking, problem-solving, analysis and other skills, CCSS helps ensure that learners are prepared for college courses and entry-level careers.
Learning Center lessons focus on guidelines within seven CCSS anchor standards.
- Reading for Literature (RL)
- Reading for Informational Text (RI)
- Writing (W)
- Speaking and Listening (SL)
- Language (L)
- Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies (RH)
- Writing for Literacy in History/Social Studies (WHST)
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