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The Legacy of Borchalo Rug-Weaving in Georgia: Explore Cultural Change Through Critical Reading and Design
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Learning Center offers guided lessons, interactive tools and collaborative activities for learners from middle school to undergraduate university. Many lessons support US Common Core State Standards, and all build off articles published in AramcoWorld.
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How To Improve Student Confidence Through Seeing Math Differently
Hands-on activities shift math from memorization to exploration—building confidence and curiosity in the classroom.
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.
The Legacy of Borchalo Rug-Weaving in Georgia: Explore Cultural Change Through Critical Reading and Design
Analyze efforts to preserve a centuries-old weaving tradition, and connect the Borchalo story to questions of identity, memory and heritage.
Breaking Bread: Using Food As a Teaching Tool
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
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
Teach students how to uncover details through metaphor telling the story of their communities.
How Art Connects
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
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
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.
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
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
Explore how history’s narrative is dictated by the victors and its affect on our understanding of it.
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Common Core State Standards
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)
A detailed list of all CCSS guidelines incorporated in Learning Center lessons is