Integrating travel into the social studies classroom ocss 2012

Dave Harms

Penta Career Center

Integrating Travel Into The Social Studies Classroom

Traditional 10-12 Social Studies

Career Center

Online, Hybrid, and Traditional Post Secondary

About Me

All students have a talent – but not all of the talents show up academically

*Places Traveled

*Cuba – 2011 (Parents)

*Mexico 2006/ 2011 (Parents)

*Jordan – 2010 (Fulbright)

*China – 2005 (Freeman Foundation)

*Germany (2010)/ France/ Belgium 2002 (Fulbright/ BGSU)

*West Africa (Ghana, Togo, Benin) – 2002 (BGSU)

*Women's Place in Society

*West Africa Symbols

*Chinese Footbinding/ Confucianism

*Jordanian Women

*Barriers to Development

*African Infrastructure

*Political Corruption (Togo, Mexico, China)

*Effect of US embargo on Cuba

*Internet Blockage or Lack of Access (China, Cuba, Jordan, Africa)

*Historical

*Mayan Math and Calendar

*Effect of slavery on Africa (Ganvie’)

*Bay of Pigs/ Cuban Missile Crises (Cuba)

*French Revolution (France)

* Current Issues for the United States

*Communist Competition (China)

*What will happen when Castro dies? (Cuba)

*Trade Imbalance (China)

*Genocide

*History of Belgian Free State (Congo)

*Guantanamo Bay (Cuba)

*Weiger Massacre (China)

*Environment

*EU Driving Differences

*Chinese Dams and pollution

*Mexico and the VW Bug Classico

*Illegal Nigerian Gas

*Disease

*African AIDs Research

*Bird Flu

*Mad Cow (US meat illegal in EU)

*Malaria (West Nile)

*Current Events

*December 21, 2012 (Mexico)

*Chinese Counterfeiting (toothpaste/ Chinese Chicken in Jordan)

*EU Army

*US Position in the Middle East

*Ownership of Archeological Artifacts (Spain’s claim on Latin American Gold v France’s claim on the African gold)

*Blood Diamonds

*Religion

*Islam v Christianity v Judaism (Jordan)

*Confucianism v Buddhism v Daoism (China)

*Maya v Roman Catholic (Mexico)

*Nuclear Proliferation

*Nuclear Energy v Weapons (China)

*Illegal Sale of Weapons (US, France)

*Jordan v Israel

*EU (NATO v US interest)

*Government

*Monarchy (Jordan)

*Communism (China, Cuba)

*Different Versions of Democracy (Ghana, Benin, Germany, France, Mexico)

*Perception

*Jordanian, Chinese, Cuban view of America

*American view of Jordan/ China/ Cuba/ Mexico

*History textbooks (Cuba)

*Immigration

*Germany, France, Mexico……US

*JORDAN (pop increase 2/3)

*Han Chinese v Rest of China

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Jordanian

Contact

dharms@pentanet.k12.oh.us