Source: NEA Foundation Description: We are a public charity founded by educators for educators to improve public education for all students. Since our beginning in 1969, the Foundation has served as a laboratory of learning, offering funding and other resources to public school educators, their schools, and districts to solve complex teaching and learning challenges. The NEA…

Source: Temple University Description: Freely Magazine is a Philly-based multicultural media channel for international students and anyone who shows appreciation for diversity and cultural uniqueness. Our mission is to blur the restrictive boundaries among and between different ethnic groups by providing students with opportunities to raise their voices, share their cultures, and receive specific content that will…

Source: UNESCO Description: It is based on an interdisciplinary approach seeking to involve teachers across curricula in raising awareness of young people of the importance of World Heritage. It strives to incorporate World Heritage into the curriculum as a way of delivering core subjects and transverse themes in the classroom as well as through extra-curricular activities. It focuses…

Source: Moder Patshala Description: Our mission is to assist recently arrived Bangladeshi-American and other immigrant students and their families in adjusting to their new environment and fulfilling their American dream by achieving a proper education. Our mission is also to assist the children of Bangladeshi-American parents who may be struggling academically. We hope to build a stronger…

Source: Confucius Institute at Temple University Description: The Confucius Institute at Temple University (CITU) is a collaboration between Temple University, Zhejiang Normal University and the Confucius Institute Headquarters, a non-profit NGO promoting Chinese language and culture throughout the world. CITU’s mission is to provide resources and instructional support for the Chinese language program at Temple, to increase…

Source: Dialogue Institute at Temple University Description: The Dialogue Institute and the Journal of Ecumenical Studies share a common purpose—to advance intrareligious, interreligious, and intercultural dialogue and engagement around the world, by supporting scholarship, training, and action.  The Dialogue Institute (DI) emerged in 1978 as the outreach arm of J.E.S., working to put into practice the theory…

Source: Global Philadelphia Association Description: These 40 lesson plans are written for high school social studies curricula in three areas: World History, African American History, and US History. The lesson plans present Philadelphia’s heritage and its rich relationship to the global community, past and present. They were written by 10 Philadelphia area educators with the assistance…

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Learning Programs Department, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology   Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies Grade Levels: 6-12   View or download this Lesson Plan   Overview: This lesson promotes a partnership between the Penn Museum and middle/high school educators by offering an opportunity to…

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Denise Junkerman, Prep Charter High School   Subjects: English Language Arts Grade Levels: 9-12   View or download this Lesson Plan.    Overview: With LOVE Park serving as its entrance, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway extends from City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by the…

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Alexis Johnson-Sziy, Catasauqua High School   Subjects: American History, World Cultures Grade Levels: 9-12   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: Students will work in small groups to gather background information (through print and online sources) related to United States’ expansionism as it occurred in…