Teaching With a Global Perspective

As our world becomes increasingly connected, global issues become entangled with students' dailylives. To prepare students as globally aware future leaders, social studies curricula must reflect the realityof these current global challenges. Drawing from theories and frameworks in global social studieseducation, Jing A. Williams, Bárbara C. Cruz, and Anatoli Rapoport provide practical, cross-curricularmethods for secondary social studies teachers to incorporate global education into their daily teaching.Organized by common social studies content areas, each chapter identifies topics that supportglobalmindedness. This book also includes powerful vignettes based on real classroom interactions andinnovative, classroom-tested teaching approaches and strategies that engage students in activities thathold personal meaning for them. Benefitting educators at all levels, Teaching With a Global Perspective:Approaches and Strategies for Secondary Social Studies Teachers encourages educators to cultivate globalawareness, challenge their students' thinking, and support their development as informed citizens in aninterconnected world.