Humboldt-Demo 2023/24

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• Abschnitt Humboldt 250 auswählen

  Humboldt 250

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  Exploring global citizenship

  This preview course is not connected to the Virtual Town Hall. For the Teaching Notes please have a look at the resource below. The links to specific chapters in the course will only function in a course copy. If you want to work with your class with this course, please request a course copy.

  The project Teach about U.S. is coming to an end and will no longer be supported by the US Embassy. The courses can still be used in the school year 2022/23, please send a course request.

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  • Aktivität Announcements auswählen

    

    Announcements Forum
  • Aktivität Teaching Notes: Humboldt 250 auswählen

    

    Teaching Notes: Humboldt 250 Buch
  • Aktivität Handbook Humboldt 250 auswählen

    

    Handbook Humboldt 250 Datei PDF

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• Abschnitt 1. What makes a global citizen? auswählen

  1. What makes a global citizen?

  

  • Aktivität This introductory module serves to get... auswählen

    This introductory module serves to get acquainted with the concept of global citizenship. You are asked to find your own definition of a global Citizen and to compare it to official and theoretical statements about this term.

    
    
  • Aktivität What makes a global citizen? auswählen

    

    What makes a global citizen? Aufgabe
  • Aktivität How do you define a global citizen? auswählen

    

    How do you define a global citizen? Feedback
  • Aktivität Defining global citizenship auswählen

    

    Defining global citizenship Forum
  • Aktivität What do these things have in common? auswählen

    

    What do these things have in common? Fotogalerie
  • Aktivität Additional resources auswählen

    
    

    Additional resources

  • Aktivität Global citizen definitions auswählen

    

    Global citizen definitions Textseite

    ^{Padlet • various sources • 2min read}

  • Aktivität Global citizen auswählen

    

    Global citizen Link/URL

    ^{Video • Global Citizen • 1min45}

  • Aktivität What does it mean to be a citizen of the world? auswählen

    

    What does it mean to be a citizen of the world? Link/URL

    ^{Video • TED • 16min56}

  • Aktivität What Global Citizenship Is Not auswählen

    

    What Global Citizenship Is Not Link/URL

    ^{Blog • April Rinne/medium.com • 7min read}

  • Aktivität   Self-reflection auswählen

     

    Self-reflection

  • Aktivität SECTION 1: Self-reflection auswählen

    

    SECTION 1: Self-reflection Feedback
• Abschnitt 2. Alexander von who...? auswählen

  2. Alexander von who...?

  

  • Aktivität Within the second module, you watch on... auswählen

    Within the second module, you watch one or multiple of the provided videos and take notes on who Alexander von Humboldt was in regard to his general life, his expeditions, his scientific work and discoveries, as well as besides the world of science.

    
    
  • Aktivität Alexander von Who...? auswählen

    

    Alexander von Who...? Aufgabe
  • Aktivität Viewing notes on Alexander von Humboldt auswählen

    

    Viewing notes on Alexander von Humboldt Forum
  • Aktivität Resources for this section auswählen

    Resources for this section

  • Aktivität Who is Alexander von Humboldt? auswählen

    

    Who is Alexander von Humboldt? Link/URL

    ^{Video • George Mehler / TED Ed • 4min21}

  • Aktivität The Invention of Nature (short) auswählen

    

    The Invention of Nature (short) Link/URL

    ^{Video • Andrea Wulf / 5x15 stories • 15min03}

  • Aktivität The Invention of Nature (long) auswählen

    

    The Invention of Nature (long) Link/URL

    ^{Video • Andrea Wulf / Esri events • 46min08}

  • Aktivität   Self-reflection auswählen

     

    Self-reflection

  • Aktivität SECTION 2: Self-reflection auswählen

    

    SECTION 2: Self-reflection Feedback
• Abschnitt 3. Humboldt's many hats auswählen

  3. Humboldt's many hats

  

  • Aktivität Module 3 concentrates on Humboldt's di... auswählen

    Module 3 concentrates on Humboldt's different roles in society. You study different texts and work on pre-, while-, and post-listening tasks.

    
    
  • Aktivität Humboldt's many hats auswählen

    

    Humboldt's many hats Aufgabe
  • Aktivität Resources for this section auswählen

    Resources for this section

  • Aktivität Biography of Alexander von Humboldt auswählen

    

    Biography of Alexander von Humboldt Link/URL

    ^{Website • ThoughCo. • 4min read}

  • Aktivität Alexander von Humboldt and his time auswählen

    

    Alexander von Humboldt and his time Textseite

    ^{Book excerpt • Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature • 1min read}

  • Aktivität Map of Humboldt's South America Expedition auswählen

    

    Map of Humboldt's South America Expedition Datei

    ^{Map • Wikipedia • 1min read}

  • Aktivität Excerpts from A. Wulf, 'The Invention of Nature' auswählen

    ^{Book excerpts • Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature • c. 5min read per excerpt}

    Verzeichnis herunterladen

    • Excerpts from A. Wulf, 'The Invention of Nature'
      • 1_Humboldts_new_vision_of_nature.pdf
      • 2_Colonialism_slavery_environment.pdf
      • 3_Humboldt_and_Jefferson.pdf
      • 4_Nature_writing.pdf
      • 5_Science_technology.pdf
      • Annotations for A. Wulf, The Invention of Nature.pdf
  • Aktivität Optional resources auswählen

    Optional resources

  • Aktivität The Humboldt Code auswählen

    

    The Humboldt Code Link/URL

    ^{Text • Rüdiger Schaper / Magazine Humboldt Kosmos, Alexander-von-Humboldt Stiftung • 10min read}
    

  • Aktivität Self-reflection auswählen

     Self-reflection

  • Aktivität SECTION 3: Self-reflection auswählen

    

    SECTION 3: Self-reflection Feedback
  • Aktivität The Enlightenment auswählen

    

    The Enlightenment Datei

    ^{Teaching resources • Annenberg Learner, America's History in the Making • 27 pp.} 

    Hochgeladen 5.09.2023 12:28
• Abschnitt 4. A true global citizen? auswählen

  4. A true global citizen?

  

  • Aktivität The last module consist of two tasks. ... auswählen

    The last module consist of two tasks. First, you are asked to discuss whether Humboldt can be called a global Citizen. Consult your original definition of a global Citizen and analyse excerpts and quotes by other researchers and journalists. You will then create your own project on "Humboldt and YOU" and can participate in the Humboldt 250 school competition (deadline: June 30, 2019).

    
    
  • Aktivität Alexander von Humboldt – a true global citizen? auswählen

    

    Alexander von Humboldt – a true global citizen? Aufgabe
  • Aktivität Humboldt and YOU (class project) auswählen

    

    Humboldt and YOU (class project) Aufgabe
  • Aktivität Resources for this section auswählen

    Resources for this section

  • Aktivität If Humboldt were on Twitter today auswählen

    

    If Humboldt were on Twitter today Link/URL

    ^{Text & images • Magazine Humboldt Kosmos / Alexander von Humboldt Foundation • 5min read}

  • Aktivität For me, Humboldt today means... auswählen

    

    For me, Humboldt today means... Link/URL

    ^{Text and video • humboldt-heute.de / Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung}

  • Aktivität HUMBOLDT KOSMOS auswählen

    

    HUMBOLDT KOSMOS Buch
  • Aktivität Self-reflection auswählen

     Self-reflection

  • Aktivität SECTION 4: Self-reflection auswählen

    

    SECTION 4: Self-reflection Feedback
• Abschnitt Acknowledgements auswählen

  Acknowledgements

  • Aktivität Teach About US is joining the celebration of Alexa... auswählen

    Teach About US is joining the celebration of Alexander von Humboldt's 250th birthday with this project course. It connects language, history, and geography education and focuses on the historic figure of Alexander von Humboldt as an example of global citizenship. The project concludes with a student competition (see task Humboldt and YOU (class project)). Dates will be announced.

    We would like to thank our colleagues at Schubart-Gymnasium Aalen, especially Ms. Bettina Schönherr and her students, for supporting us in the development of this curriculum and piloting these contents in their classes.

• Abschnitt 5. Tips, resources, and tools auswählen

  5. Tips, resources, and tools

  

  • Aktivität    [fa-files-o]     TIPS auswählen

    TIPS

  • Aktivität TIP: Conducting research auswählen

    

    TIP: Conducting research Datei PDF

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  • Aktivität TIP: Doing project work auswählen

    

    TIP: Doing project work Datei PDF

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  • Aktivität TIP: Giving presentations auswählen

    

    TIP: Giving presentations Datei PDF

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  • Aktivität TIP: Linking ideas and sentences (vocabulary) auswählen

    

    TIP: Linking ideas and sentences (vocabulary) Datei PDF

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  • Aktivität TIP: Solving a mediation task auswählen

    

    TIP: Solving a mediation task Datei PDF

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  • Aktivität TIP: Writing an article auswählen

    

    TIP: Writing an article Datei PDF

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  • Aktivität TIP: Analyzing cartoons auswählen

    

    TIP: Analyzing cartoons Datei PDF

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  • Aktivität TIP: Materialien zum selbständigen, standardorientierten Lernen - interaktive Version auswählen

    

    TIP: Materialien zum selbständigen, standardorientierten Lernen - interaktive Version Link/URL