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\nSri Lanka\n

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\nIt's a small island, but it promises a big trip! Come visit Sri Lanka with this beautiful imagery. Not your typical tourism video, this non-narrated advertisement highlights some of the most popular destinations and points out some...\n
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\nBreaching the Gulf Between Cultures\n

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\nStudents read excerpts from Jim Toner's memoir Serendib which chronicles his experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sri Lanka. They work in small groups to analyze the excerpts and discuss how the author came to terms with Sri Lankan...\n
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\n\"Breaking\n\n
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\nBreaking News English: Children Caught in Sri Lanka's Fighting\n

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\nIn this children caught in Sri Lanka's fighting learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions,...\n
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\n\"Coming\n\n
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\nComing to Terms With Cultural Differences\n

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\nStudents consider cultural differences. In this Peace Corps lesson, students read \"Help, My Father is Coming,\" by Jim Toner and then write journal entries about the culture of Sri Lanka.\n
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\n\"Elephant\n\n
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\nElephant Procession\n

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\nLearners research the people, customs, and traditions of Sri Lanka. They discover the importance of elephants in Sri Lankan history in the areas of warfare, field work, and transportation. They then produce a highly ornate picture of an...\n
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\nReading About Children from Other Places in the World: Structured Research Project\n

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\nStudents read about children in Ghana, Sri Lanka and Haiti. They compare these children to themselves in a structured lesson that focuses on note taking and research skills. Students work in groups to write a short essay about the...\n
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\n\"Tsunami!\n\n
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\nTsunami! Examining Earth's Most Destructive Waves\n

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\nStudents investigate just what a tsunami is, what causes it, how fast it travels, what it looks like, and its devastating effects upon landfall. They read the experience of a former Peace Corps Volunteer who went to Sri Lanka after it...\n
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\n\"Calm\n\n
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\nCalm After the Storm\n

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\nStudents create posters providing information about Sri Lanka's history and society both before and after the tsunami. They write response papers considering the future of this small country devastated by the natural disaster.\n
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\n\"Hunt\n\n
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\nHunt the \"Fact Monster\" to Answer Multiple Choice Questions\n

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\nIn this Internet fact search worksheet, students access the \"Fact Monster\" web site to find the answer to 5 multiple choice questions. They find the answers to questions on a wide variety of topics including Plymouth Colony, Sri Lanka,...\n
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\n\"Breaching\n\n
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\nBreaching the Gulf Between Cultures\n

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\nStudents explore the dynamics, the challenges, and the rewards of adjusting to a new culture through the reading of \"Help! My Father is Coming\" and \"The Visit to Vijay's\". In this social culture lesson, students carousel brainstorm about...\n
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\n\"Encountering\n\n
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\nEncountering Very Different Ways of Life\n

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\nStudents explore the concept of crossing cultures through reading the stories \"Help! My Father is Coming!\" and \"The Visit to Vijay's.\" For this culture lesson, students predict what will happen next in the stories. Students discuss the...\n
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\n\"Tsunami!\n\n
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\nTsunami! Examining Earth's Most Destructive Waves.\n

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\nStudents discover what creates a tsunami  In this earth science lesson, student research using the Internet how tsunami's develop. Students read accounts of first responders to the Sri Lanka tsunami.\n
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\n\"Breaching\n\n
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\nBreaching the Gulf Between Cultures\n

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\nLearners study the dynamics, the challenges, and the rewards of adjusting to a new culture, as illustrated by the author's account of his father's coming to terms with Sri Lankan customs. They reach the enduring understanding, \"It is...\n
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\nEncountering Very Different Ways of Life\n

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\nStudents explore the concept of crossing cultures. They examine how Americans may be viewed by people in another culture and discover that that Peace Corps Volunteers are trained to cross cultures respectfully so that they are accepted...\n
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\nComing to Terms With Cultural Differences\n

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\nYoung scholars discover that it is possible to be challenged and \"culture-shocked\" by the norms of one's own culture when returning home from having been away and living in another culture. They examine and compare the customs of...\n
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\nUsing Effective, Amusing Writing As a Model\n

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\nLearners use the author's writing as a model to achieve vivid description and engaging humor in compositions of their own. They examine the ways a writer can capture and hold a reader's attention and write a short personal narrative...\n
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\n\"Simple\n\n
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\nSimple Texts for Primary Pupils\n

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\nCan literacy get any more fun than this? Learners not only have fun, but gain confidence as well when presented with familiar text in another language. Select books, songs, poems, even recipes written in another language, and using the...\n
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\n\"Teaching\n\n
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\nTeaching Numbers with Primary Pupils\n

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\nOne, two, three. Un, deux, trois. Eins, zwei, drei. Primary learners love to count and this lesson contains a series of games that encourage learners to count in English, French, German, and Spanish. The exercises develop literacy and...\n
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\nMemory Games\n

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\nResearchers say that we need to hear and see new language 12 times before we remember it! Here's a plan that details a series of games that can be used as memory exercises. Bingo, Noughts and Crosses, Pelmanism, and repetitive speaking...\n
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\nMoja Island\n

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\nDid you know that 1.3 billion people live without any form of electricity? Discover an array of possible renewable energy options by taking a trip to Moja Island, an online learning resource that will equip you and your...\n
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\nWhat's the Weather Like? Primary Level\n

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\nElementary schoolers and language learners will shine with a series of games and activities that feature weather words. The exercises can be adapted for pairs, small groups, or whole class participation.\n
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\nPoetry Workshop: Fixed Form Poems\n

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\nEncourage the poetic genius in your young creative writers with a poetry workshop. Fix form poems (cinquains acrostic poems, octopoems, hello/goodbye poems) provide a framework and encourage vocabulary development as well as an awareness...\n
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\nAnalyzing Regional Conflicts Involving Terrorism\n

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\nThis is a week-long lesson on analyzing the similarities and differences between sources of tension and terrorism in eight locations around the world. The class is divided into eight groups and assigned one of the locations to research....\n
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\nWhich Foods Come From Rainforests?\n

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\nA very interesting and colorful presentation on the original sources of food is here for you. Learners discover where foods such as bananas, asparagus, potatoes, and oranges come from. They come from rainforests located all over the world!\n
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