Language Arts/Writing

1. Using the steps within the writing process
2. Writing for different audiences and purposes: to inform, to express personal ideas, to persuade
3. Writing in different forms including informative essays, posters, postcards
4. Comparing and contrasting ideas from several sources
5. Researching local folklore, fables, legends, tales, surroundings
6. Conducting interviews
7. Writing an invitation
8. Links to Jordan's English curriculum

Math

1. Calculating basic mathematical operations
2. Classifying information into categories and using Venn diagrams
3. Comparing different currencies and prices in different countries
4. Sample detail curriculum connections with life-skill links

Social Studies

1. Learning about recreational activities and sports in other countries
2. Describing holidays, festivals and local customs
3. Collecting regional recipes
4. Using maps to locate countries
5. Researching local and national heroes
6. Learning about historical events locally and globally
7. Links to Jordan's social studies curriculum

Science

1. Discussing environmental issues
2. Applying information for problem solving
3. Links to Jordan's science curriculum

Technology

1. Practising the use of a word processor
2. Accessing and utilizing E-mail
3. Locating a web site
4. Making a web site
5. Participating in IRC and/or KidSpace Chat sessions

Other Languages

1. Engaging in conversation with students in languages other than the native tongue
2. Practising grammar and syntax in a real world situation
3. Increasing vocabulary
4. Creating dictionaries of words and phrases in other languages
5. Writing an invitation in a foreign language
6. Links to Jordan's English curriculum

Art and Drama

1. Making a collage or bulletin board display
2. Using paints, crayons, chalk, ink, water color
3. Making posters
4. Public Speaking
5. Justifying and defending their opinions
6. Expressing ideas in a real time situation using IRC and KidSpace
7. Communicating results of research
8. Learning about music in other countries

Library Science

1. Searching for information using printed and electronic media
2. Evaluating reliability of information
3. Gathering ideas from human sources - peers around the world and grown ups in their own area

Health Education

1. Dealing with interpersonal relationships, accepting students from different cultures
2. Exploring multicultural recipes

Physical Education

1. Learning about and playing multicultural games

Domestic Science

1. Collecting recipes for dishes special to your country
2. Preparing dishes from recipes from your area and/or other areas/countries

Life Skills

1. Self-awareness; understanding own needs & desires; increasing self-esteem and self-responsibility.

2. Make informed choices (decision making skills; goal setting.)

3. Critical thinking

4. Dialogue to understand

5. Negotiations (Learn to convince)

6. Empathy (developing positive social skills.)

7. Reflection (thinking back on beliefs or motives)

8. Praxis (a cycle for taking action: making informed choices, taking action based on choices, reflective thinking about the effectiveness of choices).

9. More...

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