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Permalink Reply by Sushmita Hodges on July 22, 2009 at 6:58pm

Hello Kader ,

We had communicated a while back about a collaboration on a BRIICS project for Spring 2010. I am a world history teacher at SPA in St. Paul Minnesota. Check out my preliminary wiki for the project and let me know your thoughts.
http://briicsclassroom.wikispaces.com/

Thanks,

Sushmita

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Permalink Reply by Kader Adjout on July 27, 2009 at 9:29am

Hello,

I would be gad to collaborate with you.
I will be teaching a World history class for 11th grade in the Spring of 2010.
We start from 1945 and go until the present.
We are very flexible and would like to work on a project with you.
Let me know.

Thank you.

Kader Adjout

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Permalink Reply by Sushmita Hodges on August 10, 2009 at 10:24pm

Hello Kader,

I am glad to learn of your interest in the BRIICS curriculum. Please let me know your email address so that I can invite you to join the ning which I have created for the curriculum.

By the way where is your school located? I am in St. Paul Minnesota. I am looking for schools from BRIICS countries as well to participate in the project.

Thanks,

Sushmita

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Permalink Reply by Kader Adjout on August 10, 2009 at 11:35pm

Hello,

My email is:
kadjout@bcdschool.org

Beaver Country Day School is in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
I look forward to working with you.
All the best,

Kader Adjout

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Korenak on August 11, 2009 at 11:13am

Hi,
I took a quick look at the curriculum framework for the history department and it looks really interesting, especially the world films and Obama administration electives. I thought maybe there would be an international relations elective, but it seems the 11th grade history course contains many of these elements! Maybe in the modern controversies class you could add in some international relations connections - - does the UN really work, how do you resolve the paradox between national vs. international interest, etc. My organization, World Savvy, offers an online current events resource for teachers and students that might be of interest for some classes: http://worldsavvy.org/monitor/.

Good luck!
Kelly Korenak

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Permalink Reply by Kader Adjout on August 11, 2009 at 2:43pm

Thank you for your feedback.
It is very helpful.
We are already members of world savvy, it is a great website.
Most of the international relations and UN questions are dealt with in 10th and 11th grades.
We want to prepare students for good discussions in the electives.
Thank you again.

Kader Adjout

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Korenak on August 11, 2009 at 3:31pm

You're welcome - and congrats to the department for spending the time to align these courses, and implement international themes across the curriculum - and it's great that you are laying the groundwork for the kids to be prepared to discuss these issues... Are there attempts to incorporate global issues across the curriculum at your school too - or just in the history department?
Good luck with the start of the new school year!
Kelly

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Permalink Reply by Kader Adjout on September 5, 2009 at 8:09pm

Hello,

I could not answer earlier sorry about this.
We are trying to work on global issues in or department, the other departments are following, but they need us to show the example.
We are trying to connect our classrooms with other classrooms around the world, so these connections should help other departments get on board.
All the best,

Kader Adjout

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Korenak on September 8, 2009 at 11:17am

Great job - - I'm glad the other departments will have your good lead to follow!

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Permalink Reply by Sushmita Hodges on September 2, 2009 at 5:26pm

Hello Kader,

Here is the link to my BRIICS classroom ning. I would love for you to join the ning so that you can post ideas for the curriculum.
http://bricclassroom.ning.com/

Thanks for your interest.

Sushmita Hodges

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Permalink Reply by Kader Adjout on September 5, 2009 at 8:15pm

That's it.
I look forward to some collaboration.
Thank you.

Kader Adjout

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Permalink Reply by Katherine Bolman on December 3, 2009 at 3:40pm

You do have a rich curriculum! I wonder if you can use the work I am doing. ahaafoundation.org is a course in the history of art and architecture around the world. It is under construction and open to collaboration. I am on Skype. Let me know if the site might work as a resource for your students.

Is Beaver Country Day in Pennsylvania?

Katherine Bolman, PhD
kbolmanahaa@gmail.com

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