Traveling Classroom:
Global Village Project
Overarching Goal
Participants will leave with
empathy and a deeper
understanding for the difficulties
surrounding hunger and poverty
and how we can change
lives….both locally and abroad
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6
Grade Global Education
All 6th grade students will participate in:
 Full class novel study “A Long Walk to Water” by
Linda Sue Park
 General research project on children’s rights around
the world.
Global Villagers
(selected participants)
In order to prepare in the traveling classroom
experience global villagers will participate
in:
 Small group mini-meetings
 Deeper research/discussion on economics,
housing, culture and Heifer International
 Dialogue on cultural norms and values
 Ambassador work of experience
The Global Gateway
May 20 & 21
Participants will be immersed in:
 Daily struggles of people in poverty
 Limited resources for cooking and eating
 Activities in global education & instruction of your
“cultural life” on this trip
 Primitive Housing
Primitive Housing
 Zambian Hut
 Thai Stilt House
 Peruvian Mud Hut
 Urban Slums (2)
 Appalachian House
 Refugee Camps
 Mongolian Yurt (potentially)
A Night in the Global
Village
 Howell Global Village
Application Process
Students will need to:
 Complete the application with program fee
 General Information
 Reflective short answer
 Middle School Essay on global citizenship and
ambassador responsibilities
 Submit your application to your SS teacher by
February 4th!
 Selected participants notified on February 15th. 
Overarching Goal
Participants will leave with
empathy and a deeper
understanding for the difficulties
surrounding hunger and poverty
and how we can change
lives….both locally and abroad
Parent Meeting
If you are interested, write down this date!
Mandatory Parent Meeting
January 16, 2013
7:15pm
Media Center
Curriculum Connections
BPS Key Concept Map
 Human Environment Interaction
 Distribution of Resources
 Globalization
 Southwest and Central Asia
 Human Adaptations
WHY???
 Students are introduced to the realities of global
inequalities, hunger, and scarcity.
 This simulation provokes life-altering and hopefully sustainable change in one’s thinking and the
expectations students set for themselves as global
citizens.
 These are not lectures; they are simulation
experiences that highlights characteristics of a
global perspective such as social justice and the
importance of sustainable development.
What is the Global
Village???
The Global Village project is a partnership between Heifer
International, an organization whose mission is to end hunger and
poverty and care for the earth, and Howell Conference and Nature
Center.
The Heifer Global Village Challenge program will give our students an
unforgettable walk in the shoes of another person’s reality.
In this powerful simulation, our students will take a “journey” to
villages far removed from their everyday life. They will experience
the daily struggles people in poverty face daily. Students are given
very little to eat, and they must build a fire to cook their meal. At
night, students will sleep in simple housing, such as an African mud
hut.
Fast Facts:
Who:
When:
Up to 50 students from Derby and Berkshire
May 20th (depart at 9:00 A.M.) and
May 21st (return by 2:30 P.M.)
Where: Howell Conference and Nature Center
Cost:
$75.00 per student
How:
Application Process
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Century Framework