Are you ready for #IEW2015? Here are activities for you to do each day of the week!

1. 2015
INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION WEEK
Incorporate one
activity into your
classroom per day.
ACTIVITIES FOR THE CLASSROOM
Follow the
suggested schedule
or switch it up!
Share your activities
using #IEW2015 and
tweet at @vifglobaled.

2. Does your classroom have a global look and feel? You may have already created
one or more of the following cultural spaces somewhere in your classroom:
• A culture corner.
• An area devoted to a particular country or continent.
• A current events display.
• An area for cultural artifacts, books from around the world and all things global.
Monday November 16, 2015
Our challenge to you as you begin IEW is to:
• Create a space like this if you don’t already have one.
• Think of ways to add to your current cultural area if you already have one.
• Share a photo of your space/display on the VIF Learning Center (viflearn.com).

3. Today’s challenge? Investigate culture! Ask your students to think about and
share responses to the following questions:
• What is culture?
• What does it mean to be an American? Canadian? Colombian? Australian?
(Students may insert their own nationalities here.)
Tuesday November 17, 2015
After a class brainstorm and discussion, have your students express their thoughts
in one of the following ways:
• Create Wordle word clouds using words and phrases that they feel
describe culture.
• Create collages of images and words from magazines and newspapers that they
feel describe and represent culture.
• Draw a colorful posters that represent their interpretations of culture.

4. Bring the world to your classroom by inviting in special guests from other countries (whether in
person or via technology) to read stories, share cultural experiences or give presentations about
where they are from, places they have lived or places where they have traveled.
Wednesday November 18, 2015
Colleague (local or abroad).
Parent of a student in your class or school.
Member of your local community.
Friend or family member who lives outside of the United States.
Connection from the learning center. Remember that you can post requests for
teacher-to-teacher and classroom-to-classroom partnerships via the
Classroom Partnerships section of the learning center. Partner up and share cultural
stories or country introductions with each other over Skype or Facetime.
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5. Thursday November 19, 2015
We know that you are doing great things in the classroom… but does
the world?
Today’s challenge is to create a class website or a blog (or add an entry
to one that you already have) that highlights the global activity taking
place with you and your students. Get online, allow your tech-savvy
students to hone their skills and share their learning with the rest of
your school, their parents, your local community and the world!

6. Friday November 20, 2015
What do your students think about global education? Have them
complete one of the sentence starters below:
• I love being a global learner because…
• Learning about the world is important because…
• In my global classroom, I have learned….
Get involved yourself by completing the teacher sentence starter!
• I love being a global educator because….
OPTION 1: Sentence Starters

7. Friday November 20, 2015 cont.
Organize an after-school potluck where the staff at your school can
taste dishes from around the world.
• Announce the date and time by sending an online invitation or email
to your colleagues. Evite or Paperless Post have free and easy to create
invitation options!
• Ask staff members to bring foods from their home countries, foods
that are traditional for their families, or their favorite ethnic dish.
• Enjoy your taste testing experience!
OPTION 2: International Taste Test

8. 2015
INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION WEEK
Visit www.viflearn.com for more global
activities and resources!