Today was a quieter day, but no less important to the future success of this exchange program. We had a chance to sleep in a bit, and then spent from 10 am-4 pm working on our lesson plans for the coming year. After a full week of working and learning together, we have become wonderful friends and colleagues. All five US-SA pairs worked hard to determine the content and structure of our shared work. We have been discussing potential challenges we may face, including time zone differences and technology issues. Shomane and I will be pairing our 10th grade classes. We plan to spend some time introducing our students and allowing them to share their lives and respective cultures. We would like to collaborate on a lesson on globalization in a cross-cultural perspective. Lastly, we want to connect our content: Shomane's students will study a variety of South African tribal kingdoms and analyze using GSPRITE: Geography, Social, Political, Religious, Intellectual, Technology, and Economic. My students will be analyzing early river civilizations throughout the world, such as ancient Egypt and China. The goal of the exchange is to develop and promote the 10 Core Competencies for Global Education. After a full day of work, I wandered around our neighborhood, did a little gift shopping for friends and family back home, and then we enjoyed a delicious and rather uproarious dinner at
Pappas, an excellent Mediterranean restaurant.
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| Shomane and Sara, creating a shared lesson plan. |
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| Love these two: Julie from Wilson and Dani from Pretoria School for Girls. |
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| All five teacher pairs, plus Amanda and Hali from the World Affairs Council and Benale and Troy (curriculum specialists) |
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| On the street where we live....DaVinci hotel, a five-star hotel in the very modern Johannesburg |
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| Key Mandela quotations outside our hotel |
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| The end of another day |
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