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Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit's Goal: Philadelphia’S Heritage Is Our Legacy from the Past and Home of Religious Freedom, Tolerance and Democracy This is an interactive pdf! Click links for more info! PHILADELPHIA WORLD HERITAGE TOOL KIT 2 Dear Educator: Welcome to the first edition of the Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit! This document is a product of a joint venture between Global Philadelphia Association, the City of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania’s South Asia Center, Middle East Center and Center for East Asian Studies. The content of this document was created by Greater Philadelphia teachers just like you! The Tool Kit is designed for varied grades and subjects in K-12 as a vehicle and idea-starter for teaching the value of World Heritage to our children. The City of Philadelphia has for the past three years been engaged in a process for Philadelphia to become a World Heritage City. We are hopeful that this will transpire in November 2015 when the Organization of World Heritage Cities meets in Arequipa, Peru. For more information on the World Heritage City initiative and to support these efforts visit http://worldheritagephl.org/ We hope you find value in this collection of ideas and are able to transmit the message of Philadelphia as A World Heritage City to many minds and generations. Sincerely, Sylvie Gallier Howard Deputy Chief of Staff Commerce Department Zabeth Teelucksingh Executive Director Global Philadelphia Association 3 + Re-Imaging Our Heritage…. It is clear that young people in the United past through their own wonderfully States may have access to more creative approaches to a myriad of topics information about the world around and themes across grade level and them, their transnational community, discipline. Essentially, they enable their than any previous generation. Such a students to travel while not really leaving wealth of information does not come with the classroom. Internet use and print an automatically usable way to sources combine to strengthen teachers’ understand all the data that may be opportunities for their students. available. In fact, students (and their The goal of this World Heritage Tool Kit teachers) may actually fear this bulk of is to help educators and their students information, and be less willing to risk develop a transnational analysis in their trying to gain a foothold on all that they classrooms by using complex themes of know is “out there.” world heritage as a framework to Many different types of global education understand global regions across activities now exist. It is teachers however disciplines. These themes include shared that enable their students to study culture architectural, cultural, economic, and life abroad as it occurs now and in the environmental, political, recreational, religious, and social heritage features. 4 + Whose World Is It? For more information visit the Philadelphia Commerce Summer Underscoring this global environment Institute Department. in which our youth are now evolving, website the City of Philadelphia is engaged in Real teachers created these lessons a bid to become the first World and ideas for exploration in the Heritage City in the United States. The World Heritage Tool Kit. The bid is based upon the fact that educators based their work on Independence Hall is a UNESCO “best practices” that reflect student “I learned how to designated World Heritage site and collaboration and the broad goals incorporate global Philly, as a city, is uniquely qualified of young people studying the heritage in other as a metropolis of World Heritage. transnational community in ways subjects, not just This designation will be decided by a that support care and social studies. I now vote of the General Assembly at the understanding of others who may have a better Organization of World Heritage City be very different in background Meeting on November 6th, 2015. This and history. May we all build and understanding of World Heritage Tool Kit is one of treasure a new way of seeing and global heritage and many activities celebrating this embracing the complexities and many different initiative. This effort is led by the connections of living in the world regions from Global Philadelphia Association in we share! partnership with the City of around the world that make me a The World Heritage Tool Kit contains lessons plans on: more confident and knowledgeable 1. World heritage around the world teacher.” 2. Transnationalism Learning about the cities, sites, and cultures abroad 3. Historical "Global" Philadelphia 4. Today's "Global" Philadelphia - Learning more about & from immigrant communities 5 Culminating project The World Heritage Tool Kit is the culminating project of the 2015 Summer Institute, Transnational Experiences: Engaging with World Heritage. The Summer Institute is a weeklong professional development program at the University of Pennsylvania to support educators in Understanding the increasing importance of our world regions in the K-12 classroom and Learning new information and tools to connect Greater Philadelphia classrooms to the world. The Summer Institute has been hosted by Penn’s Brian Daniels, Director of Research & Programs, National Resource Centers since 2005 (South Asia Penn Cultural Heritage Center, “The Impact of Center, Center for East Asian Studies, Middle UNESCO World Heritage Status & Indigenous East Center, & Africa Center). The Global Peoples’ Heritage Rights” Philadelphia Association, a citywide organization promoting international Ali Ali-Dinar, Associate Director, Africa Center, “Lessons consciousness within the region and enhancing from the Past: Africa’s World Heritage” the region’s global profile co-sponsored the 2015 Pushkar Sohoni, South Asian Studies Librarian, Institute. The Global Philadelphia Association is “History of Architectural Practices in India” leading the effort to make Philadelphia a World Heritage City in partnership with the City of Fariha Khan, Associate Director, Asian American Philadelphia’s Commerce Department. Studies Program, “International Philly: Being Involved with Cultural Heritage” Salam Al Kuntar, Visiting Scholar, “Human The Summer Institute helped teachers connect Mobility, Cultural Boundaries, Heritage & Identity Greater Philadelphia, its history and social in the Middle East” climate to global histories and contexts. Thirty educators from the region were selected from Rashmi Kumar, Learning Instructor, Weingarten over 70 applicants. These educators exhibited Learning Resources Center, “Tech Tools for the leadership in their schools and education Global Educator” networks and showed a commitment to global education. The program featured faculty presentations from: The Institute opened with an address from Zabeth Teelucksingh, Executive Director, Global David Brownlee, Professor of History of Art, Philadelphia Association, on World Heritage “History of World Heritage Conservation & the branding and its significance for Philadelphia. ‘Case’ for Philadelphia” 6 + Participants learned that Philadelphia could Anthropology Department, gave a presentation on soon join the list of the 266 World Heritage cities Navajo and Lenape material culture and heritage. such as Istanbul, Kyoto and Cairo. The Institute Fernando Trevino from the Mayor’s Office of introduced educators to the Philadelphia Immigrant & Multicultural Affairs presented about Folklore Project through a workshop with Linda Philly’s new and old immigrants. Greater Deafenbaugh, the organization’s Education Philadelphia has the largest and fastest growing Specialist and Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture immigrant population of any major U.S. metro through a panel discussion with Founder and area, which is now 12% of the total population Executive Director, Hazami Sayed. Both (Brookings Institution). Trevino emphasized the organizations bring global heritage arts and need to support newcomers in their integration culture into schools. process and the important role of teachers and schools. The educators also visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the UPenn Museum where Anastasia Shown, lead organizer of the Summer they heard from museum educators and did Institute, said that this year was one of the best reflective activities in the galleries. Hitomi yet, “The educators really absorbed the material Yoshida, Diversity Programs Manager, and felt honored to be part of such an important highlighted the UPenn Museum’s International moment in Philadelphia’s history. They also Classroom Program. As part of the program, learned that the city has so much to offer in terms Stephanie Mach, a graduate student in Penn’s of global education. 7 8 + The Summer Intitute helped teachers connect Greater Philadelphia, its history and social climate to global histories and contexts. Thirty educators from the region were selected from over 70 applicants. Summer Institute 2015, Transnational Experiences: These educators exhibited Engaging with World Heritage was sponsored by the leadership in their schools and Global Philadelphia Association and the University of education networks and showed Pennsylvania's South Asia Center, Middle East Center, a commitment to global Center for East Asian Studies, Africa Center, American Center for Mongolian Studies, Perry World House, education. Of the selected Penn Museum and Graduate School of Education. participants, 60% teach in Additional support was provided by the public/charter schools, 25% City of Philadelphia Commerce Department and the teach in independent schools Connelly Foundation. and 15% teach in parochial schools. « …this workshop has deepened my Content Editors: own personal knowledge base on world heritage and the various
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