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PHILADELPHIA WORLD HERITAGE TOOL KIT Tips for using the PDF version of the Tool Kit View Settings In Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat, for best viewing have the following settings selected: View > Page Display > Two-Page Scrolling View > Page Display > Show Cover Page in Two-Page View Links Text throughout this file is clickable! Any underlined text is a clickable hyperlink that leads to a web page: Click “Allow” if given the prompt to when trying to connect to the internet site: ii Bookmarks You can open the bookmarks list by clicking on the bookmark icon on the left-hand side of the screen. The entries in the Table of Contents are linked to the listed sections in the rest of the file. Click on one to be taken to the first page of that section or navigate to the section through the bookmarks list: To return to the Table of Contents at any time, click on “Table of Conents” in the bookmarks list. The Table of Conents bookmark is bolded so that it can be found quickly: iii iv Dear Educator: Welcome to the second edition of the Philadelphia World Heritage Toolkit! As of November 2015, Philadelphia is officially a World Heritage City joining the ranks of cities such as Shanghai, Amsterdam, and Istanbul. The content of this document is an exciting journey through the history, culture, and people that continually create and reinvent our city. 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. This document was created by teachers, like you, who desire to educate youth on Philadelphia’s heritage as well as underrepresented world regions. The Tool Kit 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. We hope this collection of ideas inspire, within our future ambassadors, a deeper sense of civic pride and global citizenship. For more information on the World Heritage City Project and to support these efforts visit http://worldheritagephl.org/ Sincerely, Sylvie Gallier Howard Zabeth Teelucksingh Chief of Staff Executive Director Commerce Department Global Philadelphia Association Table of Contents About the Tool Kit 5 A Journey to Freedom via America’s Birthplace (An Intricate Connection Among Conductors, Credits 7 Passengers, and Stations) 93 Lesson Plans by Grade Level Teaching Ratios with Global Currencies 97 Roman Artifact Geometry 99 Elementary School Level (K–5) Philadelphia Then & Now as a Place of World High School Level (9–12) Heritage 11 Rights Across the World 103 My House 15 Yo, What Else Youse Got? The Case for Making Learning about Culture through the Study of Philadelphia a True World Heritage City 105 Artifacts 17 Creating a Historical Context for United Building a Native American (Leni-Lenape) States’ Emergence as a World Power 107 Shelter 21 A Global and Historical Context for the U.S. Exploring World Heritage Locally & Globally: Prison System 109 Philadelphia, Nigeria, India, and Haiti 23 A Bill of Rights For Women in Afghanistan 113 Stereotypes of Africa 29 From Ideas to Realities: Enlightenment Philadelphia Meets the World 33 Influences in Philadelphia 115 Rice Celebration 41 Philadelphia: A City of Neighborhoods 119 Prison Systems—Then & Now 125 Middle School Level (6–8) Flags of the Nations Literature Project 129 What Makes a World Heritage City? Connecting Philadelphia with Mexico, and other Countries Many View Points: Object-based Learning for in Central America and the Caribbean 47 the Global Classroom 137 “Itsukushima”: Exploring Transient Cultural Heritage 63 Additional Resources Just Rice and Soy Sauce? Teaching about World Region Resources Developed by Summer Institute Educators 147 Chinese Culture through Food 67 Web Resources 147 Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness 77 Local Organizations and Museums 151 Philadelphia: The Journey to Freedom 81 Starting “Global Ed” in your School 154 Hear My Voice 85 Understanding the Meaning of World World Heritage Across the Curriculum 154 Heritage and How it Relates to Philadelphia 87 The American Civil War’s Impact on the United States and the World 89 Table of Contents (continued) Lesson Plans by Secondary Subject English/Language Arts Philadelphia Then & Now as a Place of World Heritage 11 Exploring World Heritage Locally & Globally: Philadelphia, Nigeria, India, and Haiti 23 Philadelphia Meets the World 33 Rice Celebration 41 What Makes a World Heritage City? Connecting Philadelphia with Mexico, and other Countries in Central America and the Caribbean 47 Hear My Voice 85 Prison Systems—Then & Now 125 Flags of the Nations Literature Project 129 STEM (Science, Technology, Economics, Mathematics) Building a Native American (Leni-Lenape) Shelter 21 Understanding the Meaning of World Heritage and How it Relates to Philadelphia 87 Teaching Ratios with Global Currencies 97 Roman Artifact Geometry 99 A Global and Historical Context for the U.S. Prison System 109 Re-Imaging Our Heritage....Whose World Is It? It is clear that young people in the United States may have access to more information about the world around them, their transnational community, than any previous generation. Such a wealth of information does not come with an automatically usable way to understand all the data that may be available. In fact, students (and their teachers) may actually fear this bulk of information, and be less willing to risk trying to gain a foothold on all that they know is “out there.” Many different types of global education activities now exist, however, it is teachers that enable their students to study culture and life abroad as it occurs now and in the past through their own wonderfully creative approaches to a myriad of topics and themes across grade level and discipline. Essentially, they enable their students to travel while not really leaving the classroom. Internet use and print sources combine to strengthen teachers’ opportunities for their students. The goal of the Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit is to help educators and their students develop a transnational analysis in their classrooms by using complex themes of world heritage as a framework to understand global regions across disciplines. These themes include shared architectural, cultural, economic, environmental, political, recreational, religious, and social heritage features. The Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit contains lessons plans on: ▪ World heritage around the world: Transnationalism/Learning about the cities, sites, & cultures abroad ▪ Historical “Global” Philadelphia ▪ Today’s “Global” Philadelphia: Learning more about & from immigrant communities Real teachers created these lessons and ideas for exploration in the World Heritage Tool Kit. The educators based their work on “best practices” that reflect student collaboration and the broad goals of young people studying the transnational community in ways that support care and understanding of others who may be very different in background and history. May we all build and treasure a new way of seeing and embracing the complexities and connections of living in the world we share! Underscoring this global environment in which our youth are now evolving, the City of Philadelphia was engaged in a bid to become the first World Heritage City in the United States. The bid was based upon the fact that Independence Hall is a UNESCO designated World Heritage site and Philly, as a city, is uniquely qualified as a metropolis of World Heritage. Through a vote by the General Assembly at the 2015 Organization of World Heritage Cities Meeting on November 6th, Philadelphia was designated the first World Heritage City in the United States. This World Heritage Tool Kit is one of many activities celebrating this initiative. This effort is led by the Global Philadelphia Association in partnership with the City of Philadelphia Commerce Department. 5 Culminating Project, The Summer Institute The Philadelphia 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 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. These educators exhibited leadership in their schools and education networks and showed a commitment to global education. The program featured presentations from University of Pennsylvania faculty: ▪ “History of World Heritage Conservation & the ‘Case’ for Philadelphia” David Brownlee, Professor of History of Art ▪ “The Impact of UNESCO World Heritage Status & Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage Rights” Brian Daniels, Director of Research & Programs, Penn Cultural Heritage Center ▪ “Lessons from the Past: Africa’s World Heritage” Ali Ali-Dinar, Associate Director, Africa Center ▪ “History of Architectural Practices in India” Pushkar Sohoni, South Asian Studies Librarian ▪ “International Philly: Being Involved with Cultural Heritage” Fariha Khan, Associate Director, Asian American Studies Program ▪ “Human Mobility, Cultural Boundaries, Heritage & Identity in the Middle East” Salam
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