While I was in my course, I encountered many e-resources from organizations working all over the country and
world. We also have many resources in our own community of Los Angeles which we can use to adapt to our goals as global educators.
Local Community Resource List: The following list is designed
to help teachers at Beverly Hills High School as they attempt to globalize
their teaching. We are lucky to live in Los Angeles where there are so many
multicultural and global organizations to help us deepen our students’
understanding of the world at large.
Organization
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Description of Services
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Contact Info
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CA World History Project
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The California International Studies Project
(CISP) conducts a statewide project, the Contemporary World History Project
(CWHP), to prepare high school World History teachers for leadership roles in
engaging their students in the complexity, excitement and intrigue of history
and world politics. CWHP is particularly interested in involving
classrooms with a high proportion of English learners or at-risk
students. While the content is rigorous enough to challenge college
students, the program's group work strategies and focus on content literacy
successfully engage students who normally tend to have little interest in
World History or commitment to school. It is this type of student who
consistently makes the greatest gains. What is particularly remarkable is that
in other states, this program's prototype is only offered to honors and
college students.
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The Museum of Tolerance
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The Museum of Tolerance (MOT) is the educational arm of
the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an internationally renowned Jewish human rights
organization. The only museum of its kind in the world, the MOT is
dedicated to challenging visitors to understand the Holocaust in both historic
and contemporary contexts and confront all forms of prejudice and
discrimination in our world today.
Visitors become witnesses to history
and explore the dynamics of bigotry and discrimination that are still
embedded in society today. Through interactive exhibits, special events, and
customized programs for youths and adults, the Museum engages visitors’
hearts and minds, while challenging them to assume personal responsibility
for positive change.
This local institution offers such a motivational mix
of historical discovery and personal empowerment.
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Youth Education: 310.772.2547
youthed@museumoftolerance.com
Tools For Tolerance® For Teens
310.772.7614
edprograms@museumoftolerance.com
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Public Matters
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Public Matters is an interdisciplinary, social
enterprise for artists, media professionals and educators. They design and
implement innovative programs that build social, creative, and civic capital
in communities. Services include
Public Art Installations, New Media, Education, Teacher Training and
Leadership Development.
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Public Matters
1439 Elevado Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
323.953.0691
info@publicmattersgroup.com www.publicmattersgroup.com
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Facing History and Ourselves
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A worldwide organization that enables transformative
dialogue, fosters empathy and reflection, and improves students’ academic
performance. Through rigorous investigation of the events that led to the
Holocaust and other recent examples of genocide and mass violence, students
in a Facing History class learn to choose knowledge over misinformation,
compassion over prejudice or bullying, and participation over indifference or
resignation. It’s active—rather than passive—learning.
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https://www.facinghistory.org/contact
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FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising)
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FIDM provides classroom projects as a supplement to
high school curricula to enhance the learning process. Activities have been
created to demonstrate the connection between what is being taught in their
high school classes and how that information is used in industry today. The
objective of these projects is to provide students with an entertaining,
“real life” way of understanding and thinking. Students will be challenged to
think innovatively by learning to use different learning methods such as
research and debate.
The projects call for teamwork, which creates an
environment that promotes and fosters personal growth.
Each activity consists of an objective and project
guidelines. Activity areas include
Language Arts, Foreign Language, Art and Business.
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Just for Educators
c/o FIDM
800 South Hope Street
Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: 818.990.2241
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The Getty Museum
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A variety of educational resources available for
teachers and students including lesson plans tied to the Common Core.
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General inquiries: museumeducation@getty.edu
Questions about K–12 teacher programs: teacherprograms@getty.edu
(310) 440-7158
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Education Consortium for Central LA
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Some of the best field trip opportunities that Los
Angeles has to offer. Many museums and organizations provide subsidized
admission and/or bus scholarships to Title I schools in LA. They’ve provided everything teachers need
to get started planning field trips with handy drop down menus.
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http://eccla.org/teacherresources-blog/fieldtrips/
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art Education Programs.
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LACMA has developed curriculum materials. The creation
of the curriculum reflects the museum's desire to provide teachers with
resources to enhance their visual arts instruction. All the curriculum
materials are based on works of art in LACMA's permanent collection and were
developed in alignment with California State Content Standards.
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Education Department 323 857-6512 educate@lacma.org
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Cal Arts Cultural Resources List
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A comprehensive list of cultural activities for Los
Angeles students with links to locations around the city.
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http://calarts.edu/campus/los-angeles-cultural-resources
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