Kids Solving World Problems: USA and Taiwan

Curriki Rating

This resource was reviewed using the Curriki Review rubric and received an overall Curriki Review System rating of 2.00, as of 2008-08-14.

Component Ratings:

• Technical Completeness: 3
• Content Accuracy: 3
• Appropriate Pedagogy: 2

Reviewer Comments:

• This resource has a link to an excellent website that was created to display the results of an international exchange project between elementary school students in the US and Taiwan. The website is a great example of a valuable activity for students to experience as our world becomes more and more interdependent. Although there is no lesson plan with objectives or detailed procedures, the structure of the project and the content included would give a teacher a lot of useful ideas about how to implement this type of project. The web page also includes a link to the contributor’s website which has many other interesting resources.

Terry Smith

October 8, 2008

Thanks for the comments. This resource really requires no lesson plan. The web site lays out all of the steps as well as the planning and criteria for completion. The…

• Type:
  Graphic Organizer/Worksheet, Other
• Description:
  Grade 4 students from Hannibal, MO and Taipei, Taiwan worked in teams to arrive at solutions for 9 identified problems in the world. The web page is an example for other classes to use in creating their own international projects or using this project format.
• Subjects:
  Educational Technology > General
  Language Arts > General
  Mathematics > General
  Social Studies > General
  
• Keywords:
  global projects
• Education Levels:
  • Grade 3
  • Grade 4
  • Grade 5
  • Grade 6
  • Grade 7
  • Grade 8
  • Other
• Language:
  English
• Access Privileges:
  Public - Available to anyone
• License Deed:
  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
• Collections:
  None