Peace Corps Week:
A Development Education Opportunity
Peace
Corps Week, on the first week
in March, commemorates Peace Corps' anniversary. Special events on that week
include classroom visits by thousands of returned Peace Corps Volunteers in
schools across the country, sharing their experiences and insights with students
in all grades.
Each year on Peace Corps week,
thousands of returned Volunteers mobilize to share with our nation's students
the knowledge and insight they gained from their overseas experience. But
Peace Corps week is only the beginning ...many educators and returned Peace
Corps Volunteers establish educational partnerships that continue throughout
the year. Peace Corps week 2007 is February 26 - March 4. Register Now for Peace Corps Week 2007. Each respondent will receive a free Peace Corps Week presentation kit, which
includes souvenirs for the audience, a poster, and other materials to help
returned Volunteers prepare for and promote the day.
For more information
contact: Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street, N.W. , 2nd floor, Washington, DC 20526. If you have any questions, please contact them at pcweek@peacecorps.gov, or call (800) 424-8580, press 2 then extension 1961.
Peace Corps Kid's World on Morocco
WorldWise Schools> Water in Africa> Morocco
(excellent stories and photos)
WorldWise Schools> Folktales> Tislet & Isli By Jennifer Fry, Morocco
WorldWise Schools> Stories> Neighbors
by Orin Hargraves, Morocco
Peace Corps country page on Morocco
Embassy of the US in Morocco: Peace Corps in Morocco
Global
TeachNet is a project of the National
Peace Corps Association.The "Third Goal" of the Peace Corps is to bring
a global perspective back to the United States. The National Peace Corps Association
(NPCA) - the network of alumni, family and friends of the Peace Corps - launched
Global TeachNet to directly implement that global perspective in U.S. classrooms.
The objective of Global TeachNet is to promote students' knowledge of, understanding
of and respect for the people, cultures and nations of the world. Global
TeachNet News
ON-LINE
CULTURAL TRAINING RESOURCE FOR STUDY ABROAD. This resource guide for study
abroad is organized around materials collected and developed over 30 years
of offering cross-cultural training courses at the University of the Pacific,
specifically the linked orientation and reentry courses of the School of International
Studies (SIS). The site also includes materials adapted from the “Culture
Matters” Peace Corps Workbook.
Read about Sharing Our Stories by
Beth Giebus (RPCV Morocco)
PeaceMatch is part of a cooperative agreement between the Peace Corps
and the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA). PeaceMatch makes it easier
for RPCVs to find speaking opportunities - and for teachers to identify RPCVs
who wish to visit their classrooms. Both educators and RPCVs can search the
database by zip code for a match in their areas. Share your Peace Corps experiences
with students and teachers in your community by registering and visiting http://www.peacematch.org/
Here are some ways RPCVs can serve as a resource in a classroom:
** Educators teaching world civilization courses can call upon returned Volunteers
who have served in non-Western cultures.
** Many returned Volunteer speakers have videotapes, photographic slides or
prints, and artifacts that will provide your students with an eyewitness account
of the cultural, social, and political conditions in many parts of the world.
** Language teachers can find returned Volunteers who will make presentations
in the languages that they teach, such as Spanish, French, Russian, and Chinese.
Bridges
Between Cultures:
A
video by Dan Cahill
Dan
Cahill (Kenitra 68-70) filmed video during the Moroccan-American Friendship
Tour in November 2001. It includes interviews and reflections of the RPCVs
and RPCV family members who were on the tour as well as Moroccans encountered.
Dan is a filmmaker and does video production at New York University.
The
Friends of Morocco Moroccan-American Friendship Tour of November 2001 had
several goals. In the Aftermath
of the terrorist attack of September 11 and the US reaction, tourism worldwide
plummeted including American tourism to Morocco. It is sill down 50% from historical levels. The tour was an
opportunity for FOM members to get to Morocco to remind people that Morocco
is a friend of America and the diversity of the Arab world and Islam, to help
re-start the tourism economy, to return to their work sites and to bring that
message back home to the U.S.
If you would like to tell
the Morocco story, there are a number of resources that will help you.
They include:
The Friends of Morocco Links
The NPCA Handbook
for RPCV Speakers
The Peace Corps presentation
planner
Teaching about Islam and Muslims lists
publications available and web sites
AWAIR Arab
World and Islamic Resources and School Services
Looking
At Ourselves and Others. This Peace Corps teacher guide contains
lesson plans, activities and readings to introduce students to the concept
of culture.
World Wise
Schools Handbook for Educators and Volunteers
K - 12 Educational Resources
from the Middle East Network Information Center
"Moroccan
Culture Series" written by Casablanca resident, Laura K. Lawless
The
Children of Morocco (The Worlds Children) by Jules M. Hermes Reading
level: Ages 9-12 Paperback (March 1995) Carolrhoda Books; Gr. 3-6. After
an introductory map section, Hermes tells the story of many different Moroccan
children--nomadic Berbers, village dwellers, and city children from Casablanca,
Rabat, and Tangier. Some of the children are living with families; others
are on their own in cities. Children's contributions to the economy are explained
in some detail, and Hermes supplies a respectful treatment of Islamic culture.
The color photographs are well chosen, presenting a combination of individual
portraits and pictures of the children's surrounding world.
Volunteer Activity pages
Learn how Aimee Petras and Sarah Shaffer are making an Earth Day difference in the women and children's lives in the communities in which they serve.
The life of a Peace Corps Morocco agriculture
volunteer: Cheryl Zainfeld
A day in the life of a Peace Corps Morocco Parks,
Wildlife and Environmental Education volunteer: Christian Fowkes
in Tazekka National Park
A Day in the life of a Peace Corps Morocco
agriculture volunteer: Jennifer Gillett
Volunteer Spotlight: Tom Benson
Agriculture Sector
The following are reminders about
life in Morocco from Peace Corps Day 1998 preparation
Country
information
Hello
Celebrations
School
life
Food
Weather
Proverbs
