Inspiring Stories is a four skills global issues text for advanced level students. Each chapter describes, with pictures and words, the true life activities of individuals working for peace and justice. Topics include microfinance (started by Dr. Mohammed Yunus) and Zero Landmines (about Chris Moon’s heroic efforts to ban landmines). A sequence of scaffolded activities gives students the chance to deeply learn the narratives. Readings give students the chance to deeply understand the topic. Other activities include Country Watch, News Sharing, Thinking Deeper, and a short authentic told by or about the chapter’s featured person. To order, contact RIC Publications.
1. Butterfly narrative.........................Country Watch: Greece.....................Butterfly listening
2. Chipko Tree Huggers narrative.....Country Watch: Morocco
3. Microfinance narrative.................Country Watch: Mexico
4. Giving Away Gardens ..................Country Watch Venezuela
5. student narratives
6. Female Genital Mutilation ..........Country Watch: Malaysia
7. Bubbles not bombs......................Country Watch: Kazakhstan
8. Peace Pilgrim...............................Country Watch: Fiji
9. Bikes not bombs..........................Country Watch: Mozambique
11. Zero Landmines..........................Country Watch: Argentina
12. The Prison Project.......................Country Watch: Syria
13. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador...Country Watch: Bangladesh
14. The Hugging Saint ......................Country Watch: The Czech Republic
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