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International PULSE: Jordan

Dates: Forthcoming
Times: Forthcoming
Grades: 7-8, 9-12
Themes: Religion & Culture, Global Geopolitics
Cost (includes 2 videoconferences): Forthcoming
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In an age of increasing global interdependence, the rift between the East and West has become increasingly apparent and, as such, increasingly necessary to address. To discuss this divide and get to know one another on a personal basis, young people from Jordan and North America will participate in a series of videoconferences on their cultures, political views, and commonalities.

In this special videoconferencing series, American students will learn about Jordanian young people while Jordanian youth develop a greater awareness of what it means to be a teenager in the U.S. These young “diplomats” will engage in dialogue about topics ranging from Islam and the West to the global water shortage throughout two months of conferencing. Working together, students will explore solutions to the problems they face as citizens of the same world.

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The Jordan program is aligned with these national standards:

Civics and Government Standards

• Topic IV: What is the relationship of the United States to other nations and to world affairs?

Geography Standards
Human Systems

• Standard 9: The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth’s surface.
• Standard 10: The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics.
• Standard 11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface.
• Standard 13: How forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth’s surface.

Environment and Society

• Standard 14: How human actions modify the physical environment.
• Standard 15: How physical systems affect human systems.
• Standard 16: The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.

Social Studies Standards

• Strand III: People, Places, and Environments
• Strand IV: Individual Development and Identity
• Strand V: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
• Strand VI: Power, Authority, and Governance
• Strand IX: Global Connections
• Strand X: Civic Ideals and Practices

World History Standards

• Era 3: Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE
• Era 6: The Emergence of the First Global Age, 1450-1770
• Era 7: An Age of Revolutions, 1750-1914
• Era 8: A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement, 1900-1945
• Era 9: The 20th Century Since 1945: Promises & Paradoxes

What to expect from The PULSE

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