Coverdell World Wise Schools - Peace Corps
Coverdell World Wise Schools
Enrich K–12 students with the dynamic cross-cultural classroom materials, literature, videos, lessons, ideas, and services provided free by the World Wise Schools program. Download brochure
Program Overview
If you are a teacher, you have a treasure trove of resources available to you through the Coverdell World Wise Schools program of the Peace Corps. There's the Correspondence Match program that puts you and your class in touch with a currently serving Peace Corps Volunteer. There are innumerable lessons about cultures and countries worldwide. You'll find free cross-cultural publications, award-winning videos, stories, folk tales, classroom speakers, and more. The program is designed to broaden perspectives in culture and geography and to encourage service.
Bring dozens of Peace Corps Volunteer stories, letters, and folk tales with standards-based lessons to your class. Also discover ways to involve students in service learning.
Lesson Plans & Stories
Browse or search our many lesson plans to translate firsthand experiences of Peace Corps Volunteers into cultural, geographical, and language arts lessons for your students.
Multimedia
Find rich educational videos, slide shows, posters, and podcasts.
Service Learning
Help students make a difference in your school and your community through projects focused on service learning.
Enrichment Projects
Supplement lesson plans with Water in Africa, an inquiry-based unit on water issues in Africa, based on Peace Corps Volunteer field experiences and photographs.
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