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Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools

Speakers Match - Invite a returned Peace Corps Volunteer to your classroom

Correspondence Match - Link your classroom with a Peace Corps Volunteer

Lesson Plans - Engage students in rich standards based activities

Stories - Enjoy compelling accounts from Peace Corps Volunteers

Water in Africa - Study the issues from firsthand reports

Audio Stories - Listen to Peace Corps Volunteer tell their own stories

Educational Game - Teacher resources for Peace Corps Challenge

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Educators: Teachers, home-schoolers, service-learning providers—find rich educational opportunities and cross-cultural lessons, stories, activities, videos, and much more.

Correspondence Match: Connect with Peace Corps Volunteers overseas! World Wise Schools matches up Peace Corps Volunteers in the field with U.S. classroom teachers.

Speakers Match: Invite a speaker to your classroom. Speakers Match helps to connect returned Peace Corps Volunteers with those who want to hear about Peace Corps experiences.

Peace Corps Community: Packing your bags? Already in-country? Home again? Discover how best to share your experience with others.

Stories: Enjoy compelling accounts from Peace Corps Volunteers. Use the search options to find a story that meets your classroom needs.

Lesson Plans: 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.

Slide shows: Peace Corps Volunteers talk about their experience through their own photographs and narrative. Learn about protecting Philippine reefs, soil erosion in Guinea, or the effects of the Tsunami in Sri Lanka.

Videos: Who would have thought you could harvest water from fog? Learn how Peace Corps Volunteers use innovative techniques to solve issues faced by communities, as well as daily life in Peace Corps countries.

Podcasts: Subscribe and listen to stories, interviews, and folk tales written and read by Peace Corps Volunteers who served around the world.

Language Lessons: Enhance your world language study with authentic resources such as language lessons, translations, and an interactive Kenyan sign language feature.

Publications: Peruse a variety of publications for activities and lessons based on Peace Corps Volunteers' cross-cultural experiences.

Service Learning: Help students make a difference in their local and global communities through projects focused on service learning.

Enewsletter: Stay up-to-date with our monthly enewsletter. World Wise Window highlights educational materials based on the Peace Corps Volunteer experience.

Educational Game: Explore information about challenges faced in the virtual community of Wanzuzu; then go directly to a specific challenge and take the role as a Peace Corps Volunteer to work with the community members.

WebQuests: Engage in problem-solving modules focused on global issues that today's Peace Corps Volunteers are addressing in the field.

Water in Africa: Water is deeply connected to all aspects of life in African countries. Explore that connection through this collection of Peace Corps Volunteers’ stories and photographs, with accompanying lesson plans and classroom activities.

Working With Communities: Explore the world through the experiences of Peace Corps Volunteers. At each stop on this interactive map, students can learn about critical global issues affecting that region, as well as how Volunteers assist local communities in addressing those challenges.

Recipes: Embracing new, local foods with a host family or other friends is one of the first steps that Peace Corps Volunteers take toward becoming part of their overseas communities. Enjoy recipes submitted by Peace Corps Volunteers and staff from all corners of the globe.

Culture Matters: Learn why culture is important and what it means to be culturally sensitive from this handbook for Peace Corps Volunteers entering service.

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