Teaching

Kelsey's Top 5 Resources for Globalizing Math Classrooms:

1. Our World in Data - The easiest place to start a conversation about global issues (and local) is with statistics. Often, I find a graph from this website that I can use as a warm up to get the students thinking, thinking about how graph and numbers can be skewed, and what information the particular graph I have chosen is trying to convey. 

2. Global Days - Another easy way to start globalizing your classroom is to bring awareness to other celebrations. These celebrations do not have to revolve around religion at all. In fact, there are numerous days in the year that celebrate things such as, clean energy, education, women and girls in science, bees, tuna, public service, and so much more! 

3. Real World Math with Google Earth Maps - Here is a house of lessons that you can modify to fit your classroom and your students' needs. While there have been some updates to Google Earth Maps, there is still a desktop app students can use depending on the technology that is employed in your district or school. 

4. Global Math Stories - Choose a country. Choose a story. Use the questions provided to create a lesson or derive your own from the information that is presented! It's a great way to expose students to topics and items they might not know about otherwise! 

5. Citizen Math: Real World Math Problems - Another website full of lessons that you can filter by grade level, content, or topic. On this website there are topics ranging from the cost of a toy in a happy meal to factors of homelessness. With this site, you have the ability to use and modify lessons a necessary. Be aware, to access all lessons you will need to create an account.