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Panwapa Movie Play-Along

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The Panwapa Movie Play-Along offers an opportunity for your student to view short films (about 3-4 minutes each) about real kids and their experiences in different parts of the world. The topics of the films focus on access to different resources, including safe water, food, and education. In watching these films, viewers are exposed to the idea that kids from around the world have the same basic needs, but live in different economic conditions. Hosted by Bill the Bug, this interactive activity allows your student to play along and find moments in each film that highlight something special about the Panwapa Kid's experience.

Following each short film is a series of questions that you can use to stimulate a discussion with your students.

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Themed Units

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What are these activities? The Panwapa Themed Units is a set of four units, each of which focuses on a different aspect of global citizenship. Each Themed Unit contains approximately 10 lesson plans that can be completed in a four week time period, depending on the frequency with which the lessons are presented. Each Themed Unit also comes with an assessment tool that should be administered prior to the first lesson and again after the completion of the unit. Informal assessments are listed throughout the lesson plans in order to give teachers an opportunity to verify mastery and check for understanding.

The Themed Units are designed for use in a formal kindergarten, first- or second-year class. While they are intended to support National Social Studies Standards, the general curricular areas draw broadly from social studies, mathematics, language arts, science, and health. While these lessons are most effective when they integrate numerous components of the online Panwapa world, they are designed to be adaptable to settings with a wide range of Internet connectivity and access to technology. In most cases, print alternatives are provided for computer-based and online activities. Please note that outreach kits, each of which includes a copy of Panwapa Magazine and a Panwapa DVD, are available through select Panwapa partnerships for educators with inconsistent Internet access.

Who should use these activities? The lessons are designed for classroom educators in kindergarten, first-, and second-grade.

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This resource is part of the Themed Units collection.

Panwapa Community Citizenry Project Collection

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Global citizenship begins with a connection to local community. For kids, investigating and connecting with their communities is the first step in engaging with the larger world.

The Community Citizenry Project activities are designed to familiarize children with their own communities: instilling a sense of pride in what their communities have accomplished, and a sense of potential about what their communities can become. The curriculum integrates Panwapa online activities into a series of projects that result in the creation of a Community Citizenry Project. Ideally, at the end of the project, the completed project will be displayed in an appropriate place in the community.

The last page of this curriculum contains a reproducible Panwapa Diplomat Certificate that can be given to kids once they have completed these lessons. The certificate is meant to both celebrate what the group has accomplished, and to provide a visual reminder of the group’s continuing commitment to global citizenship and involvement in Panwapa World.

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Panwapa's Video Collection

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Panwapa begins with our characters—featuring Azibo, the monster, Tungar the Tiger and many more—and their stories about how they learn to build a community on Panwapa Island. In this section, there are four stories (each approximately 8 minutes long), all designed to introduce and model skills needed for global citizenship. Following each story are a series of questions that you can use to stimulate a discussion with your students. This is a great way to introduce the imaginative world of Panwapa (go to www.panwapa.com for more Panwapa resources) designed to inspire and empower young children to become responsible global citizens.

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