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Peace Corps: Culture Matters Workbook

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth and thoughtful look at culture and the role it plays in our lives. Site includes lessons and handouts, articles about how non-Americans view Americans, what it's like to be from a different culture, the roots of American culture...
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Peace Corps: Fighting Soil Erosion

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Educate students about soil erosion with this thorough lesson plan which focuses on the geography of Guinea.
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Peace Corps: Where Life Is Too Short

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson enhances students' understanding of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa and the rest of the world.
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Peace Corps: Day to Day Life in a Small African Village

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Give students an opportunity to discover several aspects of day-to-day life in Tanzania through this lesson plan.
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Peace Corps: Do You Really Know What Wealth Is?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity young scholars can embrace the struggles of poverty stricken native Malians and appreciate the role of music in their culture.
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Peace Corps: Nomadic Life Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Read a poem depicting two women of two different cultures and explore as a class how these two views of a situation can vary in this lesson.
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Peace Corps: Soneka's Village

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Through this lesson plan students can examine features of the Maasai culture and compare it with their own.
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Peace Corps: This Is Tanzania

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will learn about the history of volcanoes and wildlife in Tanzania in this lesson plan.
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Peace Corps: Bolivia, When Success Is Truly Sweet

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. The energy and motivation of Bolivians towards caring for their environment and wanting to improve their economy is detailed here with a popular fruit crop.
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Peace Corps: Lesson Plan: Recognizing How Another Culture Differs From One's Own

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After experiencing time in Guinea, a Peace Corps volunteer shares the cultural differences of punctuality and concepts of time in this lesson plan.