World Wise Window
World Wise Schools' monthly e-newsletter, the World Wise Window, highlights educational materials based on the Peace Corps Volunteer experience. Sign up now!
Hot Off the Press: Spotlight on Music
Peace Corps Volunteers interact with music in amazing and inspirational ways, sometimes engaging in their host countries’ musical traditions, sometimes sharing their own musical talents, and always forging powerful links with the people they serve.
Watch a suite of videos highlighting the musical talents of volunteer Dave Fossum, who worked to master the two-stringed dutar during his service in Turkmenistan. Hear how Peace Corps Volunteer Louise Pascale served Afghanistan by returning traditional songs to its children. Read about Peace Corps Volunteer Amy Patanasinth's efforts in organizing a song competition in Togo to educate about HIV/AIDS.
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The World Wise Window focuses on a new topic each month, bringing educators stories with lesson plans from post-Tsunami Sri Lanka and Jordan to China and New Orleans. The Window examines global issues and cross-cultural understanding through folk tales, videos, slide shows, photos, and Volunteer-written narratives that come from a Peace Corps Volunteer's unique perspective on daily life in countries around the world.
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Past Issues of the Window
- Nov: Spotlight on International Education
- Oct: Spotlight on Business Development
- Sept: Spotlight on Global Issues
2007-2008
- June: Spotlight on Avoiding Mistakes When You Travel
- Apr: Spotlight on Learning Other Languages & Earth Day
- Mar: Spotlight on Peace Corps Week and World Water Day
- Feb: Spotlight on Community Service and Service Learning
- Dec: Spotlight on Holidays
- Nov: Spotlight on Change in Culture
- Oct: Spotlight on Adjusting in Another Culture
- Sept: Spotlight on Friends in Faraway Places
2006-2007
- May: Spotlight on Peace Corps Memoirs
- April: Spotlight on Foreign Languages
- March: Spotlight on Island Life
- February: Spotlight on World Thinking Day & Jordan
- January: Spotlight on Service Learning
- December: Spotlight on HIV/AIDS
- November: Spotlight on Educational Technology
- October: Spotlight on China
- September: Spotlight on Disaster Relief