Pennies for Peace

Getting Started & Implementation Guide

The Getting Started & Implementation Guide introduces you to Pennies for Peace and provides you with helpful implementation steps, tools, and resources.

Getting Started & Implementation Guide Contents:
Getting Started & Implementation Steps
Implementation Tools, Power of a Penny
Letters to Congress Templates
Letter to Parents Template
Press Release Template
Pennies for Peace Fact Sheets: Pakistan Fact Sheet
Pennies for Peace Fact Sheets: Afghanistan Fact Sheet
Pennies for Peace Fact Sheets: Girls Education Fact Sheet
Glossary
Pennies for Peace Book and Movie Reference List
Acknowledgements

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K-4 Curriculum Resource Guide

The curriculum is guided by the themes Myself & Others (K-2) and Similarities & Differences (3-4), is designed to stimulate critical thinking in K-4 students, and is tied to national social studies, literacy, and mathematics standards.

K-4 Contents:
Pennies for Peace Curriculum Resource Guide
Targeted Content Standards (Social Studies, Language Arts, Mathematics)
Performance Assessment, Rubric
Introduction to Lessons

Lesson 1: Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea (Literature-based Language Arts Lesson)
Lesson 2: Where We Live (Social Studies Lesson on Geography)
Lesson 3: Who We Are (Social Studies Lesson on Cultural Diversity)
Lesson 4: 100 Pennies Math (Math Lesson)
Lesson 5: Kind and Caring Citizens (Civics Lessons)

Fact Sheets: People of the Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan, Afghanistan

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4-8 Curriculum Resource Guide

The curriculum is guided by the theme Cause & Effect, is designed to stimulate critical thinking in 4-8 students, and is tied to national social studies, literacy, and mathematics standards.

4-8 Contents:
Pennies for Peace Curriculum Resource Guide
Targeted Content Standards (Social Studies, Language Arts, Mathematics)
Performance Assessment, Rubric
Introduction to Lessons

Lesson 1: Three Cups of Tea (Language Arts Lesson)
Lesson 2: The Geography Effect – Pakistan and Afghanistan (Geography-based Social Studies Lesson)
Lesson 3: The Cultural Effect (Social Studies Lesson on Our Own Cultures and the Cultures of Central Asia)
Lesson 4: Effective Global Citizens (Civics Lesson with Focus on Afghanistan & Pakistan)

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9-12 Curriculum Resource Guide

The curriculum is guided by the theme Choices and Consequences, is designed to stimulate critical thinking in 9-12 students, and is tied to national social studies, literacy, and mathematics standards.

9-12 Contents:
Pennies for Peace Curriculum Resource Guide
Targeted Content Standards (Social Studies, Language Arts, Mathematics)
Performance Assessment, Rubric
Introduction to Lessons

Lesson 1: Three Cups of Tea (Language Arts Lesson)
Lesson 2: Afghanistan/Pakistan/United States (Social Studies Lesson – Geo/Eco/Political Analysis)
Lesson 3: Civic Responsibility (Civics Lesson)

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