Global Competency Resources

The Center for Global Education offers a wealth of resources to educators, including those who teach Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Chinese, to build capacity and transform their learning environments.

Featured Educator Resources

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Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Students to Engage the World, 2nd Edition

Preparing students to participate fully in today's and tomorrow's world demands that we nurture their global competence, and this book shows teachers how to do just that.
Global Competence Outcomes and Rubrics

Download global leadership performance outcomes and rubrics with benchmarks from kindergarten through 12th grade.
Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World, 1st Edition

Read the book that introduced the definition of global competence, Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World.
The Four Domains of Global Competence

What are the four components of global competence, and how can they act as a guide for structuring curriculum, instruction, and assessment? Come learn how this Framework can guide student learning both within and across disciplines.

Educator Resources

Reza Shah. Photographer unknown.

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Iran in the 20th Century

A short history of 20th century Iran, including the Iran-Iraq war and the political climate that spilled into the 21st century.

A map of Southeast Asia

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Introduction to Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is a geographically diverse region with equally diverse lifestyles and traditions throughout human history.

Student of an English school in Rajasthan, India. (since1969/flickr)

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Indian Society and Ways of Living

Indian society is multifaceted to an extent perhaps unknown in any world culture, but cultural themes do exist.

Aerial view of the Ganges delta region. Image: Google Earth.

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India: A Geographic Sketch

A geographic sketch of India and a brief description of human migration and trade patterns in the subcontinent.

The Indian and Pakistani flags

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India-Pakistan Relations: A 50-Year History

The turbulent decades between independence to present time.

Praying with lanterns (lets.book/Flickr)

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Historical and Modern Religions of Korea

An overview of Korea's mainstream religions, from Shamanism to Christianity.

The DMZ border. (Dennis Kruyt/flickr)

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The Geography of the Koreas

A geographic exploration of North and South Korea, including its location, climate, production, and how Korea perceives herself.

Vajra Pestle and Buddhist Scripture in SiChuan, China (Poorfish/Flickr)

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Excerpts from Religious Texts

Comparisons of the great texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confuciansm, Christianity, Daoism, Islam, Judaism, and Shinto.

Japanese picture scrolls

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Emakimono

A short history and idea for a student educational activity.

(Christopher Soltis/flickr)

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Early Iranian History

An early history of what is today Iran.

Monks at Angkor Wat (Beggs/Flickr)

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Diversity and Unity

A look at ethnicity, gender, family, religious beliefs, food, and fashion in Islamic Southeast Asia.

A Daoist statue in Beijing, China. (ulrichsson/flickr)

Daoism

Daoism has folk roots in China but was popularized by the Laozi in the 5th century BCE.

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