04 Preparing Students for A Global Economy
Today’s students will grow up to work in a global economy. All young people deserve to prepare by participating in international education. Through the Young Historians Program US-UK, students study the identical curriculum with age mates in another country. They are assigned a penpal through whom they learn about everyday life overseas. The academic work of the Young Historians Program educates them about the past while a ff ording them diverse perspectives on it and experiences of it. In the process, students become more sophisticated historians, readers, writers and thinkers. They learn to debate and discuss historical events. They use a range of technologies to research, analyze, present and delve into the past. The world beyond their borders becomes at once much more familiar and accessible.
A student from the Bronx USA and a student from Cheshire UK analyze a document together in the gardens of the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden.
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