Global Entrepreneurship Week Toolkit

This toolkit (PDF 481 KB) provides resources for conducting programming for the Global Entrepreneurship Week held in November. The information and resources in this kit come from Global Entrepreneurship Network’s website at www.genglobal.org , as well as from the website of the Office of the American Spaces.

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Global Health Resource Toolkit

Global health covers a range of health-related issues, including disease outbreaks, nutrition, and environmental health. With the recent outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), consider conducting health related programming at your Space in coordination with your U.S. Embassy or Consulate. This Global Health Resource Toolkit (PDF 993 KB) provides links to lesson plans, articles, videos,  and games, as well as the DIY Smithsonian Outbreak exhibit , which can …

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Disabilities Awareness Toolkit

This Disabilities Awareness Toolkit (PDF 637 KB) provides links to videos, teacher guides, and articles to be used in programming to create a greater awareness of issues that persons with disabilities face and how the United States works to ensure they have equal rights.

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Black History Month Toolkit Available

Each February, the United States celebrates African-American History Month, also known as Black History Month. This annual celebration recognizes the achievements by African Americans and their central role in U.S. history. This Resource Toolkit (PDF 774 KB) contains lesson plans, videos, photos, exhibits, articles, and PowerPoint slides to be used at American Spaces to recognize the achievements by African Americans and …

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Resources for World Intellectual Property Day

World Intellectual Property Day is April 26.  This Intellectual Property Toolkit (PDF 188 kb) provides activities, lesson plans, best practices, articles, posters, and videos for programming to create a greater awareness of the issues surrounding intellectual property (IP).

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Presidents Day Resource Toolkit

Presidents’ Day is an official, national holiday that is celebrated on the third Monday of February inmost of the United States. The holiday originated in the 1880s to honor George Washington, the country’s first president. Although originally celebrated on February 22 — George Washington’s Birthday, in 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday bill, which moved …

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Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month in the United States. This toolkit for Women’s History Month contains lesson plans, discussion guides, posters, social media, and movies about the struggle for women’s equality in the United States, as well as, women’s rights globally. Download

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Air Quality Awareness Week Toolkit

The Air Quality Awareness Resource Toolkit (716 KB) provides links to lesson plans, posters, articles, and videos to promote greater awareness around the importance of air quality. It also includes information and links on how to check local air quality conditions.

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Graphics for Cybersecurity Posts

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Americana: The Southwest

This toolkit is from the Americana series of toolkits and features the Southwest. The southwestern United States is a place of amazing geographic and cultural diversity. Geographer and essayist D.W. Meinig said, “The Southwest is a distinct place in the American mind but somewhat blurred on American maps.” Exact geographic borders of what is referred …

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Human Trafficking Awareness

Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons or modern slavery, is a crime in which force, fraud, or coercion is used to compel a person to perform labor, services, or commercial sex. There are nearly 25 million people currently victims of trafficking.  The United States is committed to fighting it because trafficking destabilizes societies, …

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Indigenous Mentorship

On Thursday, December 1st at 12:00 p.m. EST (Washington, DC time), take part in a U.S. Speaker Program Native American Heritage Month discussion to hear indigenous experts address key issues such as access to education, environmental stewardship, economic opportunity, and mentoring the next generation of indigenous leaders. Tune in to submit your questions and participate …

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Climate Change Resource Toolkit

This  toolkit (758KB PDF) provides resources for you to create programs on issues related to climate change. The toolkit includes online courses, teacher resources, lesson plans, articles, videos, and English language learning content. You’ll also find educational films in our Kanopy video library related to this profound challenge.

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Artificial Intelligence Resource Toolkit

Artificial intelligence (AI) is defined as the ability of machines to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence. It is typically understood as an automated system capable of analyzing data and making choices autonomously. The rapid progress in the development of AI technologies has many potential benefits, including the creation of new industries, job opportunities, …

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Media Literacy and Countering Disinformation Resource Toolkit

This Resource Toolkit (PDF 781 KB) is designed for programming at American Spaces to increase participants’ awareness of disinformation and their media literacy skills. The toolkit contains best practices, as well as links to lesson plans, videos, games, fact checking and news sites, and online courses.

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“Beyond the Moon” Photo Exhibition

The “Beyond the Moon” photo exhibition may be used as part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Program that landed a dozen Americans on the moon between July 1969 and December 1972. Many thanks to the Public Affairs Section in Kuala Lumpur and their partner EngageMedia for sharing this fantastic photo …

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Media Literacy Curriculum

With the goal of assisting young readers in becoming savvy consumers and disseminators of fact-based news, the office of the Regional Public Engagement Specialist in the American Center in New Delhi developed  Digital Citizenship 101 (DC101) (PDF 910 kb) , a series of media literacy workshops. Based on educational content available through the highly acclaimed  Newseum  in Washington, DC., the workshop series opens with …

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