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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By American Spaces | 28 February, 2023 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Alumni Engagement, Audience, Business and Entrepreneurship, College and University, Commemoration, Economics, Emerging Voices, Entrepreneurship, Pillars of American Spaces, Professional Development, Programming Type, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategy, Toolkits, Week
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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By American Spaces | 7 February, 2023 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Audience, Civil Rights, Civil Society, Civil Society, College and University, Commemoration, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, High School, Human Rights, Month, Pillars of American Spaces, Press & Media, Programming, Programming Type, Skills Building, Social, Strategy, Toolkits, U.S. Policy and Values
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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By American Spaces | 5 February, 2023 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Audience, Civil Rights, College and University, Commemoration, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, High School, Human Rights, Information about the United States, Month, Press & Media, Programming, Programming Type, Resources, Strategy, Toolkits, U.S. Culture, U.S. Policy and Values
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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By American Spaces | 10 January, 2023 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Alumni Engagement, Business and Entrepreneurship, College and University, Commemoration, Day, Economics, Emerging Voices, Entrepreneurship, Established Opinion Leaders, Pillars of American Spaces, Programming Type, Resources, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategic Goals, Strategy, Toolkits, Trade | Tags: IPR
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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By American Spaces | 9 January, 2023 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Alumni Engagement, College and University, Commemoration, Cross Cultural Understanding, Day, Emerging Voices, High School, Information about the United States, Pillars of American Spaces, Programming Type, Social, Strategy, Toolkits, U.S. Culture, U.S. History, U.S. Holiday
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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By American Spaces | 20 December, 2022 | Topics: Adult, Climate, College and University, Emerging Voices, Environment, Established Opinion Leaders, Press & Media, Programming, Resources, Strategic Goals, Toolkits, Week | Tags: air quality, environment, toolkits
By alamms | 19 December, 2022 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Audience, College and University, Commemoration, Countering Mis and Disinformation, Cybersecurity, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, Graphics, High School, Information about the United States, Month, Pillars of American Spaces, Programming Type, Science and Technology, Security, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategy | Tags: cybersecurity, disinformation, graphics, media literacy, misinformation, month, propaganda
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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By alamms | 18 December, 2022 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Alumni Engagement, Americana, Audience, College and University, Cross Cultural Understanding, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, High School, Information about the United States, Pillars of American Spaces, Programming Type, Social, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategy, Toolkits, U.S. Culture | Tags: programming, Southwest, toolkit
National Security Strategy: Ensuring Food Security, “Shaping the Rules of the Road” – Technology, Biotechnology, Promoting Global Economic Growth and Trade, Building Skills Farmcraft® 2023 is an educational program that uses the popular Minecraft Education platform to enhance the understanding of the challenges faced by agricultural producers and distributors around the world. American Spaces and Embassy …
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By American Spaces | 6 December, 2022 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Attract STEM Talent, Audience, Competitions, Cyberspace, Emerging Voices, English Language and Learning, Food, Grammar School (Middle School), High School, Marketing, Pillars of American Spaces, Primary (Elementary), Professional Development, Programming Type, Science and Technology, Security, Skills Building, Strategy, Technology
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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By American Spaces | 29 November, 2022 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Audience, College and University, Combatting Transnational Organized Crime, Commemoration, Day, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, High School, Human Rights, Month, Pillars of American Spaces, Press & Media, Programming Type, Security, Social, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategy, Toolkits
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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By American Spaces | 24 March, 2021 | Topics: Adult, Climate, College and University, Emerging Voices, Environment, Established Opinion Leaders, Pillars of American Spaces, Press & Media, Programming, Programming Type, Resources, Security, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategic Goals, Strategy, Toolkits | Tags: adult, climate, 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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By American Spaces | 2 November, 2020 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Alumni Engagement, Attract STEM Talent, Audience, College and University, Cyberspace, Emerging Voices, High School, Pillars of American Spaces, Professional Development, Programming, Programming Type, Science and Technology, Skills Building, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategic Goals, Strategy, Toolkits
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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By American Spaces | 22 January, 2020 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Audience, College and University, Countering Mis and Disinformation, Cyberspace, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, High School, Information about the United States, Pillars of American Spaces, Press & Media, Programming Type, Resources, Security, Strategy, Toolkits
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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By alamms | 24 June, 2019 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Attract STEM Talent, Audience, College and University, Commemoration, Day, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, Grammar School (Middle School), Graphics, High School, Pillars of American Spaces, Press & Media, Programming, Programming Type, Science and Technology, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategy, Technology
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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By American Spaces | 15 March, 2018 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Audience, College and University, Countering Mis and Disinformation, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, High School, Marketing, Outreach, Press & Media, Programming, Resources, Security, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategy
