Global Studies at San Jose Episcopal Day School

The global studies program at San Jose Episcopal Day School is grounded in the belief that children must be global citizens at a young age. The objective of this program is to introduce our students to a new country each year, graduating with a working knowledge of seven “global” countries after the 6th grade. There are three components to the Global Studies Program.

1. Travel:
   SJEDS sends two to three faculty members to the “focus” country to gather artifacts and data to bring back to the classrooms.
2. Connections:
1. Students connect with the traveling faculty through José the Bear and his adventures.
2. Students connect with the culture through our websites blog and podcast, videos, e-pals and special guests .
3. Students connect with the curriculum through integrated lessons and an interdisciplinary unit.
3. Interdisciplinary Instruction:
   Interdisciplinary units are designed to teach conceptual and procedural information such as perception, parts-to whole, sequencing or diversity. The intent is to bring all the subjects together under one concept to show the connectedness among the disciplines. Units follow the Heidi Hayes Jacobs method for interdisciplinary curriculum