Asia Pacific Collage
In Asia Pacific Collage students use photographs to show how international trade influences their lives and can be seen in what friends and families produce; what they eat, consume, or use; how they play or work; and how they interact with each other as well as the environment around them.
These photos, as seen through the eyes of elementary school students, tell the story of globalization’s influence on how people play, live, and stay in touch in this part of Indonesian Borneo.
Young people in this modern-day village just outside New York City connect with the world in their daily routines–reading, making music, doing craft, practicing physical arts and sports, and (everyone’s favorite) eating!
One young student is off to a start earning his own money by submitting articles to the newspaper. Meanwhile, his entrepreneurial classmates take to the city streets to get inspiration for their own future enterprises that will introduce Chinese culture to the world.
Students use maps, Lego blocks, and grocery store goods to understand the mechanisms of international trade, and how it carves a direct trail to their lunchbox.
The English Language Development (ELD) program at Los Amigos High School comprises of students who are recent immigrants to the United States, and ELD helps these students develop their speaking, writing, and comprehension skills with a goal of bringing learners to mainstream literacy more quickly. These students chose to do the Asia Pacific Collage project because they wanted to be exposed to international issues of free trade, global and environmental awareness at their language skills level.
Students at this Islamic boarding school show how globalization is reflected in the workplace, in stores, on the streets, and even at weddings in this Indonesian town.
This pictorial shows how a Mid-western town is part of a global matrix of trade, both in what it consumes and produces.
These third and fourth graders share photo essays that examine how international trade, currency exchange, tourism, and daily consumption connect them to the world.
These students discover that the origins of the products and services in their lives–from shoes to fruit and even services as basic as mail delivery–link them to lands and people faraway from their little corner of the United States.
Twin strands of tradition and innovation are side by side at the temple and in the market, as well as in the hands of the young and the elderly. Technology and internationial trade influence the scene on the streets and even the skyline of this provincial capital of Nakhon Sawan.
These fifth graders share their favorite things–Hello Kitty, Disney-themed toys, imported chocolates, and Coca Cola–and recall their memorable shopping experiences.
Students at this elementary school located in Oahu’s Palolo Valley showcase the myriad ways that they are tapping the natural island bounty–the rainwater, sun, fruits, and trees–to increase sustainability and keep Hawai‘i beautiful.
Teams of students spotlight various aspects international connections–from the food they eat, the places they travel to, and the businesses in their community–that link their port city to other parts of the world.
Slip into the shoes of these elementary students and take a walk through their day. See the foods they eat, how they spend their days, and what makes them, their families, and their communities special.
Elementary students from this Chinese coastal city gather their images showing work and leisure as well as traditional and modern marketplaces in different provinces to show how past is linked to the present, and communities in China are connected to each other, and to the world.
As the largest exporter of produce worldwide, San Joaquim Valley is California’s breadbasket of the world. It is also a place where people of diverse cultures and ethnicities have settled, and the students at Manchester Gates showcase their diversity as well as the ins and outs of international trade in their community.