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This number of children from immigrant families were followed in the 10 year study discussed in the article.
9 children
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This is defined as the movement of people, media, language, and goods across nation-states over time.
Transnationalism
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Name the 7-year-old biracial Korean American girl showed her global awareness by drawing a map where she confuses "French" and "France"
Liz
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True or False. Adam referenced differences between the Chinese calendar and the calendar used in the United States, explaining, “They do not have time [like we do] like Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays.”
False, Adam referenced differences between the Moroccan calendar and the calendar used in the United States
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A boy from a Moroccan Muslim family developed a critical cosmopolitan stance and wore a shirt to school. Tell us the phrase that was on his shirt.
“Pray for Syria”
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This term describes the often-unnoticed skills and understandings that children in immigrant families bring to classrooms.
Funds of knowledge
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True or False: Transitional Texts are limited to movies and logos.
False, they can assume many forms such as photos, drawings, videos, logos, and live communication.
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China
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This contributed to Adam's growing transitional awareness
Textual practices, alongside his interactions with Muslims from around the world at the local mosque, his exposure to international newspapers, and his viewing of online videos, contributed to a growing transnational awareness.
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This type of school event, hosted at Adam’s mosque, raised money and support for Syrian children.
A fundraiser
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This is the main “awareness of people and places around the world” that the authors argue many children in immigrant families develop.
Global awareness
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Name the kinds of media the children in the article immersed themselves in
International newspapers and magazines; Korean dramas; Mexican telenovelas; music and cartoons from their home countries; international soccer broadcasts; and Disney movies translated into their home languages.
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Name the scientific concept James referenced when he described how the continents were connected.
Plate Tectonics
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Name the interests and Issues that interested Adam
Politics and Issues Related to International Social Justice
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This kind of cosmopolitanism, as defined by Hawkins, involves not only awareness but also civic action and social engagement.
Critical cosmopolitanism
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This term is defined as a “welcoming of differences” and a “fundamental orientation to the stranger.”
Cosmopolitanism
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The name of the social media site the Asian Families used similar to Facebook
Renren
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Name what in Maya's drawing let the researchers know that she understood that Mexico is very hot
Maya used a thermometer to convey her understanding of Mexico, explaining, “It’s really hot.”
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This type of calendar, paired with the Gregorian calendar in the Limbu home, tracked religious holidays and fasting times.
A Nepalese calendar.
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This is one key responsibility the authors say teachers have: to recognize and build on students’ transnational funds of knowledge to nurture cosmopolitan stances.
Teachers must learn about, honor, and build on students’ transnational funds of knowledge to help all students develop cosmopolitan stances.
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The name of the region in which the 9 children and their families lived.
The Northern Midwestern United States
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This platform was used among the families of our students so that they may be able to communicate directly with their loved ones across borders.
Skype
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Transitional awareness serves as a foundation for this stance
Emergent cosmopolitan stance
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True or False :
Whereas maps and climate differences point to geographic knowledge of the world, it was the only transnational understanding that occurred.
False, Whereas maps and climate differences point to geographic knowledge of the world, other children revealed transnational understandings of time.
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Children in immigrant families may develop this, which helps them recognize different ways of being, acting, and understanding the world.
transnational sensitivities
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