The materials
presented on this web-site mainly represent the work of Joe and Sayuri Adams
over the last twelve years (1995-2010) while working together and raising a
family in Isawa-cho, Japan and Dahlonega, Georgia, USA. Since graduating in
1995, from
the
The materials on Worldclass.net for kids ages
14-and-up, stem from teaching
experiences since 1999 at North Georgia College and State University (Chinese
and World History), Gainesville College (American and World History), the
University of Georgia (2001 AP World History workshop), Oglethorpe High School
2000-2001 (World History, English Composition, and World Geography), and Walton
High School 2001-2002 (where Joe piloted a two year pre-AP and AP World History program for
ninth and tenth graders). Between 2003 and 2008, Joe was a national exam reader for
the College Board on the annual AP World History test. He and Sayuri currently teach Japanese language and culture on Wednesday nights and World History on Thursday nights at the International Appalachian Academy at 390 Tom Bell Odom Rd, Dahlonega, GA.
Katuah Construction
and Revival Gardens Organic Produce sponsor the web-site and its
programs. World Class Learning Alliance is the umbrella
organization for all of these projects, programs, and related groups that
provide, or have provided, assistance and materials to make it possible in the
USA and Japan. Our goal has been and continues to enrich our studies at the
local level with relevant global perspectives. While the
local schools are the appropriate channel to conduct some studies and exchange
projects, extra-curricular programs are also essential to bringing more global
perspectives within reach.
Alliance Links with explanations:
Joseph Adams' curriculum vitae
Revival
Gardens Organic Produce (our family farm and sponsor of chemical and
biological sampling, gardening and culinary events)
Lumpkin Coalition (co-collaborator
on annual river clean-ups in Lumpkin County, Georgia)
The G.L.O.B.E. (Global Learning and Observations
to Benefit the Environment) Program (World Class Learning is a registered
GLOBE school using GLOBE Protocals to submit data on our invertebrate studies
done on sites along the Etowah River.)
Georgia Adopt-a-Stream
certifying agency of the State of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources
providing training in biological and chemical sampling of sites "adopted" by
groups monitoring steams and rivers in the
Rivers Alive (main organizer
and sponsor for the annual river clean-up World Class Learning Alliance, Revival
Gardens, and the International Academy has been participating in since 2002
JET Program (20 years in operation,
bringing over 5000 graduates of universities of English-speaking countries into
primary, junior high, and high schools)
GLOBE Japan (in Japanese)
(with schools in over 130 countries participating, this framework provides super
support for data collection and exchange projects, and if you can't use
Japanese, you can access the schools through the globe.gov site too.
Article on
Japan's Kodomo Eco-Club (in English)
Kodomo Eco-Club (in Japanese)
(sponsored by Japan's Department of the Environment, this program for primary
school students, both in schools and private, is unique in that it promotes
ecological observation and actions to improve the local environment)
Published Research in Japan
「みんなの誕生パーティー：AETとのティームティーチングによる小学校における国際理解教育の改善」山梨大学教育学部教育実践研究指導センター研究紀要 教育実践学研究 第４号.1998.7.pp.71-83