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A classroom as big as the world

It’s the eve of the Iraqi election. And in Aaron Becker’s classroom, preparations are in full swing. Israeli hip-hop music plays in the background as the Islamists and the Royalists put finishing touches on promotional materials, and members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party search for Kurdish hats.

Then the speeches begin. Iraqi National Congress representatives plead for a democratic Iraq, a speech by el-Dawa is peppered with Islamic references, and the Iraqi Democratic Party explains why delaying the election six months would allow all Iraqi citizens to participate.

Here at Evanston Township High School, it’s a surprisingly typical scene.

Ever since the school instituted a global studies requirement in 1988, international history, culture, and foreign policy have infused the curriculum to an unusual degree. Even the after-school program – with Model United Nations, Islamic Awareness, and Japanese Tea Ceremony – has a global flair.

But that global flair makes the Evanston school somewhat of an anomaly in the United States. The scope of most of the nation’s schools remains largely limited to the US – or at least Western civilization.

By Amanda Paulson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Full Story: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0510/p11s02-legn.html?s=hns

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