Level 4

Intermediate Low+, Mid-: Level Four


Suggested Curriculum Themes


  • Here's what we need

EQ: How can I solve everyday problems?
Solving problems for myself and helping others solve theirs: asking for and getting help in situations like at a doctor's office, repair on a car, buying (batteries/cell phone), scheduling and rescheduling appointments, handling unexpected turns in conversation

  • The story of my stuff

EQ: How do my economic choices help or hurt cultures and economies?
Merchandise and jobs, global economy, trades, transport, globalization of goods, sustainable practices, labor exploitation

  • War is ugly

EQ: How does understanding significant historical conflicts help me understand the people around me?
The conflicts that have shaped the target culture countries, heroes, villains, outcomes
Narration, connectors, paragraph form

  • Help is beautiful

EQ: How are people using their considerable talents to change their communities and mine?
Art, music, famous people, philanthropy, education

  • Everyone is beautiful

EQ: How can we celebrate our similarities and differences in ways that foster understanding, peace, and prosperity?
The peoples of the target culture countries: ethnicities, similarities, differences, protection of indigenous peoples, cultural preservation, sustainable tourism

Sample Curriculum Maps

Click on a bullet point "My map" and change the words to some identifying information - "John Smith's HS Level 1 Spanish." Highlight part or all of your text.
If you want to link to a new page: click the link icon above. Click the box that says "new window" and click "Add Link." Save. Click your link and you will go to a page that says your page doesn't exist and you can click EDIT to begin adding information.
If you want to link to a Google Doc: make sure your Google Doc is shared by clicking (in the document) SHARE and ANYONE WITH THE LINK CAN VIEW. Copy the share link. In this page, click the link icon above. Click "Web Address" on the left. Paste the address of the Google Doc. Click "Add Link."