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Introduction ........................................................................ 2 National Geographic Explorers and Global Citizens .............. 4 Active Participants and Cross-Curricular Topics ................... 6 Make a Digital Impact and Learning Materials ...................... 8 Meet the Explorers ............................................................. 10 Scope and Sequences ......................................................... 12 Level 1 Unit 3 Sample Unit .................................................. 20 Level 2 Unit 3 Sample Unit ..................................................38 Level 3 Unit 3 Sample Unit ..................................................54 Level 4 Unit 1 Sample Unit ................................................. 70 Impact helps teenage learners to better understand themselves, each other, and the world they live in. By encouraging self-expression, global citizenship, and active participation, Impact motivates students to explore who they are and who they want to be, all while learning English! • National Geographic Explorers are featured as role models who embody the 21st century skills and values teenagers need to become successful global citizens • Cross-curricular topics engage learners with stimulating information about the world, better preparing them for future academic success • Student choice activities and projects present learners with options for language practice, allowing teens to become active participants in the learning process National Geographic Explorers are featured throughout Impact as role models who embody the 21st century skills and values teenage learners need to become successful global citizens. National Geographic Explorers Learn new words. Listen and repeat. TR: 16 Work in pairs. Have you ever helped anyone in need? What did you do? Would you use social media to help people you've never met? Why or why not? 2 3 We want to help each other in times of crisis. This idea is nothing new. For centuries, our ancestors have worked together to help one another whenever a crisis struck their village. This collaboration brought their communities together. Over time, these communities have expanded to become a "global village" of over 7 billion people. When we hear about a massive earthquake or typhoon hitting another part of the world, we still want to help—but how? Crisis mapper Patrick Meier has found a way you can help—without even leaving your home. Meier has created a network of "digital humanitarians" who produce crisis maps that measure the scale of a disaster, and provide the most up- to-date information for what is needed on the ground. They do it through crowdsourcing, or transmitting information using online resources and social media. People in the affected area upload messages and photos that show evidence of disasters immediately after they occur. These updates generate an enormous amount of data, which is sorted by digital humanitarians, and then posted to the crisis map. People working online and on the ground process the information, and use it to understand the big picture. Rescuers use these updates to monitor the levels of destruction and coordinate relief for difficult situations. So now when disaster strikes, help can come from anywhere on Earth. How can we help people we don't know? Why would we want to? Discuss. Then listen and read. TR: 15 1 Patrick Meier analyzes data to help with relief efforts during a storm. 27 26 OWI_3_SE_62968_024-041_U02_CP.indd 26-27 3/1/16 6:04 PM 2 Click on the audio and video icons throughout the Sampler to hear and watch the corresponding video content.

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