In-School Program
In the fall, the One World Program teaches students important research, writing, and presentation skills. One World provides teachers with professional development and they then deliver the program to students.
In the fall, the One World Program teaches students important research, writing, and presentation skills. One World provides teachers with professional development and they then deliver the program to students.
One World provides:
Teachers are also offered:
The curriculum has four levels, each with a specific, age-appropriate theme:
Sample new research topics for each level include: Coronavirus and School Response, Voting By Mail, Drone Warfare, and Racial Equality in Employment.
Stage 1: Student Exemplar Analysis
Students are introduced to the foundation, uses, and vocabulary of the problem-solution approach to argumentative writing through an analysis of a student exemplar.
Stage 2: Research
In this stage, students build background knowledge and reflect on their personal connection to the topic. Then, they draft a claim and practice identifying quality sources and evidence. Finally, students conduct in-depth research to find evidence that will help them make their arguments.
Stage 3: Writing
Students are guided through the process of selecting the best evidence to support their claim, organizing their research into an outline, and transferring their conclusions into a draft of their argumentative essay. They then provide and receive peer feedback and engage in revision toward a final draft.
Stage 4: Presentation
Throughout each stage, students practice public speaking skills to refine their ideas and prepare for a final presentation that can be led in small peer groups, whole classes, or a school-wide celebration.
Academically, One World students get statistically significant gains because they learn skills like how to:
What’s more difficult to quantify but easy to observe is how the program gives students voice, builds knowledge, and draws out students’ innate potential and brilliance.
After students complete their essays in the fall, teachers nominate a select group to participate in our spring afterschool academy. Learn24 is the largest current funder of our afterschool programs.
In the spring, 75 students work in our after-school One World Academy for eight weeks to turn their stellar essays into compelling oral presentations.
Learn MoreThe Academy culminates with the One World Challenge. Students compete for $10,000 in college scholarships and academic prizes at the National Housing Center.
Learn MoreMy students were so proud of their work. As I was printing out their essays, they couldn’t believe they had actually done it. They took their printed essays around with them all day and wanted to show them to their other teachers. I had one student who hadn’t even really written a paragraph before who wrote a three-page argumentative essay.
“We had an early college program visit us and they had our students write an on-the-spot essay. They said we had the best writing they had seen in DC. It was the One World Program. I cannot stop singing your praises because I know it works.”