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GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE CLASSROOM
Global Citizenship in the Classroom is an education program that inspires teachers to bring critical world issues into their classrooms. At the heart of the program is an effective set of learning resources for teachers and students consisting of a Teacher's Toolkit and four 60-minute teacher-training workshops. This strategy is supported by War Child Canada's groundbreaking 2006 Youth Opinion Poll (in cooperation with Environics Research Group), where youth from across Canada were interviewed on their interest in and opinions on global issues. 90% of Canadian youth between the ages of 15 and 24 said they are interested in what is happening in the world today and believe they can make a positive contribution to the world. More important, 75% of Canadian youth cited teachers as an important source of information on global issues.
A. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP TEACHER TRAINING FACILITATOR’S GUIDE
This Facilitator’s Guide enables teachers, school administrators, teacher-training institutions and community leaders to take the lead in teaching others about global citizenship and social justice issues. Workshop participants will be equipped with a scheme of new ideas and activities for the global classroom. The components of the Facilitator’s Guide include four 60-minute workshops entitled 1) Global Issues – An International Framework, 2) Sustainable Development for Sustainable Change, 3) Media Education – A Window on the World, and 4) Engaging Youth as Active Global Citizens.
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2. WORKSHOP 1: GLOBAL ISSUES – AN INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK
Participants will explore their knowledge of international organizations, international agreements and Canada’s role in the world. Participants will further investigate case studies on critical world issues such as human rights, sustainable development, peacekeeping and international aid.
3. WORKSHOP 2: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
Participants will explore the concepts of sustainable development, partnerships and capacity building through images and discussion. Participants will further investigate a case study on sustainable development and discuss ways to teach sustainable development in their classrooms.
4. WORKSHOP 3: MEDIA LITERACY – A WINDOW ON THE WORLD
Participants will consider the importance of media literacy and will investigate the definition, meaning and purpose of media education in today’s classrooms. Participants will further investigate a sample print document and discuss how to relate the material studied to their own classroom teaching.
5. WORKSHOP 4: ENGAGING YOUTH AS ACTIVE GLOBAL CITIZENS
Participants will explore the meaning of global citizenship and how to engage youth to become socially responsible and active in their communities and abroad. Participants will challenge their assumptions about what young people think and say about the world they live in, and will discuss ways to incorporate new ideas into their classrooms.
B. TEACHER’S TOOLKIT
The components of the toolkit include a lesson plan entitled “Education for all the World’s Children”, youth action pages, a Get Loud DVD study guide and other valuable and creative resources for the global classroom. The Get Loud DVD, available from the War Child Canada head office, follows a group of young activists as they learn about social justice issues – dispelling the myth of apathetic youth. The DVD inspires Canadian students to get involved in creative projects to promote social justice and sustainable change.
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3. LESSON PLAN: EDUCATION FOR ALL THE WORLD’S CHILDREN
4. EDUCATOR RESOURCES FROM GET LOUD
5. IDEAS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
6. THE DOS AND DON’TS OF GLOBAL EDUCATION
7. WHOLE SCHOOL GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP INITIATIVES
8. YOUTH ACTION PAGE: HOW TO START YOUR OWN PETITION
9. YOUTH ACTION PAGE: INVESTIGATE THE WORK OF CHARITIES
10. WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT ACTION PLAN
Produced with the support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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