Global Citizenship
Do you see yourself as a global citizen? What does this mean and what responsibilities do Canadians have as one of the more prosperous and developed nations? This unit will ask you to reflect on what actions you as an individual can or should take.
Video lessons
Checking for Understanding Questions
Video fill-in-the-blanks worksheets
Lesson One - Global Civic Responsibility
Top Ten Notes
Lesson Two - Global Poverty
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Lesson Three - Women and Children, Rights and Democracy
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Lesson Four - Global Stewardship
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Checking for Understanding Questions
Video fill-in-the-blanks worksheets
Lesson One - Global Civic Responsibility
Top Ten Notes
Lesson Two - Global Poverty
Top Ten Notes
Lesson Three - Women and Children, Rights and Democracy
Top Ten Notes
Lesson Four - Global Stewardship
Top Ten Notes
Potential Minor Assignments
Potential Major Assignments
- Women and Children Pamphlet
- Millennium Development Goals Debate
- Newspaper Portfolio (see Ms Williams for details)
- Canada and the World International Development reading (see Ms Williams for details)
Alternative Resources
- Mr. Korczyk's Class: State and Non-State Actors in Global Politics; Levels of Analysis in Global Politics (Climate Change)
- Are Poor Countries Doomed?
- Bill Gates on solutions
- Education in Ethiopia
- The problems with charities
- A website showing how easy it is to help others (Upworthy)
- Great PBS documentary on the status of women in the world, and actions being taken to improve their lives (Half the Sky)
- International Development Booklet
- The First Grader - a sweet movie that looks at a grandpa in Africa who wants to get the education that is promised to everyone.
- Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools describes how we can help people around the world by promoting education.
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - I love this true story about a young man in Africa who cannot afford school so he educates himself to build a windmill from scraps that could generate electricity.
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Old Notes
Textbook Questions
10-1 Exploring Globalization
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Tentative schedule fall 2020 - Please see "Deadlines/Daily Events" page for what we actually did each day