Feeding Mouths, Filling Minds Global Student Program
Perspectives of Global Citizenship

Introduction to Your Global Student Program

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First.

Let’s dive into what being a global citizen is, what people are doing around the world, and how you can also become a global citizen. Being a global citizen looks very different for each person — and that’s okay!

  • Write down a two or three sentence response to these questions before watching the following video:

    • What does it mean to be a global citizen to you?

    • Why is it important to consider the needs of future generations?

    • Can you think of any global issues that you are concerned about?

Key Vocabulary:
1. Global sustainability - the concept of meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
2. Global citizenship - recognizing our interconnectedness and taking action to promote positive change on a global scale.
3. Empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of others.
4. Cultural understanding - knowledge and awareness of different cultures and their customs.

Third.

Think-pair-share your answers.

  1. After taking a few minutes to alter your answer, find one other person near you to share your response with. What is similar or different between your answers?

  2. Now come up with one common answer between your pair and come up to the whiteboard to write your response.

  3. Note: The teacher leading this lesson should go over what is similar and different between all the answers on the board. It might be good to circle similar answers in a particular color.

Needed Activity Materials:

  1. Device to show videos to the class.

  2. Writing materials for each student.

  3. Classroom board and markers.

Main Learning Outcome:

  1. What does being a global citizen mean for your classroom?

Second.

Watch the following videos by the United Nations on ways that we can all live together and what being a global citizen means to them. How would you change your answer to the three questions?

Your classroom global citizen definition:

  1. After your think-pair-share session, have the class come up with a central global citizen definition that they can refer back to throughout the rest of the global student program. 

  2. Teacher tip: The term global citizenship has already been defined by the United Nations. It is a very broad term— creating our own definition is great! Here is the definition set by the UN to guide their response:

Global citizenship is the umbrella term for social, political, environmental, and economic actions of globally minded individuals and communities on a worldwide scale. The term can refer to the belief that individuals are members of multiple, diverse, local and non-local networks rather than single actors affecting isolated societies. Promoting global citizenship in sustainable development will allow individuals to embrace their social responsibility to act for the benefit of all societies, not just their own. (https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact/global-citizenship)

Want to continue the conversation? We have included extra activities that can be used to continue learning about the specific lesson topic. These can be great for longer class periods or for take-home work.

  • We have included extra activities that can be used to continue learning about the specific lesson topic. These can be great for longer class periods or for take-home work.

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