Global Citizenship and the Commons Woodward Academy February 25, 2012

CASIE Promote international education: Promote international education: –Through workshops (4,000 teachers a year) –Through advocacy –Through policy planning –Through partnerships (IB, Project Zero, Teach Unicef)

Sustainability mission Woodward Academy educates students who are ready to address the major social, economic and environmental challenges of the 21 st century by empowering students to be responsible local and global citizens, to solve problems that cross disciplines and to take responsibility for their lifelong education Woodward Academy educates students who are ready to address the major social, economic and environmental challenges of the 21 st century by empowering students to be responsible local and global citizens, to solve problems that cross disciplines and to take responsibility for their lifelong education

Quiz time

Quiz Time! 1.What food is most commonly consumed by teenagers? 2.At what age does the average person get his/her first car? 3.How many text messages does the average teenager send per week?

Quiz Time! 1.What food is most commonly consumed by teenagers? 2.At what age does the average person get his/her first car? 3.How many text messages does the average teenager send per week?

The World as 100 People 60 Asians, 14 Africans, 12 Europeans, 8 Latin Americans, 5 from the USA and Canada, and 1 from the South Pacific 60 Asians, 14 Africans, 12 Europeans, 8 Latin Americans, 5 from the USA and Canada, and 1 from the South Pacific 82 would be non-white; 18 white 82 would be non-white; 18 white 24 would not have any electricity 24 would not have any electricity 33 would be without access to a clean water supply 33 would be without access to a clean water supply

Who says North is “up”?

Little Bee by Chris Cleave “…The boys in my village were quite excited because they thought it was going to be a film about a gun, but it was not a film about a gun. It was a film about a man who had to travel every where fast, sometimes on a motor bike and sometimes in an aeroplane that he flew himself, and sometimes upside down. We discussed this, the children in my village, and we decided on two things: that the film should really be called The Man Who Was in a Great Hurry and that the moral of the film was that he should get up earlier so that he would not have to rush to fit everything into his day, instead of lying in bed with the woman with blond hair that we called “The Stay-in-Bed Woman”….

What do you see?

Healthy paranoia

What do you see?

Thinking Routine I see I think I wonder

What do you see?

Interdisciplinary topic

Teach Unicef Globally, more than 125 million children under 5 live in homes without access to an improved water source, and more than 280 million live in households without improved sanitation facilities. Source: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Water and Sanitation. UNICEF, September 2006

2 million plastic bottles, dumped every 5 minutes.

fine arts, literature, dancing, games, cooking, dress, celebrations, visual images from media courtesy; contextual conversational patterns; concept of time; personal space; rules of conduct; facial expressions; nonverbal communication; touching; eye contact; handling emotions; notions of modesty; concept of beauty; courtship practices; relationships to animals; notions of leadership; tempo of work; ideals of childrearing; theory of disease; social interaction rate; nature of friendships; tone of voice; attitudes toward elders; concept of cleanliness; notions of adolescence; definition of insanity; preference for competition or cooperation; tolerance of physical pain; concept of “self”; concept of past and future; obscenity; attitude toward dependents etc…

SOURCES Little Bee by Chris Cleave Little Bee by Chris Cleave If the World Were a Village, Donatella Meadows If the World Were a Village, Donatella Meadows