Module 1: Connected World

This module of the Inspiring Global Citizens educator toolkit focuses on our connected world and what it means to be a global citizen.

Students will explore globalization, map personal and classroom connections to the world, and reflect on the views of global leaders, visionaries, thinkers, engineers, and activists. Students will create personal and group definitions of what makes a global citizen, which they can carry forward to the next module.

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Learning Outcomes

Key Concepts:

  • Globalization
  • Global citizenship
  • Mind Map

Learners will:

  • Become familiar with the concept of globalization and a connected world
  • Activate thinking around the benefits and challenges of a connected world
  • Explore personal connections to the world
  • Explore classroom connections to the world
  • Reflect on the view of global leaders, visionaries, thinkers, scientists, and activists
  • Understand how to create an effective Mind Map to show global connections
  • Understand what it means to be a global citizen

Curriculum Connections across Canada + International Baccalaureate (IB)

Alberta

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Listening and Speaking
  • Reading and Writing
  • Viewing and Representing

Grade 10

English Language Arts 10-1/10-2

  • Listening and Speaking
  • Reading and Writing
  • Viewing and Representing

Social Studies 10-1

  • Perspectives on Globalization

Social Studies 10-2

  • Living in a Globalizing World

Grade 11

English Language Arts 20-1/20-2

  • Listening and Speaking
  • Reading and Writing
  • Viewing and Representing

Grade 12

English Language Arts 30-1/30-2

  • Listening and Speaking
  • Reading and Writing
  • Viewing and Representing

British Columbia

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

Grade 10

English: New Media 10

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

English: Spoken Language 10

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

Grade 11

English: New Media 11

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

English: Spoken Language 11

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

Grade 12

English: New Media 12

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

English: Spoken Language 12

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

English: English Studies 12

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

20th Century World History 12

  • Interdependence and international co-operation

Manitoba

Grade 9

English Language Arts S1

  • General Outcome 1
  • General Outcome 2
  • General Outcome 3
  • General Outcome 4

Social Studies: Canada in the Contemporary World

  • Canada in the Global Context
  • Canada: Opportunities and Challenges

Grade 10

English Language Arts S2

  • General Outcome 1
  • General Outcome 2
  • General Outcome 3
  • General Outcome 4

Social Studies: Geographic Issues of the 21st Century

  • Industry and Trade

Grade 11

English Language Arts S3

  • General Outcome 1
  • General Outcome 2
  • General Outcome 3
  • General Outcome 4

Grade 12

English Language Arts S4

  • General Outcome 1
  • General Outcome 2
  • General Outcome 3
  • General Outcome 4

Social Studies: Global Issues – Citizenship and Sustainability

  • Poverty, Wealth, and Power

New Brunswick

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Social Studies: Canadian Identities

  • Students will explore social responsibility

Grade 10

English Language Arts

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Civics 10

  • Students will investigate civic engagement

Grade 11

English Language Arts

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Grade 12

English Language Arts

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

World Issues 120

  • Humanity
  • Interdependence

Newfoundland and Labrador

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Grade 10

English Language Arts 1201/1202

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Social Studies 1201/1202

  • Power, Active Citizenship, and Change

Grade 11

English Language Arts 2201/2202

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Grade 12

English Language Arts 3201/3202

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Social Studies 3201/3202

  • Quality of Life

Nova Scotia

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Citizenship

  • Engaged Citizenship

Grade 10

English 10

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Geography 10

  • Spaceship Earth

Grade 11

English 11

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Geography of Canada 11

  • Global Links

Grade 12

English 12

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

History/Advanced Global History 12

  • The Challenge of Economic Disparity
  • Societal Change

Northwest Territories

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

Grade 10

English Language Arts 10-1/10-2

  • Listening and Speaking
  • Reading and Writing
  • Viewing and Representing

Social Studies 10-1

  • Perspectives on Globalization

Social Studies 10-2

  • Living in a Globalizing World

Grade 11

English Language Arts 20-1/20-2

  • Listening and Speaking
  • Reading and Writing
  • Viewing and Representing

Grade 12

English Language Arts 30-1/30-2

  • Listening and Speaking
  • Reading and Writing
  • Viewing and Representing

Nunavut

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

Social Studies: The Growth of Canada

  • International Connections

Grade 10

English Language Arts 10-1/10-2

  • Listening and Speaking
  • Reading and Writing
  • Viewing and Representing

Grade 11

English Language Arts 20-1/20-2

  • Listening and Speaking
  • Reading and Writing
  • Viewing and Representing

Grade 12

English Language Arts 30-1/30-2

  • Listening and Speaking
  • Reading and Writing
  • Viewing and Representing

Ontario

Grade 9

English ENL1W

  • Literacy Connections and Applications
  • Foundations of Language
  • Comprehension: Understanding and Responding to Texts
  • Composition: Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts

Grade 10

English ENG2D/ ENG2P

  • Oral Communication
  • Reading and Literature Studies
  • Writing
  • Media Studies

Civics and Citizenship CHV2O (revised 2022)

  • Political Inquiry and Skill Development

Grade 11

English ENG3U/ ENG3C/ENG3E

  • Oral Communication
  • Reading and Literature Studies
  • Writing
  • Media Studies

Media Studies EMS3O

  • Understanding and Interpreting Media Texts
  • Media and Society
  • Producing and Reflecting on Media Texts

Politics in Action: Making Change CPC3O

  • Political Inquiry and Skill Development

Equity and Social Justice HSE3E

  • Research and Inquiry Skills

Grade 12

English ENG4U/ ENG4C/ENG4E

  • Oral Communication
  • Reading and Literature Studies
  • Writing
  • Media Studies

World Issues: A Geographic Analysis CGW4C/U

  • Geographic Inquiry and Skill Development
  • Interaction and Interdependence: Globalization

World Geography: Urban Patterns and Population Issues CGU4M

  • Geographic Inquiry and Skill Development

The Environment and Resource Management CGR4M

  • Geographic Inquiry and Skill Development

Living in a Sustainable World CGR4E

  • Geographic Inquiry and Skill Development

Equity and Social Justice: From Theory to Practice HSE4M

  • Research and Inquiry Skills

Challenge and Change in Society HSB4U

  • Research and Inquiry Skills
  • Global Social Challenges

Prince Edward Island

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Social Studies: Interdependence – Atlantic Canada in the Global Community

  • Introduction – Atlantic Canada in the Global Community
  • Culture in the Global Community
  • Trade in the Global Community

Grade 10

English Language Arts 421A/B

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Canadian Studies 401A

  • Canada’s Global Connections

Grade 11

English Language Arts 521A

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Global Studies 521/531A

  • Physical Patterns of the World

Grade 12

English Language Arts 621A

  • Speaking and Listening
  • Reading and Viewing
  • Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Global Issues 621/631A

  • Introduction – What is a Global Issue?

Quebec

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Competency 1: Uses language/talk to communicate and to learn
  • Competency 2: Reads and listens to written, spoken and media texts
  • Competency 3: Produces texts for personal and social purposes

Geography

  • Competency 3: Constructs consciousness of global citizenship

Grade 10

English Language Arts

  • Competency 1: Uses language/talk to communicate and to learn
  • Competency 2: Reads and listens to written, spoken and media texts
  • Competency 3: Produces texts for personal and social purposes

Geography

  • Competency 3: Constructs consciousness of global citizenship

Grade 11

English Language Arts

  • Competency 1: Uses language/talk to communicate and to learn
  • Competency 2: Reads and listens to written, spoken and media texts
  • Competency 3: Produces texts for personal and social purposes

Geography

  • Competency 3: Constructs consciousness of global citizenship

The Contemporary World

  • Competency 1: Interprets a contemporary world problem
  • Theme: Population
  • Theme: Wealth

Saskatchewan

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Comprehend and Respond
  • Compose and Create
  • Assess and Reflect

Social Studies: The Roots of Society

  • Interactions and Interdependence

Grade 10

English Language Arts 10

  • Comprehend and Respond
  • Compose and Create
  • Assess and Reflect

Social Studies 10: Social Organizations

  • International Economic Organizations

Grade 11

English Language Arts 20

  • Comprehend and Respond
  • Compose and Create
  • Assess and Reflect

Social Studies 20: World Issues

  • World Governance

Grade 12

English Language Arts 30

  • Comprehend and Respond
  • Compose and Create
  • Assess and Reflect

Social Studies 30: Canadian Studies

  • Globalization

Yukon

Grade 9

English Language Arts

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

Grade 10

English: New Media 10

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

English: Spoken Language 10

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

Grade 11

English: New Media 11

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

English: Spoken Language 11

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

Grade 12

English: New Media 12

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

English: Spoken Language 12

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

English: English Studies 12

  • Comprehend and Connect
  • Create and Communicate

20th Century World History 12

  • Interdependence and international co-operation

International Baccalaureate (IB)

Middle Years Programme (MYP)

  • Individuals and Societies

Diploma Programme (DP)

  • Geography, SL/HL
  • Global Politics, SL/HL
  • Social and Cultural Anthropology, SL/HL
  • Environmental Systems and Societies, SL

Inspiring Global Citizens is a four-part toolkit that equips you with everything you need to teach about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global citizenship. It includes fun and interactive lesson plans, activities, extensions, videos, real-world examples, discussion guides, and printable handouts that encourage learners to think critically and creatively, linking the personal, local, and global. Explore the rest of the series.

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