Module 4: Making a Difference

This module focuses on being a global citizen and encourages students to act locally and be changemakers.

It includes activities that cater to different teaching and learning styles. Students will take quizzes to identify their unique gifts and capacities as global citizens. They will reflect on issues that spark them, consult their communities, create and carry out campaigns, and evaluate their project and outcomes. Our hope is that students will conclude this learning journey with a sense of agency – that they can channel their gifts, take action, and help create a more peaceful, prosperous, and equitable world for all.

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Learning Outcomes

Key concepts:

  • Global citizen
  • Global citizen types and “climate warrior archetypes”
  • Spark story
  • Types of action: letters, petitions, social media campaigns, fundraisers, protests, educational materials, talks or presentations, inventions, and social entrepreneurship
  • Consultation
  • Campaign and action plan
  • Reflection and evaluation

Learners will:

  • Identify their unique gifts and capacities as global citizens
  • Identify issues that spark them in their neighborhood, school, or broader community
  • Explore different types of action
  • Create and carry out a campaign, in consultation with affected communities
  • Reflect on and evaluate their community action project and outcomes

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

Explorations in Social Studies 11

  • Methods used by individuals, groups, and organizations to promote social justice (adapted from Social Justice 12)

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

Social Justice 12

  • Processes, methods, and approaches individuals, groups, and institutions use to promote social justice

Manitoba

Grade 9

English Language Arts S1

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

Grade 10

English Language Arts S2

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

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

  • Take Action – Praxis

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

  • 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

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

Grade 11

English 11

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

Grade 12

English 12

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

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
  • Civic Engagement, Service, and Action

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
  • Personal Action on a Political Issue

Equity and Social Justice HSE3E

  • Research and Inquiry Skills
  • Equity, Social Justice, and Change
  • Promoting Equity and Social Justice

Grade 12

English ENG4U/ ENG4C/ENG4E

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

Equity and Social Justice: From Theory to Practice HSE4M

  • Research and Inquiry Skills
  • Personal and Social Action

Challenge and Change in Society HSB4U

  • Research and Inquiry Skills

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

  • Citizenship in the Global Community

Grade 10

English Language Arts 421A/B

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

Grade 11

English Language Arts 521A

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

Global Studies 521/531A

  • Cultural 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?
  • Active Citizenship – What Can I Do?

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

Saskatchewan

Grade 9

English Language Arts

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

Grade 10

English Language Arts 10

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

Grade 11

English Language Arts 20

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

Grade 12

English Language Arts 30

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

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

Explorations in Social Studies 11

  • Methods used by individuals, groups, and organizations to promote social justice (adapted from Social Justice 12)

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

Social Justice 12

  • Processes, methods, and approaches individuals, groups, and institutions use to promote social justice

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

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