Global Citizenship magazine for schools

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Kirsten Irvine, a pupil at Port Glasgow High School, shares her views on their school partnership with Nguludi High in Malawi, in this award winning article.

Help stimulate curiosity about a partner school and reflect on what you might share about your school with this simple 10/10/10 activity.

Aims

  • Stimulate interest and curiosity about your partner school
  • Start a dialogue between partners schools based on equal terms

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© Andrea Bregoff

This activity is designed to find out the extent to which pupils are able to empathise with people whose lives may seem different from their own. It also considers the extent to which pupils understand their place in an interconnected world and how they can make a change.

Aims

This activity is designed to find out the extent to which:

  • Young people are able to make connections between their lives and the lives of others locally and globally
  • Young people think they can make a difference

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Explore Global Goal 5, Gender Equality to find out if you are represented in positions of power and influence by an equal number of men and women.

Global Citizenship offers rich and varied opportunities to develop literacy skills. Kim McCauley, education advisor at Wosdec, considers the ways this empower learners.

Using an extract from Nelson Mandela’s biography Long Walk to Freedom pupils explore the difference between fact, fiction and opinion. Suitable for ages 10 – 14.

Some exciting new projects are beginning to emerge which demonstrate how teachers are connecting the myriad elements of Learning for Sustainability in holistic and meaningful ways. Kenyan Connections is one such example. Catriona Willis, from Highland One World, finds out.

This activity lets pupils reflect on how other people don’t always see us as we see ourselves.

Think you know what makes you Sottish? This activity will make you think! Level 2/3

This activity aims to help pupils consider what expectations we have of the roles of men and women in today's society.

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