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Big Idea—Identity- Global Citizen
Essential Question
How do our skills in communications affect the depth of our understanding of ourselves and of others in
a global community?
Overview
We are urged to become responsible global citizens in a fast changing world. How do we best prepare
ourselves for this task? We need to discover truths and understandings about ourselves and in turn be
willing to share those understandings with others. Then we need to seek and explore the lives and
stories of others in our school, our community, our nation, and our world. From there we can continue
down a path toward gaining understanding and appreciation the differences of those around us in the
world.
Challenge
From each essential question a challenge is articulated that asks students to create a specific
answer or solution that can result in concrete, meaningful action.
Increase your ability to be a Global Citizen in a new global community of student

CompShop:
Comparison Shopping is a great way to see if you can purchase a "normal" week's supply of groceries buying ONLY locally (e.g. grown/raised w/in a 200mi radius) produced food.
King Corn:
Great documentary about the high levels of corn (and more specifically HFCS) in our diets, and the outright lies fed to us (haha! See what I did there?) by Big AgriBusiness like Monsanto, ADM, Cargill, etc:
http://www.kingcorn.net/
Solution/Action
The challenge is stated broadly enough to allow for a variety of solutions. Each group of students should base its solution on what students learned as they moved through the guiding activities. The solution must be concrete and actionable.

This movie presents an analysis of the overall cost of a breakfast when all factors are considered.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsOsipWacG0
SlowFood Nation
Some great resources here - focuses on sustainability, carbin footprint, food production & transportation, etc:
http://slowfoodnation.org/media/videos/
Powerpoint Presentation
Create slides providing information based on research done with group.
OR
Create slides - insert pictures of vegetables students grew themselves and insert excel spreadsheet using formulas to calculate carbon emission, money saved, etc.
CompShop:
Comparison Shopping is a great way to see if you can purchase a "normal" week's supply of groceries buying ONLY locally (e.g. grown/raised w/in a 200mi radius) produced food.
Solution/Action
The challenge is stated broadly enough to allow for a variety of solutions. Each group of students should base its solution on what students learned as they moved through the guiding activities. The solution must be concrete and actionable.

Examples:
Basic information on carbon footprint in food and its production. Calculate your carbon footprint. http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/
The Oil in Your Oatmeal
This movie presents an analysis of the overall cost of a breakfast when all factors are considered.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsOsipWacG0
Powerpoint Presentation
Create slides providing information based on research done with group.

Challenge
Reducing carbon footprint created by food production
Guiding Questions
Where
Where does our come from? What
What energy resources our food? What
What does “carbon footprint” mean? HowHow does this climate change? How
How does climate the world? How
How can one he/she eats? What
What are the level of carboncarbon footprint in
Guiding Activities Small
Small group research during production. What
What are things individual footprint? Growing
Growing our own money saved. Creating
Creating campaigns to carbon footprint????? Slaughtering
Slaughtering a hog what? Weird. Guiding
Guiding Resources This
This is focused other resources. Examples: Basic
Examples:
Basic information on footprint. http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/ Powerpoint
Powerpoint Presentation Create
Create slides providing with group. OR Create
OR
Create slides - saved, etc. Solution/Action The
Solution/Action
The challenge is