Description

1. have students begin to share and think about Global Citizenship
2. introduce students to the process and scope of the project
3. introduce students to the tools that they will be using

Task

1. Finish profile on TakingITGlobal and Complete Profile Treasure Hunt
2. Submit Artwork for our webpage
3. Principal Question and Tasks: To what extent can well intended global citizenship initiatives reinforce or resist power inequities?
   1. Tweet: ???
   2. Resources:
   1. Start by getting students to read a media literacy document, link. Use this to compare and contrast - 1) BandAID, 2) West African songs, (English subtitles are availabe through pressing the cc button)  and 3) Radiate - Africa for Norway http://www.africafornorway.no/
   3. Week 1 Tasks: Blogs
      1. Task 1: Share one global citizenship initiative in your school/district and reflect on how they helped reinforce or resist power inequalities in the form of a blog on the Virtual Classroom.
      2. Task 2: Critique two of the following projects and one of your own in light of this week’s principle question.

• -WeDay, Slum Dwellers, Idle No More, Occupy, Via Campesina, Barefoot Day ,Volunteer Tourism (not FTC), Roots T-Shirt, Bring back our Girls, Girls Rising,

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