Global Citizen

CHV 2OH Civics Course Culminating Activity – Global Citizenship The study of Civics includes not only an understanding of civic and government institutions but it also consists of understanding the contributions of individuals who have made a positive impact on the world. As a result, in the Course Culminating Activity students will be responsible for writing a one-two page report on an individual or an organization that truly exemplifies the meaning of “global citizenship”. *You will need to complete the following steps for this assignment:

1) From the list below choose one individual or organization. Individuals Louise Arbour Bono Diana, Princess of Wales Terry Fox Bob Geldof Craig Kielburger Stephen Lewis Rigoberta Menchu Tum Linus Pauling Pope John Paul II Andrei Sakharov Albert Schweitzer Maurice Strong Jean Vanier Elie Wiesel

Aung San Suu Kyi Norman Bethune Shirin Ebadi Bill Gates Jane Goodall Martin Luther King Jr. Nelson Mandela Mother Teresa Lester B. Pearson Eleanor Roosevelt Margaret Sanger Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn David Suzuki Lech Walesa Simon Wiesenthal

Organizations Amnesty International Greenpeace Human Rights Watch Salvation Army United Nations

Doctors Without Borders Habitat For Humanity International Red Cross UNICEF World Wildlife Fund

Maude Barlow Rachel Carson Dian Fossey Mahatma Gandhi Dag Hammarskjold Dalai Lama Margaret Mead Rosa Parks Pele Paul Rusesabagina Oskar Schindler Gloria Steinem Desmond Tutu Raoul Wallenberg Oprah Winfrey

2) Once an individual or organization has been selected, you will be asked to research and organize brief responses to the following three questions/sections: a) Who is this individual/What is the background of this organization? (Give a brief biography or summary of the organization, including a brief background on the individual, or the number of members, its mandate/purpose, annual budget etc) = PROFILE b) What are the individual's values and beliefs? What does he/she/this organization stand for? =VALUES and BELIEFS c) Why is this person or organization important? How is this person/organization representative of exemplary global citizenship? (What are his/her contributions to humanity? What are his/her/its major accomplishments?) = GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

3) Please be sure to include a title page, bibliography, font size 12 and to double space!

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP ~ CULMINATING ACTIVITY Name:___________________________ Success Criteria: Knowledge/ Understanding

Below 50%

Level 1 50-59%

Level 2 60-69%

Level 3 70-79%

Level 4 80-100%

-very little summary of individual/organization -info. is very unclear

-summarizes individual/organization with limited effectiveness

-summarizes individual/organization with some effectiveness

-summarizes individual/organization with considerable effectiveness

-thoroughly summarizes individual/organization with a high degree of effectiveness

- the values and beliefs are not clearly expressed or are not included

-hardly expresses any of the values and beliefs of the individual or organization

-satisfactorily expresses the values and beliefs of the individual or organization

-clearly expresses the values and beliefs of the individual or organization

-thoroughly and clearly expresses the values and beliefs of the individual or organization

- did not connect individual/org. to global citizenship

-connected individual/org. to global citizenship with a limited degree of effectiveness

-connected individual/org. to global citizenship with some degree of effectiveness

-connected individual/org. to global citizenship with a considerable degree of effectiveness

-connected individual/org. to global citizenship with a high degree of effectiveness

-Assignment does not contains all of the required elements (title page, bibliography, 12 font, double spaced)

-Assignment contains some of the required elements (title page, bibliography, 12 font, double spaced) -very little effort in its presentation is visible -uses language and tone with a limited degree of effectiveness -rarely uses proper language conventions

-Assignment contains some of the required elements (title page, bibliography, 12 font, double spaced)

-Assignment contains most of the required elements (title page, bibliography, 12 font, double spaced)

-Assignment contains all of the required elements (title page, bibliography, 12 font, double spaced)

-uses language and tone with some degree of effectiveness -sometimes uses proper language conventions

-uses language and tone with a considerable degree of effectiveness -usually uses proper language conventions

-uses language and tone with a high degree of effectiveness -always uses proper language conventions

-Profile/ Background /10 Knowledge/ Understanding -Values and Beliefs /10 Application -Evidence of global citizenship /10 Application Title Page/ Bibliography, 12 font, double space /5 Communication -Language conventions and appropriate tone (for report) /5

-does not use language and tone effectively -many language convention errors

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