EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP - UNICEF

1 EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP Through a Children s Rights Lens UNICEF Canada/2008/Sri Utami UNICEF /NYHQ2009-0223/Josh Estey For Grades K 8 British Columbia Schools Every child. Every opportunity. No exceptions. EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (K-8) i EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP Through a Children s Rights Lens For Grades K 8 British Columbia Schools ii EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (K-8) UNICEF Canada wishes to thank the Canadian Inte rnational Deve lopme nt Agency (CIDA) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) for supporting the development and publication of this guide.

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This guide and the support materials were developed through a partnership between UNICEF Canada and the University of British Columbia (UBC). Funding was provided through the Canadian International Development Agency s (CIDA) GLOBAL Classroom Initiative. UNICEF Canada wishes to thank the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for supporting the development and publication of this guide. We also wish to thank the staff and students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) for their invaluable contributions and feedback. Contributors UBC Faculty of Education professors and students Leigh-Anne Ingram, UNICEF Canada consultant Graphic Designer Sarah Hutchison, SPARK GLOBAL Learning Editor Is Five Communications Copyright 2011 UNICEF Canada.

3 E-mail: Web: EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (K-8) iii ABOUT UNICEF CANADA S GLOBAL CLASSROOM PROGRAM UNICEF Canada s mission is to mobilize and empower Canadians to invest in the positive transformation of every child s future. UNICEF Canada s GLOBAL Classroom program is a partnership with Canadian teachers and their students to inspire, educate and promote action on social justice , humanitarian issues and human rights especially the rights of all children. This acclaimed program provides educators with classroom-ready resources and engagement tools.

4 Designed to foster GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP and understanding, the GLOBAL Classroom shows how each of us can create a better world for all children and the communities in which they live. For more information about UNICEF Canada s GLOBAL Classroom program, visit ABOUT UNICEF WORLDWIDE UNICEF (United Nations Children s Fund) is a leading advocate for children, helping to build a world where the rights of every child are realized. Unique among world organizations and among those working with the young, UNICEF has the GLOBAL authority to influence decision-makers and the grassroots partnerships to turn innovative, life-saving ideas into reality.

5 UNICEF s work as a charitable foundation is carried out in 190 countries throughout the world. The heart of UNICEF s work is in the field with programs developed in cooperation with the host country. Guided by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Convention) UNICEF believes that the survival, protection, and development of children must be a GLOBAL priority, and that every child has the right to health, education, equality, and protection. In 1989 the Convention was created. World leaders decided that children needed a special convention just for them because people under 18 years old often need special care and protection that adults do not.

6 The leaders also wanted to make sure that the world recognized that children have human rights too. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights including civil, cultural, economic, political, and social rights. The Convention has achieved near-universal acceptance, having now been ratified by 193 parties. ABOUT THIS PROJECT This guide was developed with the University of British Columbia as part of a larger partnership with seven different university partners across Canada and funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

7 The guide supports these faculty units: Curriculum and Pedagogy, Educational Studies, Language and Literacy Education. Through this project, UNICEF Canada is seeking to increase the number of Canadian teachers and students practicing GLOBAL education, by enhancing teachers abilities to integrate curriculum-mandated teaching and learning for human rights, peace, social justice , cultural competency, environmental awareness, and GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP in their classrooms, while highlighting Canada s contribution to sustainable international development. For more information about this guide or to make suggestions for future revisions, please contact: iv EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (K-8) As countrie s around the world move into an era of GLOBAL integration, citize nship can no longer be defined by national borders.

8 For this reason, it is more and more important that we le arn to see ourselve s and that we educate our children to see the mse lve s as re sponsible GLOBAL citizens. By beginning today, we can he lp e nsure young Canadians be come informe d about and engaged in GLOBAL issues so that the y unde rstand and value Canada's international e fforts. The GLOBAL Classroom Initiative supports the developme nt of school-based GLOBAL e ducation resources and activ itie s. We look forward to supporting projects from the e ducation se ctor that will help Canadian youth ge t to know their GLOBAL ne ighbours, appre ciate different world v ie ws, and understand the GLOBAL impact of the ir choice s and actions.

9 Canadian International Development Age ncy (2011) ABOUT OUR PARTNERS University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Education Mission and Vision To advance education's role in the well-being of people and communities Professional Excellence People and Community Ethics and Responsibility. EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (K-8) 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledge ii About UNICEF Canada s GLOBAL Classroom iii About UNICEF iii About This iii About Our iv 5 Using This 6 Goals of This 6 Learning 6 Supplementary Visual 6 Connections to 7 UNICEF Canada s GLOBAL Classroom Approach to 8 The Five GLOBAL 9 The Cycle of 10 Teaching Strategies for GLOBAL 11 Note Regarding Internet Resources and 12 Section 1: Children s 13 What Are Rights?

10 14 What Are Children s Rights? .. 14 The Rights Respecting Schools Initiative in 16 Strategies for Inclusion of Rights in GLOBAL Education Teaching 17 Lesson 1: The Curious 22 Lesson 2: Our 24 Lesson 3: Journey to a New 26 Lesson 4: Rights and 28 Lesson 5: Human and Children s 30 Lesson 6: Know Your Rights-Respecting 32 Lesson 7: Creating a Classroom Charter (K-4).. 34 Lesson 8: Creating a Classroom Charter (5-8).. 38 Lesson 9: Picturing 41 Section 2: Goals and 44 Key Concept and Lesson 10: Who 45 Lesson 11: The Web of 47 Lesson 12: From Tree to 49 2 EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (K-8) Section 3: Images and 51 Goals and 52 Key 53 Lesson 13: Children of the 54 Lesson 14: Lesson 15: Stereotypes and 58 Lesson 16: Our Section 4: Social 63 Goals and 64 Key 65 Lesson 17: My Favourite 66 Lesson 18: What s Fair?