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Global Citizenship

Published on Nov 18, 2015

If you need to learn about the characteristics of someone who is a "global citizen" this deck will help. It covers all the main points with photos to support the text appropriately. The professor used the slides to supplement his lecture to Japanese college students who do not have English as their first language.

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Global Citizens

Who They Are and Why You Can Be One
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Are you a global citizen?

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Think of some characteristics of someone who is a "global citizen."

A global citizen is someone who is
aware of the wider world

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Someone who believes they too can be a global citizen

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Someone who respects and values all kinds of diversity

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Someone who understands
how the world economy works

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Someone who understands
how world politics works

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Someone who understands
global social issues

Someone who understands
global cultural issues

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Someone who understands
global technology

Someone who understands
the global environment

Someone who is outraged
by social injustice

Someone who participates and & contributes to the community

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Someone willing to try and make the world a sustainable place

Someone who takes responsibility for their actions

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We need more
"global citizens" because...

...the world is unfair, unequal, and unsustainable

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And interdependent.

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We need each other!

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The world is changing.
We need to be flexible.

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HOPE

  • We have power as individuals. Each of us can change things and each of us has choices about how we behave.
  • Individually and collectively, we can make a difference!
  • What will you do?

Thank You!