MYP Personal Project :What’s Your Global Context?

Directions: Choose the one best answer for each question, then score your answers on page 3.

1. What's your idea of a great Saturday? 5. Which museum would you rather visit?

A) Hanging out with family or friends, something low-key A) The Children’s Museum with your young cousin

B) Visiting a historic site, the older the better B) Natural History Museum

C) Making art - drawing, painting, music, whatever C) The Metropolitan Museum of Art

D) Taking a computer apart to see how it works D) Air and Space Museum

E) Organizing a neighborhood clean-up E) The Zoo

F) Volunteering at a soup kitchen, anything to give back F) The Civil and Human Rights Museum

2. Which would be your dream vacation? 6. Which of these problems would you most like to work on?

A) Renting a cabin with family or friends A) Ending ethnic or religious conflicts

B) An archeological dig in Egypt B) Finding Amelia Earhart’s plane

C) A music festival in California C) Ending repression of speech

D) The International Space Station D) Bringing high-speed internet to developing countries

E) Eco-tourism in Costa Rica E) Helping factories lower carbon emissions

F) Building a Habitat for Humanity home in Puerto Rico. F) Ending poverty in America

3. Which is a club you might join? 7. What gift would you most like right now?

A) SADD A) A sweet note from a loved one

B) History Club B) A photo of a distant ancestor

C) Drama Club C) A beautiful painting

D) Robotics D) A brand new computer

E) Environmental Club E) A pair of sandals made from recycled materials

F) No Place for Hate F) A donation in your name to a charity

4. Which superpower would you most like to have? 8. Which of these careers sounds the most fun to you?

A) Mind reading A) School guidance counselor

B) Time travel B) Archeologist

C) Ability to create any object C) Musician

D) A suit of highly advanced armor D) Software Developer

E) Ability to control the weather E) Marine Biologist

F) Ability to heal yourself and others F) Doctors without Borders

9. Which kind of home would you most like to live in? 13. What do you do when you’re stressed out?
A) A home with all of your extended family in it A) Call a friend to talk it over

B) A historic home with a long and interesting history B) Meditate

C) A home full of beautiful art and a great speaker system C) Dance it out
D) A "smart" home with all the latest technology D) Zone out on videogames
E) A “green” home (solar power, low-flush toilets, etc.) E) Walk in the woods

F) A home in a community where neighbors share meals F) Distract yourself by helping someone else

10. Which of these is the most important thing in school? 14. What frustrates you the most?

A) Student mentors A) Feeling like you don’t fit in

B) A great yearbook B) Not knowing enough about the world around you
C) Art and music classes, everyone should take them C) Having to adhere to a dress code

D) Tablets or computers for each student D) Having to explain snapchat to your mom, again
E) Healthy, locally-grown cafeteria food E) The amount of plastic you’re forced to use

F) Support for families living in poverty F) Watching someone get bullied and feeling powerless

11. Which of these are you most likely to regret? 15. You get lost driving and have no cell service, now what?

A) Not spending enough time with friends A) Find someone you can ask for directions

B) Not knowing your family history B) Retrace your route; you can probably figure it out

C) Letting someone silence you C) Write a song about being lost and sing it out your window
D) Not having a new gadget before everyone else D) Drive around until you can find signal; you need your phone

E) Throwing a bottle in the trash instead of a recycling bin E) You wouldn’t be in this situation, you take public transit

F) Not doing enough for someone in need F) Leave the car and hitchhike

12. What is a word people would use to describe you? 16. Which of these do you think the government should
spend more money on?
A) Social
A) Supporting migrant families
B) Educated
B) Colonizing Mars
C) Creative
C) Funding the arts
D) Curious
D) Curing cancer
E) Tree-Hugger
E) Solving climate change
F) Caring
F) Funding public education
17. What Halloween costume would you most likely wear?
A) Any group costume

B) A historical figure
C) A character from your favorite show
D) A robot costume that you’ve wired to light up and make noise
E) A hippie, you could probably find all the clothes at goodwill

F) A doctor

18. Which news headline would make you the happiest?

A) Lost Kindergarten Class Saved and Reunited with Families

B) Ancient City of Atlantis Found

C) New Social Media Site Replaces Facebook, Gets Rave Reviews

D) Scientists Cure Alzheimer's Disease

E) Sea Turtles Brought Back from the Brink of Extinction

F) Donations Pour in to Help Earthquake Survivors

19. What strategy are you most likely to use to get your mom
to buy you an expensive present?

A) Promise to help her out with a big chore

B) Explain how it will change things in your life

C) Express how having it will make you feel

D) Show her all the features, diagrams, and instructions for it

E) Persuade her that you won’t need another one for a long time
F) Discuss how getting it is only fair

20. If you were a food, which would you be?

A) Grapes, so you’re never alone

B) An old family recipe

C) Intricate latte art

D) Dippin’ Dots Count up the number of times you circled each answer:
E) A locally-grown salad
A B C D E F
F) Fair-trade chocolate

It’s ok if two categories tied or were close; consider the top 2-3
results as you move forward in your project creation process.
If you chose mostly A: Consider a project that deals with Identities and Relationships.
The Identities and Relationships context focuses on who we are. It encourages inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and
values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities
and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.

If you chose mostly B: Consider a project that deals with Orientation in Space and Time.
The Orientation in Space and Time context focuses on where we are in place and time. It invites inquiry into your physical
surroundings at this and other times; personal histories; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of
humankind; the relationships between, and the interconnectedness of, individuals and civilizations, from local and global
perspectives

If you chose mostly C: Consider a project that deals with Personal and Cultural Expression.
The Personal and Cultural Expression context focuses on how we express ourselves. It looks into the ways in which we
discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our
creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.

If you chose mostly D: Consider a project that deals with Scientific and Technical Innovation.
The Scientific and Technical Innovation context focuses on how the world works. It opens inquiry into the natural world and
its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their
understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.

If you chose mostly E: Consider a project that deals with Globalization and Sustainability.
The Globalization and Sustainability context thinks about how we organize ourselves; the interconnectedness of human-made
systems and communities; the structure and function of organizations; societal decision-making; economic activities and their
impact on humankind and the environment.

If you chose mostly F: Consider a project that deals with Fairness and Development.
The Fairness and Development context explores sharing the planet; rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite
resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access
to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.

Reflect on your results. Did you gain any new perspective on yourself? How does knowing what Global Context(s)
your interests lean toward impact your next steps? Do you have a topic in mind or an idea you might like some help
fleshing out?

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Discuss these responses with your project supervisor or mentor.