Activity Sheet

ACTIVITY 1

Name: Caselyn Rindon. Score:

Course, Yearand Sec.: BSHM 3D. Date:

Essay:
Directions According to what you have learned from the previous discussion answer the following
question in your own words. Write your answer on the space provided below.

1. Define global citizenship.

✓ A global citizen is someone who is aware of and understands the wider world – and their place in it.
They are a citizen of the world. They take an active role in their community and work with others to
make our planet more peaceful, sustainable and fairer.

2. As a student, why do we need to study global citizenship?

✓ Education for global citizenship helps young people develop the core competencies which allow them
to actively engage with the world, and help to make it a more just and sustainable place. It is not enough
for education to produce individuals who can read, write and count. Education must fully assume its
central role in helping people to forge more just, peaceful, tolerant and inclusive societies.” According to
the UN, global citizenship education provides the understanding, skills and values students need to
cooperate in resolving the interconnected challenges of the 21st century, including climate change,
conflict, poverty, hunger, and issues of equity and sustainability. These same educational outcomes
prepare students to be successful in the workplace of the 21st century as well.

3. What are your obligations as a global citizen?

✓A global citizen also has certain responsibilities to our world community, just as citizens do to their
local and regional communities and countries. Citizens at all levels need to fulfill these responsibilities if
they want healthy sustainable communities. At a global level their responsibilities include: the
responsibility to understand one’s own perspective and those of others; to protect the principle of
cultural diversity; to make connections and build social and working relationships with people from
other countries and cultures; to understand the ways in which the people and countries of the world are
inter-connected and inter-dependent; to understand leading global issues and their national impact; and
to advocate the practice of global citizenship in their own countries, especially for their implementation
of international agreements, conventions, and treaties.