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Global & Cultural Education
What’s it all about?
Lessons on global citizenship are as close by as your local grocery store, library, highway, or school. In this project, you’ll gain self-awareness, explore the beliefs and views of others, and develop skills for talking with people who are different from yourself.
Grow in Your Project
Beginner
- Learn more about your family tree
- Choose a place or culture your are interested in
- Explore the climate, music, food, language, and more of that place or culture
- Attend a cultural event in your community to learn more
- Discover how you can make a difference in your community and your world.
Intermediate
- Explore language, family traditions, culture, global connectedness, genealogy and their concerns.
- Sign up to get a pen pal from another place you’re interested in learning more about
- Develop skills for engaging others who are different from yourself
- Learn the difference between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation
Advanced
- Plan a fictional trip to a place you’d like to visit
- Interview one or more people from a different culture
- Reflect on and learn from the similarities and differences between your own and other cultures
- Talk with people about world issues and global situations.
Member Resources
Passport to the World Curriculum
1 level (grades 3-12)
Global Gourmet Curriculum
1 level (grades 3-12)
4-H Around the Globe Curriculum
1 level (grades 6-8)
Seeing i2i Curriculum
1 level (grades 6-8)
WeConnect Curriculum
1 level (grades 6-8)
True Leaders Curriculum
1 level (grades 6-12)
Family History Treasure Hunt Curriculum
1 level (grades 6-12)
Genealogy: Tracing My Family Tree Manual
1 level (grades 6-12)
Project Leader Resources
Building a Community Legacy Together Curriculum
1 level (Adults who work with teens)
Just in Time Equity Dialogues for Youth Curriculum
1 level (Adults who work with teens)
Statewide Events and Opportunities
Youth as Partners in Civic Leadership
Youth as Partners in Civic Leadership Conference (YPCL) is designed to advance youth voice in Wisconsin by increasing the capacity for youth and adults to share civic leadership in local communities, schools and organizations. We advocate for a youth voice and build mentoring, networking and learning opportunities.
Audience: Teams of youth ages 14-18 and adults (21 or older)
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