Socials Homework

Next Thursday and Friday the students will be presenting, in groups, the definition they had researched.  Research groups and now presentation groups have been working very well and I am looking forward to see the results!

Many of the students have chosen to do a Power Point presentation.  This is a great way to have a visual of what you are saying as well as something for the audience to look at.  We discussed in class that each student will have to say something about the word they researched during their group presentation.  They should have enough to say that will fill 45 seconds to 1 minute and 30 seconds.  To reach this goal, I'd like each student to write and practise their "script" this weekend.  In the "script" they should talk about the following:

                  - Say the definition their original group created

                  - Say the example sentence that their original group created

                  - Talk a little bit more about their word.  They can talk about how the word relates to them (ex. my culture is..., my identity is..., I am a global citizen because..., North Vancouver is a global village because..., North Vancouver as a society is..., My world view is...).  They can also create a second example sentence.

This was not an easy assignment.  The words were big picture words and difficult to define.  But, the students have really stepped up to the challenge!  I appreciate all their hard work and like I said, I am looking forward to the presentations.  I think they will be wonderful!

If your child did not bring home a copy of all the created definitions and examples, please find all definitions below! :)

Global Citizen: A global citizen is someone who, not only respects, understands, and helps their own community, but also everyone else all over the world. Ex. Ms. Smith went to Africa to help teach in a local school in Ghana, she is a global citizen

Global Village: The whole world considered as being closely connected by modern technologies.  The idea of global village is that you can get something from another part of the world on a small area. Ex. A global village is a world of different nations, cultures, and community where people are connected to each other by different ways.

Culture: Every group of people has a culture.  Culture is a way of life, every culture has different things that they celebrate, different things that they eat, and different things they do and wear.  Culture is a particular group of people, countries, society, language, religions, and nationalities, and social habits. Ex. Culture can be viewed as the customs, arts, and social interactions of a particular nation, people, or other social group.  It can also be defined as an appreciation of the arts and human intellectual achievement.

Global/World View: The overall perspectives of how people see the world in their point of view, world wide. Ex.  In our global view we see that it involves the entire earth and everybody in it.

Society: Society means a group of people being included with other people.  People can join all together because they have the same interest. Ex.  Society means many things.  It could be groups, clubs, it also means culture.  It could mean things you don’t even know like circle company.

Identity: Identity means yourself in different ways.  Your emotions, interests, dislikes, and reactions to situations.  Identity is also your background, nationality, and your beliefs. Ex. Ms. Smith has an identity of being a nice person.