CHV 2OH Civics
Course Culminating Activity – Global Citizenship
The study of Civics includes not only an understanding of civic and government institutions but it also consists of understanding the contributions of individuals who have made a positive impact on the world. As a result, in the Course Culminating Activity students will be responsible for writing a one-two page report on an individual or an organization that truly exemplifies the meaning of “global citizenship”.
*You will need to complete the following steps for this assignment:
1) From the list below choose one individual or organization.
Individuals
Louise Arbour Aung San Suu Kyi Maude Barlow
Bono Norman Bethune Rachel Carson
Diana, Princess of Wales Shirin Ebadi Dian Fossey
Terry Fox Bill Gates Mahatma Gandhi
Bob Geldof Jane Goodall Dag Hammarskjold
Craig Kielburger Martin Luther King Jr. Dalai Lama
Stephen Lewis Nelson Mandela Margaret Mead
Rigoberta Menchu Tum Mother Teresa Rosa Parks
Linus Pauling Lester B. Pearson Pele
Pope John Paul II Eleanor Roosevelt Paul Rusesabagina
Andrei Sakharov Margaret Sanger Oskar Schindler
Albert Schweitzer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Gloria Steinem
Maurice Strong David Suzuki Desmond Tutu
Jean Vanier Lech Walesa Raoul Wallenberg
Elie Wiesel Simon Wiesenthal Oprah Winfrey
Organizations
Amnesty International Doctors Without Borders
Greenpeace Habitat For Humanity
Human Rights Watch International Red Cross
Salvation Army UNICEF
United Nations World Wildlife Fund
2) Once an individual or organization has been selected,you will be asked to
research and organize brief responses to the following threequestions/sections:
a) Who is this individual/What is the background of this organization? (Give a brief biography or
summary of the organization, including a brief background on the individual, or the number of
members, its mandate/purpose, annual budget etc) = PROFILE
b) What are the individual's values and beliefs? What does he/she/this organization stand for?
=VALUES and BELIEFS
c) Why is this person or organization important? Howis this person/organizationrepresentative of
exemplary global citizenship? (What are his/her contributions to humanity? What are his/her/its
major accomplishments?) =GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
3) Please be sure to include a title page, bibliography, font size 12 and to double space!
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP ~ CULMINATING ACTIVITY
Name:______
Success Criteria: / Below 50% / Level 150-59% / Level 2
60-69% / Level 3
70-79% / Level 4
80-100%
Knowledge/
Understanding
-Profile/
Background
/10 / -very little summary of individual/organization
-info. is very unclear / -summarizes individual/organization with limited effectiveness / -summarizes individual/organization with some
effectiveness / -summarizes individual/organization with considerable effectiveness / -thoroughly summarizes individual/organization with a high degree of effectiveness
Knowledge/
Understanding
-Values and Beliefs
/10 / - the values and beliefs are not clearly expressed or are not included / -hardly expresses any of the values and beliefs of the individual or organization / -satisfactorily expresses the values and beliefs of the individual or organization / -clearly expresses the values and beliefs of the individual or organization / -thoroughly and clearly expresses the values and beliefs of the individual or organization
Application
-Evidence of global citizenship
/10 / - did not connect individual/org. to global citizenship / -connected individual/org. to global citizenship with a limited degree of effectiveness / -connected individual/org. to global citizenship with some degree of effectiveness / -connected individual/org. to global citizenship with a considerable degree of effectiveness / -connected individual/org. to global citizenship with a high degree of effectiveness
Application
Title Page/ Bibliography, 12 font, double space
/5 / -Assignment does notcontains all of the required elements (title page, bibliography, 12 font, double spaced) / -Assignment contains some of the required elements (title page, bibliography, 12 font, double spaced)
-very little effort in its presentation is visible / -Assignment contains some of the required elements (title page, bibliography, 12 font, double spaced) / -Assignment contains most of the required elements (title page, bibliography, 12 font, double spaced) / -Assignment contains all of the required elements (title page, bibliography, 12 font, double spaced)
Communication
-Language conventions and appropriate tone (for report)
/5 / -does not use language and tone effectively
-many language convention errors / -uses language and tone with a limited degree of effectiveness
-rarely uses proper language conventions / -uses language and tone with some degree of effectiveness
-sometimes uses proper language conventions / -uses language and tone with a considerable degree of effectiveness
-usually uses proper language conventions / -uses language and tone with a high degree of effectiveness
-always uses proper language conventions
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