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Global Contexts Mindmaps (Identities and Relationships (Who we are:…
Global Contexts Mindmaps
Identities and Relationships
Who we are:
Inquiries into the nature of the self.
Beliefs and values.
Personal, physical, mental, social, and spiritual health.
Human relationships, including families, friends, communities, and cultures.
What it means to be human.
Rights and Responsibilities.
The effect of mass media on teenage identity; a short film.
Keeping culinary traditions; a video series following family recipes with historical relevancies.
Possible explorations to develop:
Competitions and cooperations; teams, affiliations, and leaderships.
Identity formations, self-esteems, statuses, roles, and role models
Personal efficacy and agency; attitudes, motivations, independence; happiness, and the good life.
Physical, psychological, and social developments, transitions, health, well-beings, and lifestyle choices.
Human natures and human dignity, moral reasonings and ethical judgments, consciousness and minds.
Helps you look at what makes you different from others and what you share with others.
Orientations in Space and Time
Where we are in place and time:
Inquiries into orientations in place and time.
Personal histories.
Homes and journeys.
The relationships between, and the interconnectedness of, individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.
The discoveries, explorations, and migrations of humankind.
The Euclidean space perspective of the universes; a 3D model.
Possible explorations to develop:
Civilizations and social histories, heritages; pilgrimages, migrations, displacements, and exchanges.
Epochs, eras, turning points, and ‘big history.’
Scales, durations, frequencies, and variability.
Peoples, boundaries, exchanges, and interactions.
Natural and human landscapes and resources.
Evolutions, constraints, and adaptations.
It is not just about studying the time and place of an event. It also means looking at how an event has made impacts on personal as well as global history.
Personal and Cultural Expressions
How we express ourselves:
Inquiries 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 appreciations of the aesthetic.
Culture and self-expression through dance at the local community arts centre; a performance.
Possible explorations to develop:
Artistry, crafts, creations, and beauty.
Products, systems and institutions.
Social constructions of reality; philosophies and ways of life; belief systems; rituals and plays.
Critical literacy, languages and linguistic systems; histories of ideas, fields and disciplines; analyses and arguments.
Entrepreneurship, practices, and competency.
Metacognition and abstract thinking.
About creativity and forms of expression. It is also about seeing things from different points of views.
Scientific and Technical Innovations
How the world works:
Inquiries into the natural world and its laws.
The interactions between the natural worlds (physical and biological) and human societies.
How humans use their understandings of scientific principles.
The impacts of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environments.
Possible explorations to develop:
Systems, models, methods; products, processes, and solutions.
Adaptations, ingenuity, and progresses.
Opportunities, risks, consequences, and responsibilities.
Modernizations, industrializations, and engineering.
Digital life, virtual environments, and the information ages.
The biological revolutions.
Mathematical puzzles, principles, and discoveries.
Nano fibers build stronger bikes; a prototype bike with nano fibers.
Is important because science and innovation help you adapt to the world. Scientific inquiry into the natural world helps you understand your world and the impact you have on it.
Globalizations and Sustainability
How we organize ourselves:
Economic activities and their impacts on humankind and the environments.
Inquiries into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities.
The structures and functions of organizations.
Societal decision-making.
The impacts of the financial crises of Europe and the European Economic Community on the United States; a visual presentation.
Possible explorations to develop:
Markets, commodities, and commercializations.
Human impacts on the environments.
Commonality, diversity, and interconnections.
Consumptions, conservations, natural resources, and public goods.
Populations and demography.
Urban planning, strategies, and infrastructures.
About how concerned we are worldwide, how we make decisions about global issues and how we can act in a responsible way to make the world a better place.
Fairness and Developments
Sharing the planets:
Communities and the relationships within and between them.
Inquiries into rights and responsibilities in the struggles to share finite resources with other people and with other living things.
Access to equal opportunities.
Peace and conflict resolutions.
Asylum seekers and their right to live like us; a painting.
Addresses the nature of conflict and peace and how they both relate to the issues of fairness and sustainability.
Possible explorations to develop:
Inequality, difference and inclusion rights, laws, civic responsibilities, and the public spheres.
Democracy, politics, governments, and civil societies.
Human capability and developments; social entrepreneurs
Justices, peace, and conflicts.
Authorities, security, and freedoms.
Imagining hopeful futures.
Powers and privileges.