National Child Day provided an excellent opportunity to begin to explore The Rights of a Child. This fits very nicely with needs and wants and our responsibilities as a Global Citizen to show compassion for those less fortunate than ourselves. We have explored what it is to be Canadian and that pride in our country is great but that it is a fine line to feeling better than other countries. The class decided a that feeling of superiority would lead to our Invisible Strings being broken (the text we started the year with). They thought this would lead to us not wanting to help people from different countries. As one student pointed out, we are lucky to be born into a country without major problems and we did not really do anything to be born in the place we were. I was most impressed by the depth of conversation and feel grateful that our future generation show such generosity of spirit.
To further highlight how the actions of one can impact others in different countries, we thought about who would be impacted if we dropped a single piece of garbage in Evanston. The class initially thought it would just be the local wildlife. We then watched a video about the Pacific Garbage Patch. We were horrified and we are going to be much more careful about our use of plastic. We thought that we might try to use more re-useable containers as well as be more mindful about not dropping litter. If you have not seen a video, get your child to show it to you. Just Google 'Pacific Garbage Patch'. Have a conversation about how you do/can do your part to be kind to the Earth and be a Global Citizen.
To further highlight how the actions of one can impact others in different countries, we thought about who would be impacted if we dropped a single piece of garbage in Evanston. The class initially thought it would just be the local wildlife. We then watched a video about the Pacific Garbage Patch. We were horrified and we are going to be much more careful about our use of plastic. We thought that we might try to use more re-useable containers as well as be more mindful about not dropping litter. If you have not seen a video, get your child to show it to you. Just Google 'Pacific Garbage Patch'. Have a conversation about how you do/can do your part to be kind to the Earth and be a Global Citizen.
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Thank you!
Barb Rocca
Administrative Assistant, Kenneth D. Taylor School
Administrative Assistant, Kenneth D. Taylor School
Calgary Board of Education | cbe.ab.ca
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