curricula

Each year, Global Scholars classrooms participate in an original, project-based curriculum focused on a single global challenge. Each year’s topic is interdisciplinary and has observable impacts on daily life around the world, such as clean water, environmental sustainability, or the world food supply.

Throughout five units of study, students complete project-based assignments to observe how this challenge plays out in their own cities, then exchange observations with international peers in e-classroom discussion boards. The discussion board posts and replies provide a unique primary source through which students gain a global perspective on worldwide impacts and solutions.

Each curriculum unit requires students to apply different digital tools to research, create, and present original work, providing frequent opportunities for hands-on practice. From video editing to 3D design, students are using technology for a purpose— to actively learn and share ideas with one another.

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Authentic audiences

Students are talking to real peers in the online e-classrooms, giving them an authentic audience with which they can share ideas, discuss global problems, and learn language skills.

Firsthand observations

Getting out of the classroom to explore their local community gives students a way to see problems up close and develop solutions based on their own personal experiences.

inclusive problem solving

Global Scholars students work with and within their communities to develop inclusive solutions to local problems, then share their solutions with international peers to understand how their perspectives differ from students in other parts of the world.

learning from peers

Learning from peers encourages student curiosity and deepens engagement. Writing and projects from international peers become new primary texts from which students can learn about new cities directly from local students.