1. Global Gateway secondary school curriculum provides teachers and students with essential attitudes, skills and knowledge needed for global citizenship by promoting understanding of the important roles and crucial responsibilities each have in addressing complex global issues. The curriculum, professional development modules and educator community are available through VIF’s online learning center.
1. Global Themes
Getting Started
with VIF’s Global Gateway Curriculum
Secondary School
Global Gateway curriculum is built on three primary components:
The curriculum is theme-based, addresses global issues and supports national standards. Definitions of global themes are below.
• Global Society explores the world’s people and examines similarities and differences between their cultures, languages, sports/leisure activities, religions, pop culture, cultural dimensions and intercultural communication.
• Global Geography studies the Earth and its people from physical, human and cultural perspectives. It examines the effect of geography on the distribution of people and resources, on world economies and on socio-cultural activities.
• Global Environment investigates global environmental challenges and possible solutions. Challenges include population growth, world health issues, agricultural production, water/sanitation, climate change and natural hazards.
• Global Education addresses issues that countries face in providing educational opportunities to their citizens. Explorations include global literacy issues, educational access/equity, education funding and the digital divide.
• Global Economy analyzes economic dependency between countries, their financial institutions, movement of goods and services, technological innovations and capital.
• Global Politics examines the impact of global political systems on everyday life and processes that countries use to make political decisions. Forms of government, voting and human rights, revolutions and conflict are investigated.

2. 2. Global COnnections i-iv
Global Connections represent graduated levels of complexity (from I to IV) with each level consisting of 18 units that can be taught as a course sequence.
3. Units
The building blocks of curriculum implementation are individual units which include resources needed to incorporate global concepts into classroom instruction. Each unit includes activities, resource lists, technology links, assessments and three project-based inquiry lesson plans. There are a total of 72 units in the curriculum, all of which align with Common Core State Standards, National Social Studies Standards, National Educational Technology Standards and Career Technical Education Standards.
Put the Global Gateway curriculum to work immediately:
• Supplemental integration: Access to Global Gateway allows teachers to supplement curriculum-based instruction in existing courses with online resources, activities and lessons infused with global content.
• Thematic integration: Each global theme consists of 11-14 units which may be taught in semester blocks. Globally themed units do include prerequisites and should be taught and studied in a specific sequence because of graduating levels of complexity. To help implement thematic integration effectively, VIF provides consultation to partnering schools.
• Global Connections integration: Global Connections I, II, III or IV may be offered as semester courses. Global Connections include 18 units at each level that progress in complexity.
• Selected unit integration: The flexibility of the curriculum also allows for selected units to be shaped into specific content- or issue-focused courses of study. Again, because of the graduating levels of complexity and prerequisites of some units, VIF will provide consultation to support effective implementation.

3. GL
OBAL CONNECTIONS IMy Culture, My FamilyThe U.S. American WaySocial Entrepreneurship - Oral and WrittenLanguagesSports and LeisureSocial Entrepreneurship - Religions of theWorldPop CultureCultural DimensionsIntercultural CommunicationSocial Entrepreneurship - TransportationTraders and TravelersSocial Entrepreneurship - Fine and Performing ArtsArchitectureSocial Entrepreneurship - The Spanish-, Chinese- and Arabic- Speaking CountriesSocial Entrepreneurship - AgricultureWater and SanitationSocial Entrepreneurship - ClimateNatural HazardsSocial Entrepreneurship - Natural ResourcesSocial Entrepreneurship - Regions of theWorldLandforms Global Society Microfinance and Business PlansSocial Entrepreneurship - Physical GeographyGLOBAL CONNECTIONS IIGLOBAL CONNECTIONS IIIGLOBAL CONNECTIONS IV Global GeographyGlobalEnvironmentGlobalEducationGlobalEconomyGlobalPolitics PopulationHealthSocial Entrepreneurship - Environment, Population andHealthLiteracyAccess/EquitySocial Entrepreneurship - The EurozoneBarteringSocial Entrepreneurship - Forms of GovernmentVoting RightsSocial Entrepreneurship - Governments and Access toVotingMicrofinance Lending and OpportunitiesEducationFundingThe InternetSocial Entrepreneurship - - Higher EducationEducation in Rural AreasSocial EntrepreneurshipEconomicExpansionSocial EntrepreneurshipUrbanizationIntercultural BusinessCommunicationTrade Balance/ Fair TradeNatural ResourcesSocial Entrepreneurship - TechnologyGlobalizationSocial Entrepreneurship - Government andHuman RightsSocial EntrepreneurshipReligionGender RelationsConflictDigital Divide and EducationSocial Entrepreneurship - Human RightsRefugeesSocial Entrepreneurship - RevolutionTerrorismSocial Entrepreneurship - Social Entrepreneurship - Microfinance and Meeting Peoples’ NeedsEntrepreneurs and MicrofinanceOpportunitiesHuman GeographyCultural GeographyPhysical and Cultural GeographyEnvironment, Agriculture andWater ConservationEnvironment, Regional Climatesand Natural HazardsEnvironment and Natural ResourcesEducation, Regional Literacyand Access/EquityEducation and the DigitalDivideEducation, Literacy Rates and Higher EducationTechnology Access and EducationEconomies, Baterting and CurrenciesNatural Resources, Imports/ Exports and Fair TradeAccess to Technology andHuman Rights and Micro- finance PlansSusceptibility to Terrorism

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Support for teachers delivering the curriculum is built into Global Gateway.
Global Gateway teachers are supported by VIF’s online learning center, which includes a wealth of curricular resources and a vibrant community of teachers and administrators with a shared interest in infusing global perspectives into classroom instruction.
Global Gateway teachers also have access to a number of inquiry-based professional development modules available in the VIF learning center. Professional development modules are specifically designed to support teachers’ efforts to integrate global curriculum into their classrooms and emphasize the importance of engaging students in an inquiry-based approach to learning. As teachers complete professional development modules, they build portfolios of digital badges earned for their achievements. Teachers are able to share digital badges earned for professional development with the VIF learning center community, and with administrators and district personnel.
Global Gateway features professional development modules designed for secondary school teachers.