Being a Global Citizen

1. QUARTER 4 – MODULE 2
LESSON 1
What Does It
Mean to Be a
Global Citizen?

2. Becoming
Global Citizen.

3. What is Global Citizen?
At The Global Citizens’ Initiative (TGCI) we define a global citizen as
someone who sees himself or herself as being part of an emerging world
community and whose actions help define this community’s values and
practices..

4. Becoming Global Citizen
Today the forces of modern information, communications, and
transportation technologies are helping people develop global identity. In
increasing ways these technologies are strengthening our ability to connect
to the rest of the world, for example through the Internet, through
strengthening our ability to participate in the global economic marketplace,
through the ways in which we now see the world-wide impact of atmospheric
change on our environment, and through the empathy we feel when we see
pictures of humanitarian disasters in other countries.

5. As global citizens we have an added layer of global responsibility.
Our responsibilities include the following:
• First, the responsibility to understand the ways in which the
peoples and countries of the world are inter-connected and
interdependent: For example, we need to understand the ways in
which the global environment affects us where we live; the ways in
which human rights violations in foreign countries can affect our
own human rights; how growing income and resource inequalities
within and between countries affect the quality of our own lives;
how the global tide of immigration affects what goes on in our
countries and how our own country’s immigration policies affect
other nations.

6. • Second, global citizens have the responsibility to
understand global issues: Global issues are those that
cannot be solved by individual nation-states. For example, we
need to understand the impact of the growing scarcity of
natural resources on all countries; the challenges presented
by the current distribution of wealth and power in the world;
the roots of conflict within and between countries and
requirements of peace-building and peacemaking; and
the challenges posed by a growing global population.

7. • Third, global citizens have the responsibility to
understand our own perspectives and the perspectives
of others on global issues: Almost every global issue has
multiple ethnic, social, political, and economic perspectives
attached to it. It is the responsibility of global citizens to
understand these different perspectives and work to build
common ground solutions. A global citizen usually avoids
taking sides with one particular point of view, and
instead searches for ways to bring all sides together.

8. • Fourth, global citizens have the responsibility to advocate for
greater implement ion by our countries of international
agreements, conventions, and treaties (ACTs) related to global
issues: Global citizens have the responsibility to advocate for
having our countries sign outstanding global agreements that they
have not signed and for ratifying and complying with those that
they have signed. ACTs are one of the building blocks of global
collaboration among countries, collaboration that is essential for
building a sustainable world community. Country global
citizenship is just as important as the global citizenship of
individuals.

9. • Fifth global citizens have the responsibility to promote
and advocate for greater international cooperation
between our countries and other nations: When a
global issue arises, it is important for global citizens to
speak out on how our countries can work with other
nations to address this issue; and how our countries can
work more effectively with established international
organizations like the United Nations, rather than
proceed on a unilateral course of action.

10. • Finally, global citizens have the responsibility to adopt
lifestyles and values that reflect our commitment to
building a sustainable planet and demonstrate respect
for the world’s cultural diversity. For example, we need
to minimize our carbon footprint and protect the
environmental resources in our local environment. We need
to cultivate values of tolerance, compassion, and empathy
for others, and build mutually supportive relationships
with people from other cultures and countries.

11. Infographic

12. Infographic
• What is an infographic? According to the Oxford
English Dictionary, an infographic (or information
graphic) is a visual representation of information or
data. Charts, pictures (symbols, imojis, icons,
illustrations) and a few words are used to attract
our attention and help us understand and easily
remember the information presented to us.

13. Example of
Infogaphic
The infographic on the
picture tells us clearly the
10 facts about millennials.

14. What type of
infographic
shows on the
picture?

15. Quiz

16. Test I.
1. Someone who identifies with being part of an emerging world
community and whose actions contribute to building this
community’s values and practices.
2. Is a visual representation of information or data. Charts, pictures
and few words are used to attract our attention and help us
understand.
3-5: Give characteristics of global citizen as depicted in the
reading text.

17. 6.
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8. 10.
9. • List Infographic
• Resume Infographic
• Map Infographic
• Informational Infographic
• Comparison Infographic

18. Thank you!
Do you have any questions?