Identities and relationships

Orientation in space and time

Personal and cultural expression

Scientific and technical innovation

Globalization and sustainability

Fairness and development

The MYP global contexts have been selected to provide a lens with which to consider international mindedness.

Sit in groups of people who have selected the same global context

Aspects of a personal project

Aim: To join communities that will help inform your personal project through consideration of

your selected global context

Global context task

• Consider you personal project• Remind yourself why you identified the

related global context• Justify to the person next to you how your

personal project support society within the context of you selected global context?

How did that feel• Did you have lots to say?• Were you confident?• Did you feel

knowledgeable?

• Did you not have things to say?

• Were you nervous?• Did you feel out of your

depth?

• The selected global context should inform the direction of your personal project

• Consideration of the global context is explicitly required throughout the personal project criteria so should act as a foundation for your project

Global contexts in the PP

Global contexts in the PP

Should underpin your goal

Should inform your product

Global contexts in the PP

Should be reflected upon

Global contexts in the PP

In global context groups

• Identify the similarities between your projects

• Identify the differences between your projects

Brainstorm• Place your project at the centre of

an A3 sheet• Around your project display all of

the different aspects of your project including the global context

Example:Project – Write and publish a poetry book reflecting upon about being a third culture kid

Aspects: Poetry writing, Book publishing, Third culture kid experiences, Personal and cultural expression

Find communities

• Under each aspect find and list relevant communities (forums, google + groups, websites, chatrooms) which could inform your project

Third Culture Kids:TCKID.com – a home for third culture kidsdenizenmag.com – a magazine for TCK

Publishing:Self publishing google + grouplibboo.com – help authors get discovered

Poetry:Allpoetry.com – World’s largest online poetry sitewww.powerpoetry.org – Largest online teen poetry

Personal and cultural expression:Prezzi - Global contexts by John HarveyYoutube - Global Contexts: Personal and Cultural Expressions. By: Jessica Garcia and Evelyn Whitworth

• Get involved with one or some of the “community of practice” identified

• Document all of these experiences in you PP process journal

Your task for the next month

The following slides should be printed out and laminated and used to support stages of this task

Who am I? Who are we?

Students will explore identity; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures; what it means to be human.

Identities and relationships

What is the meaning of “when” and “where”?

Students will explore personal histories; homes and journeys; turning points in humankind; discoveries; explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between, and the interconnectedness of, individuals and civilizations, from personal, local and global perspectives.

Orientation in space and time

What is the nature and purpose of creative expression?

Students will explore 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 appreciation of the aesthetic.

Personal and cultural expression

How do we understand the worlds in which we live?

Students will explore the natural world and its laws; the interaction between people and the natural world; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on communities and environments; the impact of environments on human activity; how humans adapt environments to their needs.

Scientific and technical innovation

How is everything connected?

Students will explore the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the relationship between local and global processes; how local experiences mediate the global; reflect on the opportunities and tensions provided by world interconnectedness; the impact of decision-making on humankind and the environment.

Globalization and sustainability

What are the consequences of our common humanity?

Students will explore rights and responsibilities; the relationship between communities; sharing finite resources with other people and with other living things; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.

Fairness and development