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THE GOAL OF GLOBAL CLASSROOMS Project seeks to help students improve their English language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) through the study of global citizenship and its responsibilities. Students will learn about the history, structure, and procedures of the United Nations. Through examination of the Global Goals students will learn about the problems that our international community faces. More importantly they will learn how to solve such problems through cooperation and teamwork.
SKILLS THAT GLOBAL CLASSROOMS WILL BUILD
Students participating in the Global Classrooms project will have the chance to represent their school at the Global Classrooms Conference. Students from over eighty schools in the Comunidad de Madrid will meet at a conference in January to debate an international problem that affects all countries. Students compete at these conferences to move on to the next round of the competition. Each school will send a group of ten students, which will be broken into five pairs of two students. Each pair will be assigned a country to represent. A successful student will work cooperatively with their peers to find a solution that is in the best interest of their country. Before the conference, students will research their assigned countries and the problems that they face. Students will then write a position paper outlining (explaining) the opinion of their assigned country on the international problem being addressed at the conference. This international issue will be announced in October. Throughout the year students will work together to learn about the United Nations, it's member states, and skills to succeed at the conference. We will hold a mock conference at our school in December. That will give us a clear understanding of the Conference procedure. |