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Think Global. Act Local.

Think Global. Act Local. Phoenix Academy Senior Project 2010-2011 “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” - Ghandi. Think Global. . Study a global issue through the lens of “systems” Environment Climate change, water scarcity Human Rights/Violence

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Think Global. Act Local.

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  1. Think Global. Act Local. Phoenix Academy Senior Project 2010-2011 “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” - Ghandi

  2. Think Global. • Study a global issue through the lens of “systems” • Environment • Climate change, water scarcity • Human Rights/Violence • Human trafficking, child labor • Poverty • Third-world debt, food distribution • Migration • Immigrant rights, refugee resettlement • Education • Education as means to fight intolerance, equity of schooling for all people

  3. 1st Semester: Think Global 12 Hours Community Service • Does not have to connect to Senior Project topic • Your advisor will check off these hours

  4. 1st Semester: Think Global RESEARCH ESSAY • How does the system work? • Why is it broken? • What’s being done about it?

  5. 1st Semester: Think Global GLOBAL FORUMS • University of Puget Sound – November 18th • Share part one of your research paper. • Spread awareness about your global issue • Get ideas, resources and connections to help you 2nd semester as you…

  6. 2nd Semester – Act local. 12 Hours Service Learning Project • Connect your global issue to a local issue. • Work to impact change on that local system! Reflective Essay • Write about your research and reflect on your action in part two of your paper. Presentation to Community • Present and defend your work to a panel of judges in your final Phoenix Senior Project Exhibition.

  7. Global Issue: Environment • Topic: Climate Change • Essential Question: How does eating locally impact a community’s impact on the environment? • Non-fiction Book: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver • Action Research: Interview founder of Tacoma Food CoOp • Service Learning 1st semester: L’Arche Farms and Gardens

  8. Acting Local: Environment • Impacting change/ Service Learning • Write a grant for Tacoma Food Co-Op • Start a garden at Clover Park High School • Organize the first farmer’s market in Lakewood • Continue to work with Clover Park School District to choose more healthy and local food options for the cafeteria • Create a PSA to air on local TV encouraging people in Lakewood to eat local as much as possible

  9. Global Issue: Education/Poverty • Topic: Relationship between education and poverty • Essential Question: How does a person’s education level affect the likelihood that he or she will live in poverty? • Non-fiction Book:Three Cups of Tea • Action Research: Interview World Vision employees • Service Learning 1st semester: serving at food bank at Little Church on the Prairie

  10. Act Local: Education/Poverty • Impacting Change/Service Learning • Create a PSA that airs on public TV that promotes the Fresh Start program for young adults at TCC • Use sports to mentor junior high students who have been in trouble at school • Host classes for parents of ESL parents to teach them about how students can get to college • Mobilize people to work for the passage of the “Dream Act” for undocumented immigrants

  11. To “pass” Senior Project… • Pass part one and part two of your paper with a 2.75 out of 4.0 • Pass your Global Forum and your final defense with a 2.75 out of 4.0 • Complete 24 hours of service • 12 hours of community service • 12 hours of service learning project

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