Empowering Global Citizens

They will come up with the following: 1) water, 2) food, 3) clothing, 4)
shelter, 5) air, 6) education, and 7) love/ respectful relationships.

Activity 1.1.3

Six Billion People, Six Billion Possibilities

Students are instructed to find one object that represents each of the seven
universal human needs that they found and to make something out of the
object. For example, a student may collect a water bottle (water), an empty
cereal box (food), an old sock (clothing), a few Lego bricks (shelter), a bal—
loon (air), a paper clip (education), and a photo of his or her family (love).
He or she then creates a sculpture out of the objects. Each child shares
his or her sculpture, and the teacher leads the class in a discussion of how
even though we all need the same things, those things look different for

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Activity 1.1.4

What Makes a Good Friend

The teacher asks the students to think about what a good friend is and what
a good friend does. The students write an acrostic poem using a word and

descriptions of friendship. Consider the following example:

Eriends are nice
Really great to have
in sunny skies
Especially to play
flever to hurt
_D_on’t say mean things
§o good to have a friend

They will revisit these poems later in the year.