Unit
Topic

Region
Length

Empowering Global Citizens

1.2

Water and Food

ICC: interpersonal (diverse cultural perspectives, one’s own
identity and culture, others’ identities and cultures, and
working in intercultural teams); ICC: intrapersonal (mini-
mization of the effects of prejudice; ethics: common values,
commitment to equality, the value of human potential, and
the importance of global compacts); work and mind habits:
cross—cultural perspective taking; culture: geography; global
risk: environment; arts: literature and visual; and investi-
gation and analytical skills: local—global link and creative
communication

Ghana, India, Uganda, and Mexico

Eight weeks

Goals and Objectives

Learn about water and food around the world.

Inspire students to think about how all forms of life, both human
and other, need water and food.

Act by describing what water is needed for and how to access it.

Skills and Knowledge

Students will learn the difference between salt water and freshwater
(geography).

Students will learn the oceans and place them on a map (geography).
Students will be able to place India, Ghana, and Uganda on a map

(geography).

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