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
• 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
1st Semester: Think Global
12 Hours Community Service
• Does not have to connect to Senior Project
topic
• Your advisor will check
off these hours
1st Semester: Think Global
RESEARCH ESSAY
• How does the system work?
• Why is it broken?
• What’s being done
about it?
1st Semester: Think Global
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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…
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.
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
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
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
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
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