CHV 2OH Civics
Course Culminating Activity – Global Citizenship
The study of Civics includes not only an understanding of civic and government institutions but it also
consists of understanding the contributions of individuals who have made a positive impact on the world.
As a result, in the Course Culminating Activity students will be responsible for writing a one-two page
report on an individual or an organization that truly exemplifies the meaning of “global citizenship”.
*You will need to complete the following steps for this assignment:
1) From the list below choose one individual or organization.
Individuals
Louise Arbour
Bono
Diana, Princess of Wales
Terry Fox
Bob Geldof
Craig Kielburger
Stephen Lewis
Rigoberta Menchu Tum
Linus Pauling
Pope John Paul II
Andrei Sakharov
Albert Schweitzer
Maurice Strong
Jean Vanier
Elie Wiesel
Aung San Suu Kyi
Norman Bethune
Shirin Ebadi
Bill Gates
Jane Goodall
Martin Luther King Jr.
Nelson Mandela
Mother Teresa
Lester B. Pearson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Margaret Sanger
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
David Suzuki
Lech Walesa
Simon Wiesenthal
Organizations
Amnesty International
Greenpeace
Human Rights Watch
Salvation Army
United Nations
Doctors Without Borders
Habitat For Humanity
International Red Cross
UNICEF
World Wildlife Fund
Maude Barlow
Rachel Carson
Dian Fossey
Mahatma Gandhi
Dag Hammarskjold
Dalai Lama
Margaret Mead
Rosa Parks
Pele
Paul Rusesabagina
Oskar Schindler
Gloria Steinem
Desmond Tutu
Raoul Wallenberg
Oprah Winfrey
2) Once an individual or organization has been selected, you will be asked to
research and organize brief responses to the following three questions/sections:
a) Who is this individual/What is the background of this organization? (Give a brief biography or
summary of the organization, including a brief background on the individual, or the number of
members, its mandate/purpose, annual budget etc) = PROFILE
b) What are the individual's values and beliefs? What does he/she/this organization stand for?
=VALUES and BELIEFS
c) Why is this person or organization important? How is this person/organization representative of
exemplary global citizenship? (What are his/her contributions to humanity? What are his/her/its
major accomplishments?) = GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
3) Please be sure to include a title page, bibliography, font size 12 and to double space!
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP ~ CULMINATING ACTIVITY
Name:___________________________
Success
Criteria:
Knowledge/
Understanding
Below 50%
Level 1
50-59%
Level 2
60-69%
Level 3
70-79%
Level 4
80-100%
-very little summary of
individual/organization
-info. is very unclear
-summarizes
individual/organization
with limited
effectiveness
-summarizes
individual/organization
with some
effectiveness
-summarizes
individual/organization
with considerable
effectiveness
-thoroughly
summarizes
individual/organization
with a high degree of
effectiveness
- the values and
beliefs are not clearly
expressed or are not
included
-hardly expresses any
of the values and
beliefs of the
individual or
organization
-satisfactorily
expresses the values
and beliefs of the
individual or
organization
-clearly expresses the
values and beliefs of
the individual or
organization
-thoroughly and
clearly expresses the
values and beliefs of
the individual or
organization
- did not connect
individual/org. to
global citizenship
-connected
individual/org. to
global citizenship with
a limited degree of
effectiveness
-connected
individual/org. to
global citizenship with
some degree of
effectiveness
-connected
individual/org. to
global citizenship with
a considerable degree
of effectiveness
-connected
individual/org. to
global citizenship with
a high degree of
effectiveness
-Assignment does not
contains all of the
required elements
(title page,
bibliography, 12 font,
double spaced)
-Assignment contains
some of the required
elements (title page,
bibliography, 12 font,
double spaced)
-very little effort in its
presentation is visible
-uses language and
tone with a limited
degree of
effectiveness
-rarely uses proper
language conventions
-Assignment contains
some of the required
elements (title page,
bibliography, 12 font,
double spaced)
-Assignment contains
most of the required
elements (title page,
bibliography, 12 font,
double spaced)
-Assignment contains
all of the required
elements (title page,
bibliography, 12 font,
double spaced)
-uses language and
tone with some
degree of
effectiveness
-sometimes uses
proper language
conventions
-uses language and
tone with a
considerable degree
of effectiveness
-usually uses proper
language conventions
-uses language and
tone with a high
degree of
effectiveness
-always uses proper
language conventions
-Profile/
Background
/10
Knowledge/
Understanding
-Values and
Beliefs
/10
Application
-Evidence of
global citizenship
/10
Application
Title Page/
Bibliography, 12
font, double space
/5
Communication
-Language
conventions and
appropriate tone
(for report)
/5
-does not use
language and tone
effectively
-many language
convention errors
Comments:
/40