Global Voices
Global Voices
What does it really mean to be a citizen of today’s world, especially in order to build a better place for all? Is it superhero strength and futuristic skills? Or is it connecting back to our most basic but important human values and the capacities of listening and empathising?
Our Global Citizenship Live Lesson is an invitation to explore these questions and a reminder of the immense capacities of kindness, caring and positive action moved by hope that we humans have, despite all the negative messages that we constantly hear.
The Live Lesson includes a short, inspiring lesson for Early Years-P3 with children’s author Chris Naylor-Ballesteros; a full morning for P4-P7 classes with workshops delivered by our friends from the British charity Christian Aid and the award-winning children’s author Nicola Davies, and a pre-recorded workshop for High Schools. We are grateful for the support of our friends at Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour and Scottish Book Trust for helping to make these lessons possible.
Early Years–P3
Children’s author and illustrator Chris Naylor-Ballesteros joins us to read his wonderful book 'The Suitcase', inviting pupils to explore empathy through a simple but effective activity.
Global Voices Live Lesson Storytime: Early Years
Upper Primary (P4-P7)
Workshop 1: What does it mean to be a good global citizen? Or even just a citizen? Emma Gardner from the British charity Christian Aid explores these questions with pupils, including ways we can raise our voices and influence change.
Workshop 2: “Global citizenship starts with a face…” Children’s author and advocate Nicola Davies takes us on a journey through some of her books, including 'The Day War Came', 'The New Girl' and 'King of the Sky', highlighting the connection between empathy, kindness, story sharing and citizenship.
Global Voices Live Lesson: Upper Primary
High Schools
A pre-recorded session to accommodate your own timetable with pause points for discussion and linked activity.
Global Voices Live Lesson: High Schools
All Ages Assembly
An Assembly to wrap up our Global Citizenship Live Lesson. Let's see what we remember, and have a look at some of the work sent in throughout the week.
Global Voices Live Lesson assembly
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Part of Global Citizenship is using our voice to create change. During the Assembly, we encouraged pupils to send in a message they want the whole world to hear and revisited messages sent to politicians attending COP26 in November 2021 asking them to work together to solve the Climate Emergency.
We received hundreds of letters, drawings, and photographs from schools across Scotland, all with the same message of hope for the future. These messages were put together in this video and a book which was gifted to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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