Make It Personal

Three diverse programs have a common aim: to help students develop social responsibility by showing them the personal connection. At the first school, a 3rd grade teacher in New York takes the opportunity to connect his students with their peers in a newly founded school in India. Teachers in a British Columbia elementary school tap into their students' internal motivation to act responsibly with a schoolwide "Question of the Day" program. And a two-day simulation gives North Carolina 7th graders a direct experience in global poverty and deepens their appreciation for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. [author]