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Calling all global citizens! We are all part of one world. It's time to explore it!
We are all part of one world. This nonfiction book introduces life around the globe while pointing out things we all have in common.
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"Readers will learn about the fourth UN Sustainable Development Goal and what it takes to commit to ensuring quality education and learning opportunities for all. Aligned to curriculum standards, this book also highlights key 21st Century content: Global Awareness, Public Policy, Health and Wellness, Civics Literacy, and Environmental Stewardship. Includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and infographics"--...
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Daniele Archibugi is professor of innovation, governance, and public policy at the University of London, Birkbeck College, and a research director at the Italian National Research Council in Rome. His books include Debating Cosmopolitics and The Globalizing Learning Economy.
The Global Commonwealth of Citizens critically examines the prospects for cosmopolitan democracy as a viable and humane response to the challenges of globalization. Arising...
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"Examine what it means to be a global citizen, and learn about the rights and responsibilities that we all have." -- from Amazon.com summary.
The basic human rights-- a safe environment, freedom of expression, education-- are right that are worked for and defended around the world. Knutson shows how young people can protect and promote rights equality, within and beyond their own communities. The book includes investigative activities and research...
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Shawn Smallman and Kimberley Brown's popular introductory textbook for undergraduates in international and global studies is now released in a substantially revised and updated third edition. Encompassing the latest scholarship in what has become a markedly interdisciplinary endeavor and an increasingly chosen undergraduate major, the book introduces key concepts, themes, and issues and then examines each in lively chapters on essential topics, including...
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Basic Books
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2021
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"Most of human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, or tribes. The concept of the "citizen," an idea we take for granted, is historically quite rare-and was, until recently, amongst America's most profoundly cherished ideals. But without shock treatment, warns historian and conservative political commentator Victor Davis Hanson, American citizenship as we have known it for well over two centuries may soon vanish. In The Dying Citizen,...
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Smart Apple Media
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2004
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Explores the basic needs of human beings, why they are not met in some parts of the world, how war and politics impact human rights, and what can be done to help meet people's basic needs, both through such groups as the United Nations and the efforts of individual citizens.
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Smart Apple Media
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2004
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Explores the many differences that exist between people throughout the world and what can be done to help reduce prejudice and discrimination and increase respect for cultural differences, both through government action and the efforts of individual citizens.
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Greenhaven Publishing
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2020.
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"What does it mean to be a citizen in the 21st century? Globalization, the dominance of corporations, the influence of technology, massive immigration, and geopolitical shifts have changed our world considerably in just a few decades. How have these changes affected the responsibilities placed on us as citizens and also on governments and leaders around the world? Tackling a number of fascinating issues pertaining to our future, the viewpoints in...
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DK Publishing
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2021
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An illustrated guide to how we can all make a difference in our local and global communities. Are you an aspiring activist or a curious community member? Then this is the perfect guide for you! Young people around the world are more aware than ever before of social, cultural, and environmental issues. They want their voices to be heard. They are keen to step up and make a difference. Packed with carefully curated and expert-written content, this fun...
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CreateSpace Independent publishing platform]
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[2016]
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Drawing on a synthesis of research and practice in global citizenship education, this book presents The World Course--a rigorous and coherent curriculum to foster student agency, empathy, and deep knowledge and skills to recognize the biggest global challenges and opportunities of our times, and to advance sustainability, human rights, and peace. Integrating current thinking on twenty-first-century competencies and deeper learning, and deploying pedagogies...
16) Nobelity
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Monterey Media
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c2006
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A look at the world's most pressing problems through the eyes of Nobel laureates. Follow filmmaker Turk Pipkin in his journey to find enlightening answers about the kind of world our children and grandchildren will know.
17) Lucky mud & other foma: a field guide to Kurt Vonnegut's environmentalism and planetary citizenship
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Seven Stories Press
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[2022]
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"Vonnegut's major apocalyptic trio-Cat's Cradle, Slapstick, and Galápagos-prompt broad global, national, and species-level thinking about environmental issues through dramatic and fantastic scenarios. This book, Lucky Mud and Other Foma, tells the story of the origins and legacy of what Kurt Vonnegut understood as "planetary citizenship" and explores key roots, influences, literary techniques, and artistic expressions of his interest in environmental...
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