Personal & social development // Empathy & Social Awareness
Global Citizenship
Understand what it means to be a citizen in an interconnected world where decisions in one place affect people elsewhere; explore global issues (climate justice, forced migration, global health, poverty) through an empathy lens, distinguishing facts from value judgements; engage with the ethical tension between obligations to those close to us and obligations to distant strangers; introduce evidence-based giving and effective altruism as one framework for thinking about global responsibility; develop a personal, reasoned stance on global citizenship that acknowledges complexity
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When the learner reads about a crisis happening in another country, can they describe how they think about their own responsibility — and name one practical thing young people can genuinely do about large-scale problems rather than just feeling helpless?
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3 topicsEmpathy & Social Awareness // Ages 9 to 11
Advanced empathy and social awareness depends on earlier social concepts
- Systemic Inequality and AllyshipRequired
Empathy & Social Awareness // Ages 11 to 12
Empathy mastery depends on foundational advanced empathy skills
- Sympathy Versus EmpathyRequired
Empathy & Social Awareness // Ages 12 to 13
Empathy and social awareness mastery depends on advanced social awareness skills
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