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** English Language Arts **  written by Erin Van Guilder and Linda Nitsche This online resource is for Instructional Planning and Teacher Use. This is not intended for student usage.
 * 6th Grade Performance Task **


 * Globalization is not new – people, goods, money and ideas have moved around the world for centuries. In recent years the globalization process has been rapid and widespread. One of the results has been the growth in large businesses that produce and sell goods in many countries. Using the Internet, people regularly connect across time zones, borders and cultures. The world has truly shrunk, demanding that you take on new responsibility for your actions, develop respect and value diversity, and see yourself as a global citizen who can contribute to a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. The organization, Head, Heart, and Hand, was developed to provide young people with opportunities to learn and understand their role as global citizens. Head, Heart, and Hand, is expanding its efforts and is currently seeking youth like you to explore and tackle real life issues impacting people across the world. The organization engages youth in a three part program designed to equip them first with knowledge, the Head, secondly with skills, the Heart, and lastly with the process and opportunity, the Hand. Armed with all three, youth are challenged to take action on global issues participating as true global citizens. **


 * Are you ready to take on those challenges and develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes for informed and active participation as a global citizen? Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of people across the world? Read on. **