LibGuides: SOC-3010 Global Civics: Week 1 Resources

Week 1 Resources

Review the resources listed below to prepare for this week’s assignments. The resources may include textbook reading assignments, journal articles, websites, links to tools or software, videos, handouts, rubrics, etc.

Global Civics: Social Ethics in an Interdependent World

Let’s start off our learning with an overview of Global Civics. Global Civics stands on the foundation that as world citizens there is threaded social contract by which we all act responsibility as independent citizens, communities, and nations in our ever-changing interactions with one another on the global stage. After viewing this documentary, you will have a better sense of the effects that ripple outward from a decision, policy, act, or event.

Films Media Group. (2012). Global civics: Social ethics in an interdependent world. Films On Demand. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/nu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffod-infobase-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net%2FPortalPlaylists.aspx%3FwID%3D102577%26xtid%3D53720

Civics a Vital Subject

In this article, you will learn about the value of civics and the role it plays in society. As you read, pay close attention to how civics become a vital part in areas such as law and medicine. After reading this article, you will have gained a more in-depth view of the integration of civics in many areas.

Civics a Vital Subject The article discusses the teaching of civics. This subject covers the widest in scope in the curricula. The best textbooks in this field are descriptions of American life. In assuring proper instruction, several guiding questions were presented. Teachers should take note of these to effectively teach this subject

Resource:

Farnsworth, D. T. (1922). Civics a Vital Subject. Journal of Education, 95(10), 259–260. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42805557

Building Global Citizenship: Engaging Global Issues, Practicing Civic Skills

The article explores how experiential learning can be used as a tool to expand interest in civic issues of global significance.

Building Global Citizenship: Engaging Global Issues, Practicing Civic Skills How can international politics courses be used to generate global civic engagement? The article describes how experiential learning can be used to stimulate student interest in issues of contemporary, global significance and to build students' repertoire of globally and locally relevant civic skills. It describes how students can become active participants in global movements, such as the antihuman-trafficking movement. I present data measuring the students' level of knowledge about and interest in this issue before and after their participation in experiential-learning projects and document the number and range of civic skills they practiced in conjunction with the projects. The projects spawned a host of cocurricular events and student organizations and fostered ongoing links to others active in these issue areas in the local community.

Brunell, L. (2013). Building global citizenship: Engaging global issues, practicing civic skills. Journal of Political Science Education, 9(1), 16-33. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=shib&custid=natuniv&direct=true&db=ehh&AN=84918150&site=eds-live

Resource Title: By What Standards Shall we Judge the Value of Civic Education?

As you read this article, consider how civics is regarded as a humanities subject that can influence the political and societal thinking of those who study it. This article addresses the standards by which civics education is taught and its significance as a subject.

By What Standards Shall we Judge the Value of Civic Education? he article discusses the standards that teachers may use in evaluating the value and effectiveness of civic education to children in the U.S. The author presents several questions that will help assess the progress of civic education, these include whether the students are interested about being a citizen, their cooperativeness in civic activities, and their judgment and response to civic situations.

Dunn, A. (1914). By what standards shall we judge the value of civic education?. Journal Of Education, 80(3), 76-77. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42769470

Challenges to the Protection of Human Rights Today

This article is the transcript of a speech presented by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. The speech provides insights into one of the major challenges faced by the U.N. today, demonstrating the continued relevance of this international body.

Challenges to the Protection of Human Rights Today The article presents the text of a speech delivered by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the Academy for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, a department within the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., on April 11, 2019. Topics discussed include challenges in the area of human rights protection, importance of trust and confidence in the international rule of law, and the threat of climate change to human rights.

Bachelet, M. (2020). Challenges to the protection of human rights today. American University International Law Review, 35(2), 297-318. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=edshol&AN=edshol.hein.journals.amuilr35.14&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=natuniv

From Global knowledge to Global Civic Engagement

This article presents the argument that knowledge of civics is not sufficient for change in our world. Rather, active civic engagement is also needed.

From Global knowledge to Global Civic Engagement In this article, I argue that student learning is enhanced when civic engagement is a component of international education initiatives. When only presented with knowledge about global challenges, students can become frustrated and overwhelmed unless they also understand how they might contribute to solutions. Political science programs are uniquely positioned to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become civically engaged members of the global community. However, we need to help students build bridges between knowledge and action. This can be accomplished by grounding global knowledge in concepts of citizenship. The evidence to support this claim can be found in student responses to the Atlas Program at Saint Louis University. This article describes the development and evolution of this program and analyzes its progress in fostering global civic engagement

Lorenzini, M. (2013). From global knowledge to global civic engagement. Journal of Political Science Education, 9(4), 417-435. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=shib&custid=natuniv&direct=true&db=ehh&AN=91809514&site=eds-live

The Challenges of Learning to Live Together: Navigating the Global, National, and Local

The article presents the topic if how people live within local, national, and global contexts. This model is one of the concentric circles, and the author presents the argument that learning to live within each circle is essential.

The Challenges of Learning to Live Together: Navigating the Global, National, and Local

Jackson, L. (2019). The challenges of learning to live together: Navigating the global, national, and local. Asia Pacific Education Review, 20(2), 249-257. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=shib&custid=natuniv&direct=true&db=edssjs&AN=edssjs.9E1958A2&site=eds-live

Short Video Series

Now that you have had a chance to explore Global Civics and the issues let’s take a look into the past and learn about events that are historically important to Global Civics. These videos will provide you with a better understanding of how and why Global Civics evolved.

Video 1 The League of Nations

In this video, you will be introduced to the League of Nations as an international entity. It was the first major attempt to create an organization for nations to come together and work towards global peace. As you watch, consider how history has changed due to civic views.

British Movietone. (2018, January 9). First UN general assembly - 1946 [Video file]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3em8Yvf13y4

Video 2 The United Nations is Created

The following video relives the signing of the charter by 50 nations to create the United Nations, following the end of World War II. The creation of the U.N. was a concerted effort to again avoid the dangers of falling into conflict. After you watch this video, take a few minutes to reflect and think why this was so important.

HISTORY. (2018, October 19). The United Nations is created [Video file]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnQESSTouNU

Video 3 First UN General Assembly

This video presents an overview of the first meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. This meeting represented a milestone in global cooperation. After watching this video, take the time to consider what the impact was and why it was a milestone.

British Movietone. (2018, January 9). First UN general assembly - 1946 [Video file]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3em8Yvf13y4