In a Year 7 (grade 6) Humanities unit, redesigned with a local/global citizenship foundation, conflict and cooperation stopped feeling like opposites. Students met these ideas in the unit’s source material, tracked them across time, tested their own assumptions, listened to real people, and named one concrete way to build a bridge in their own community. The result: layers of real impact for learners and community members.

After mapping what was most important for students to know and care about in a Year 5 (Grade 4) unit about Ancient Egypt, a powerful guiding question for the unit emerged: How does power shape the world? Check out what happened and shifted for students and educators during this redesigned learning experience.

MYP and DP visual art teacher Sidd Bose is infusing units with inquiry, synthesis, and action that is driven by care for local and global issues and contexts. The result: deep engagement and learning, and positive, purposeful impacts for learners, communities, and the planet.