Comprehend Global

Includes 5 days worth of lessons, activities, notes/worksheets, and reflections. This unit is about 20 lessons total, focusing on the external/internal influences over identity/culture and personal freedoms of cultural expressions. Can be used for Social Studies or English Language Arts, with themes of global perspectives, bias, prejudice, social change, popular culture, advertisement, and divisions of power in society. Lessons are ready to use and include explanations for the teacher. Overvie

**Original art by me** This lesson introduces and explains the quote "be the change you wish to see in the world". Great for any lesson on citizenship, self-advocacy, rights/privileges, critical thinking, power discrepancies, activism, or even advertisement! [English Language Arts, Social Studies, Humanities, homeroom/advisory, Social-Emotional Learning] The 18-slide PowerPoint offers a descriptive analysis of the quote's meaning and how people use it, including a critical argument for how it

PowerPoint with 5 writing prompts and images. Great for sub plans! You can either do individual quickwrites or groups in rotating centres/stations*. Each prompt has a plain slide and then a slide with images to help inspire ideas. I usually put the plain slide up for a minute while I read it out and then switch it to the picture slide before going to circulate :) Quickwrites a great way to measure and compare the class' progress in writing--be it in following grammar conventions, increasing sp