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Seventh-graders become world leaders
Let the game begin.
As world leaders representing Africa, a serious Josh H. '10 and several classmates study their orange folder and its contents. With a long list of societal problems to solve and only five wealth chips with which to barter, they are challenged to make life better for African citizens.
Seated nearby, Lauren J. '10 and her group examine the economic condition of Japan. By contrast, they begin with 15 orange chips and fewer problems to solve.
"Stay with your team, stay in the game, and it's okay to be confused," the facilitator says. Your challenge, she tells them, is to increase the wealth of your people and be responsible global leaders at the same time. "Go."
For the next three hours, the entire seventh-grade plays a global simulation game. Some students lead the world's geopolitical regions, others preside over multinational corporations, and still others run groups that provide educational, technology, and environmental solutions. They trade cards and chips as they seek to increase global wealth and welfare.
Run by o.s. Earth, Inc., this simulation is the same exercise that the World Bank, the Smithsonian Institutions, Exxon, DuPont, and other organizations have used to understand the complexities of global economic development. McDonogh is the first school in the area to try it.
Says Amanda E. '10, "Everyone's learning a lot, and everyone's having a lot of fun."
When the game is over, everybody wins. All these young leaders have raised the standard of living for the citizens of their regions. In the process, they've learned more about teamwork and diplomacy. They've bartered, lobbied for support from the Global Foundation, and, in the case of India and Latin America, merged regions to improve their economic prospects.
This is just the beginning of Citizens of the World Week, November 29-December 3, during which seventh-graders will dispense with most of their classes to learn about global issues facing their generation. The seventh-grade teachers will engage them in creative, interactive lessons on hunger, health, social, and environmental issues around the world. They'll learn how they can make a difference.
Said the week's organizer, seventh-grade science teacher Eileen Heady, "They know we have a good life in America. This is an attempt to educate them about how other people live."
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Let the game begin.
As world leaders representing Africa, a serious Josh H. '10 and several classmates study their orange folder and its contents. With a long list of societal problems to solve and only five wealth chips with which to barter, they are challenged to make life better for African citizens.
Seated nearby, Lauren J. '10 and her group examine the economic condition of Japan. By contrast, they begin with 15 orange chips and fewer problems to solve.
"Stay with your team, stay in the game, and it's okay to be confused," the facilitator says. Your challenge, she tells them, is to increase the wealth of your people and be responsible global leaders at the same time. "Go."
For the next three hours, the entire seventh-grade plays a global simulation game. Some students lead the world's geopolitical regions, others preside over multinational corporations, and still others run groups that provide educational, technology, and environmental solutions. They trade cards and chips as they seek to increase global wealth and welfare.
Run by o.s. Earth, Inc., this simulation is the same exercise that the World Bank, the Smithsonian Institutions, Exxon, DuPont, and other organizations have used to understand the complexities of global economic development. McDonogh is the first school in the area to try it.
Says Amanda E. '10, "Everyone's learning a lot, and everyone's having a lot of fun."When the game is over, everybody wins. All these young leaders have raised the standard of living for the citizens of their regions. In the process, they've learned more about teamwork and diplomacy. They've bartered, lobbied for support from the Global Foundation, and, in the case of India and Latin America, merged regions to improve their economic prospects.
This is just the beginning of Citizens of the World Week, November 29-December 3, during which seventh-graders will dispense with most of their classes to learn about global issues facing their generation. The seventh-grade teachers will engage them in creative, interactive lessons on hunger, health, social, and environmental issues around the world. They'll learn how they can make a difference. Said the week's organizer, seventh-grade science teacher Eileen Heady, "They know we have a good life in America. This is an attempt to educate them about how other people live."