Human Differences: What Keeps Us Apart?
A global Student-centered Project about Gender Equality and building Bridges instead of Walls.

Scope

Why are people starting wars and building walls? Why are women not treated the same as men? What can we do to overcome the challenges some differences bring to our lives and our communities? How can we build bridges instead of invisible and literal walls between us?

Goal

In order to be better global citizens, students need to tackle big questions. Real world problem-solving and innovation skills are vital for being an active participant in the 21st Century. The goal of this student-centered global project is to provide an opportunity for students from 10+ countries in over six continents to construct their own knowledge about differences between people and to create a growth mindset about overcoming and most of all accepting those differences. Students will be encouraged to use their critical-thinking and reasoning skills to build deep knowledge about why differences exist, what effect they have on our lives and which criteria should be used to determine the value of things that separate us. Students will present their findings each week in the digital format of their choice (Office Mix, Sway, Video, etc.) on the "Human Differences" website so they can both learn from each other and set the stage for actual interaction in the final week.

"What’s better than learning about global issues directly from each other?"

At the end of this project, the hope is that all participating students will take their newly self-constructed knowledge and transfer it to new situations in the future to help build bridges instead of walls and make our world a better place.

Human Differences: What Can Keep Us Together?

Participating schools:

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Participating schools

Israel

USA

NZ
participating school Tunisia
participating school Nigeria
participating school India

participating school argentina

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participating school Vietnam
participating school Kenya
participating school Portugal
participating school Belgium

participating school Nigeria

participating school Lithuania
participating school Sweden
participating school Sri Lanka
participating school India
participating school Spain

participating school macedonia

participating school Pakistan
participating school Philippines
participating school poland
participating school canada
participating school ukraine

participating school Turkey

participating school India
participating school austria
participating school thailand
participating school japan
participating school spain

participating school ireland

participating school Chicago
participating school russia
participating school sierra leone
participating school UAE
participating school India

participating school Egypt

participating school Greece
participating school Netherlands