What is GCC?

Global Citizenship Children consists of multiple, still separate modules. It is an online course comprising various modules, where we explore places of interest, cuisine, the world of theaters, museums, music, and poetry of the selected countries. I launched the project in July 2020 and it proved to be very successful among children from different countries ( Azerbaijan, Sweden, Latvia, Georgia, and Turkey).

Each module includes six offline lessons or webinars, each lasting 90 minutes, with four of them focusing on the cultural heritage of four different countries.

Education and Ecology also belong to the list of main topics of the project. The webinar N5 embodies a rehearsal, where a student ( or group of students, if they wish to work in a team) presents a "defense" of a chosen country to the mentor and other participants. The presentation covers topics of cultural heritage, education, and ecology of the selected country. It usually lasts for 4-5 minutes, including visual content, and a short video ( up to 1 minute). Lesson 5 is launched to develop the critical thinking of participants by commenting, criticizing, and praising each other's presentations. Lesson 5 aims to help students identify the areas they need to work on. Together, we work on the informational part of the presentation, visual content, and performance to prepare each other for the final speech.

The last 6th webinar is the DEFENSE DAY. Students are evaluated by three international judges and one GCC participant ( the winner of one of the modules) on the following criteria: information, creativity, and performance. Students may get 5 to 15 points on every criterion. Overall, 60 (sixty) points is the lowest score by all four judges, and 180 (one hundred eighty points) is the highest score by all four judges, respectively. “Global Citizenship Children” is a community of talented and educated people: a consultant, a project coordinator, translators ( high school students from International schools), and guest speakers from all over the world.

Why is this course special?

A guest speaker from each country joins our lessons/webinars to share the experience of living, studying, and working in the country of their residence. * We cover topics of sustainable development, ecology, and education. * We develop critical thinking and social responsibility in students by commenting/criticizing/ praising each other's work. * Every student does his research on the chosen country and thus develops a global perspective. Every GCC is a Module of six webinars, once a week, on Thursdays. We run seven online modules within the year, from September to June. Residents join us within a year to become a Global Citizen.