IB community theme: sharing our humanity

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 IB community theme aims to bring together and strengthen the whole IB community students, teachers, parents, IB staff, and all who are connected with IB while engaging with and taking action on a number of global issues.

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 IB community theme: sharing our humanity The IB community theme 2007 – 2010 sharing our humanity includes:

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 IB community theme: sharing our humanity Global poverty

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 IB community theme: sharing our humanity Education for all

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 IB community theme: sharing our humanity Peace and conflict

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 IB community theme: sharing our humanity Global infectious diseases

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 IB community theme: sharing our humanity Digital divide: uneven access to information and communication technologies

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 IB community theme: sharing our humanity Disasters and emergencies

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 How do we engage with the community theme? Encourage IB World Schools to share current work and activities that relate to sharing our humanity The IB will highlight current work and activities in schools that relate to sharing our humanity

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 How do we engage with the community theme?  Regular classroom teaching  “Special projects”  Community service individually and/or collaboratively with other IB World Schools The IB encourages and facilitates schools to explore and address the theme further through:

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 How do we engage with the community theme?  by adjusting the focus and slant of normal classroom work not by adding to it  and within the existing curriculum frameworks Schools can explore and address the theme

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 In the Primary Years Programme Within the transdisciplinary themes. Examples:  Global infectious diseases within “how the world works”  Global poverty within “Sharing the planet ”

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 In the Middle Years Programme Within normal subjects and requirements Examples:  Selection of relevant literature in languages A and B  Global infectious diseases within sciences and technology  Selection of appropriate relevant material in statistics  Selection of topic of personal project

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 In the Diploma Programme Within normal subjects and TOK Examples:  Relevant books within language programmes  Studying global infectious diseases within the science group project  Using statistical examples relating to ICT access, income levels, disease infection rates etc in Maths.  Ethical aspects of global poverty within TOK

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 Sharing our humanity:objectives  A bank of resources and materials for future use  A web platform for future themes  A strengthened IB community

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 The IB community theme website Separate areas  For students  For teachers  For everyone (including teachers and students)  To report actions taken by the IB community

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 Community actions: Education for all  Students from Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic High School in Kingston, Ontario, Canada built a children’s playground in the Dominican Republic.

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 Community actions: Education for all / digital divide  Students at Bali International School, Indonesia, have developed the Taman Bacaan Community Library in Bali, providing books and computers for the local community – opened February 2008.

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 Community actions: Global poverty Bahrain School students  studied poverty in development economics in class as part of their IB Diploma Programme economics course.

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 IB global lessons on poverty Encourage IB World Schools to teach a common lesson on ethical aspects of global poverty in October 2008 in the Diploma programme - in TOK in the Middle Years Programme - in Humanities

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 IB global lessons on poverty September 2008: Lesson outlines available on the community theme website, with suggestions for extension work in other subjects October 2008: Lessons taught October 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty October until mid-November 2008: Online discussion on the community theme website