Lesson 1.1
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Description
Module 1
Module 1 Intro
Module 1 Introduction
To what extent should globalization shape identity?
Globalization: a process by which citizens become more interdependent with increasing economic, political, and social contact with citizens beyond their border
What impact does globalization have on your own life? People hold different perspectives on the influences of globalization. Based on different experiences, globalization may be perceived as positive or negative. It may enhance who you are and your quality of life, or it may diminish it. In this module you will have the opportunity to examine how globalization has affected certain individuals and communities.
Examine aspects of your own identity. Does language define who you are? What about your beliefs, values, and traditions? What does your appearance say about you? Reflect on who you are. Are there aspects of your identity that are the result of globalization? Are you satisfied or disappointed with those aspects created by globalization? Are they a true reflection of who you think you are and who you want to be? How much is by choice and how much is created by your interaction with the rest of the world? Throughout this module, reflect on who you are in a globalizing world. How will you respond to the related issue question: To what extent should globalization shape identity?
To respond to this question, you will need to examine the relationship between globalization and identity before evaluating the impact globalization has on your identity and your life. First you will investigate your own identity. Begin with an inquiry into the following question: How do expressions of my identity reflect the influence of globalization? Think about who you are in a globalizing world and the extent that globalization influences your life.
This module has seven lessons to complete your inquiry. You will also complete a challenge to take action to explore and participate in diverse acts of citizenship. At the end of the module, your assignments should support how you will respond to the related issue question.
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Section 1 Inquiry
Who am I in a globalizing world?
Inquiry into the Issue
Your individual identity can be easy to describe or it may be very complex. Who you are can be connected to your community, your language, your values and beliefs—even to how you dress and the activities you prefer. Often people think of their individual identity as a matter of personal choice. When the influences of globalization in the twenty-first century are examined, you may find that global contact and connections can also influence your personal choices about who you are. Understanding the forces of globalization and how they shape who you are, both individually and collectively, is the focus of this section.
Key Terms:
individual: related to one person
identity: characteristics that distinguish the uniqueness of an individual or group
value: an idea or belief that is held as important
belief: a fundamental view associated with religion, spirituality, or an understanding of the world that is held as truth
forces of globalization: action or influence that drives the process of global contact and interdependence
Notebook
This is a required activity to support your inquiry but is not graded.
In your Notebook record key ideas from the inquiry. Reflect on the following questions to guide your creation of a visual.
- To what extent are these identities a reflection of who you are?
- What is similar and what is different between your own identity and those portrayed in these shows?
- In your view, which similarities are due to global contact and connections between different countries and diverse peoples?
Assignment
This is the graded activity for the inquiry. See Challenge: Identifying Yourself assignment in the assignment file.
Lesson 1 - My Language and My Identity
Lesson 1—My Language and My Identity
How does my language reflect who I am?
Language can connect people with friends and family. When you communicate in a language you share, you can feel included and part of a group. It can define who you are. Think about the language you speak. Do you speak several languages? What does the language you speak say about who you are? Are there words you use that identify where you are from? Your age? Your interests?
You may have words and names you use that are unique to your family and friends. You may also find that much of your language is made up of vocabulary used elsewhere in the world. This may be due to globalization. Language, like many other products and trends, can travel beyond borders in a globalizing world. This can have a uniting impact when people are able to understand and communicate in the same language. It can also alter identities and affect the languages people speak. For many Canadians, language is an expression of their identity. The loss of their unique language can lead to the eventual loss of their unique culture and identity.
Language can be more than just communication between people. It communicates who they are.
What is my language?
How does my language reflect who I am? Throughout this lesson, think if language is used to reflect your identity, both individual and collective. Does it connect you to your community and your world? Will increased global contact change your language and who you are?
Key Terms
collective: related to members of a group that share common characteristics such as language, culture, and identity
community: a group that shares a connection to the same region or the land
Read
Pages 26 to 38 in Perspectives on Globalization.
Multimedia
Click HERE for more information about language in Canada. - note - you do not have to submit anything here.
Assignment
Please complete your Does Globalization Impact Language? Assignment assignment.
Lesson Summary
Does your language say who you are? In this lesson you recognized that for many people, language is their identity. It shares views and understandings of the world. It connects you to your community. It transmits knowledge and culture. Your language is not immune from the impact of globalization. Globalization can allow you to communicate globally with others who share your language, or it can erode the uniqueness and the sustainability of your language. This can change who you are and your culture. For many Aboriginal and Francophone people in Canada, without their unique language, it affects how they live their lives and their quality of life.
Understanding this related issue can help you respond to the module question: To what extent should globalization shape identity?
Section 1 Lesson 2
Lesson 2—My Values, My Community, and My Identity
What do my values and beliefs say about my community and me?
As individuals and collectives you can express identity through language; your identity may also reflect the values and ideas you hold as important. You may have ideas about religion, spirituality, beliefs, and the connection to the land that you share with your family and community. Your role models may have an impact on whom you are or want to be. Explore the role of these ideas in how collectives and individuals express their identities. Afterwards, examine the impact that increased global contact between these diverse values and ideas may or may not have on your identity.
Read
What values and beliefs shape the Hmong identity? Re-read pages 33-34 in Perspectives on Globalization.
Multimedia
. What values, beliefs, and traditions are woven into the scenes?
Click HERE to view videos on changing identities.
Assignment
Your assignment is Does Globalization Create Change? Assignment in the assignments section on the home page.
Lesson Summary
Identities can express many things. As in the lesson on the relationship between language and identity, your choice of words can reflect where you are from. Your beliefs can reflect who you are. You can observe values, beliefs, and connection to the land in the identities of those around you. Some of these ideas and beliefs are passed down by your family over generations. You may choose more values and beliefs from other peoples and communities as communication and transportation technologies allow you to observe and exchange diverse values, beliefs, traditions, and ideas. This can result in both unique and shared expressions of identity for both individuals and collectives. This may also challenge which values and ideas will shape identities in the future.
Section 1 - Lesson 3
What does my style say about my identity?
What’s your style? Your preferences in clothes, music, and the arts may reflect more than what you like. Think about what your choices may reflect about who you are, where you are from, and where you belong. Perhaps your choices are more than personal. They may be a way to tell the world about your identity and your tie to your community. You will explore how individuals and collectives express a sense of who they are through clothes, music, art, literature, and dance.
Examine the arts and attire of individuals and collectives presented in this lesson. The arts and attire may express the values, ideological beliefs, traditions, role models, religion, spirituality, and connection to the land of individuals and groups. These expressions may be unique to the community and collective. Individuals in the community may use these expressions to demonstrate a sense of belonging.
In a globalizing world, as transportation and communication technologies increase the access and availability to diverse arts and attire for citizens around the world, some observers say that people may be approaching a universal set of expressions of identity or that they may be observing the emergence of new expressions that are a hybrid of many expressions. Does this mean that if, as an individual, when you make personal choices about the arts and your attire, your own collective expressions may be lost as newer global expressions become popular? Keep this in mind as you explore expressions of identity.
Read
Pages 39-42
Multimedia
You may wish to design a CD cover that shows your identity. Click HERE to begin designing. This is not for marks, but you may want to share it with me or your peers using a screen shot.
Arts and attire are the most visible expressions of creativity and style. What do they express about individual and collective identities? Check out some of the various styles here.
Assignment
Your assignment in called Globalization of Style Assignment, you can find it on the homepage.
Lesson Summary
Expressions of identity hold complex meanings. They may be an expression of individual freedoms and tastes. They may express your collective understandings and your membership in a unique group. They are outward signs to people about who you are. Increased global contact can share who you and your community are to others, but they can also open your unique expressions to change. As a result, expressions of identity can evolve and identities can evolve in a globalizing world. You can embrace a universal identity or resist the erosion of your unique collective identity. Who you are now may not be the same as globalization increases in influence.
Section 1 Summary and Glossary
Summary
Who you are may be shaped by the languages you use. The ideas and beliefs you learn from your family and community over generations can shape who you are. In a globalizing world the emerging communication and transportation technologies may also influence how you presently act, speak, and dress. The choices may appear limitless, but with those choices are also understandings that global contact and connections influence how unique identities are or will remain in the future.
Glossary
belief: a fundamental view associated with religion, spirituality, or an understanding of the world that is held as truth
collective: related to members of a group that share common characteristics such as language, culture, and identity
community: a group that shares a connection to the same region or the land
forces of globalization: action or influence that drives the process of global contact and interdependence
globalization: a process by which citizens become more interdependent with increasing economic, political, and social contact with citizens beyond their border
individual: related to one person
identity: characteristics that distinguish the uniqueness of an individual or group
value: an idea or belief that is held as important