Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Global Issues
Global Issues
These “fields of inquiry” (large general categories) are not exhaustive and are intended as
helpful starting points for students to generate ideas and derive a more specific global
issue on which to base their individual oral. It should also be noted that there is the
potential for significant overlap between the areas.
1 non-literary text
(from a body of work): choose a full text or an extract of 25-40 lines that
explores your narrowly focused global issue (You could choose an image.)
Example 2
Global issue (refined focus): influence of cultural institutions such as schools on gender
identity
1 literary work: choose a 25-40-line extract that explores your narrowly
focused global issue
1 non-literary text
(from a body of work): choose a full text or an extract of 25-40 lines (or choose an
image) that explores your narrowly focused global issue