"A collaborative initiative between The University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Education, the Thames Valley District School Board and Free the Children"--T.p. "Funded through CIDA's Global Classroom Initiative grant"--Cover.

Why global citizenship education? -- Free the children -- Why global citizenship education for middle school students? -- Three themes/essential questions -- Curriculum connections -- Assessment -- What is active global citizenship education? -- What is an active global citizen? -- Technology and the ACT! teaching kit -- Acknowledgements -- Enduring understanding and essential questions -- The global educator -- Addressing the diverse needs of students through a differentiated learning approach -- How this teaching kit is organized -- Sources -- Learning activity 1: Me in the world -- Learning activity 2: A lens to the world -- Learning activity 3: country investigation through a global lens -- Learning activity 4: Canada's links to the world -- Learning activity 5: Investigating global issues -- Learning activity 6: making a difference in the world -- Learning activity 7: Time to ACT! Global citizenship in action -- Learning activity 8: culminating task -- Appendices.