Learn how beauty standards and gender roles impact women’s rights and how they are advocated for in your local and global communities.
Global Nomads uses the power of storytelling to promote empathy and bring social topics to life through day-to-day realities. Participating youth read authentic, impactful stories from youth participants around the world that reveal deep truths about global issues, then enhance the conversation by sharing their own stories with fellow Student to World users. All participants are eligible to participate in moderated live conversations with other youth from around the world.
About The Course
Who Should Register?
Educators Classroom teachers and school administrators.
Group leaders & mentors Afterschool programs and groups, faith-based organizations, scouting, clubs, etc.
Experience this content through your choice of learning paths.
Text-based course
Includes written text, images, videos, and multimedia.
Interactive lessons
Respond to embedded videos and images
Understand key vocabulary
Read personal stories from real users
Submit and share stories
Content is available in a growing selection of languages:
English
Arabic
American Sign Language
More languages in development
Video-based course
The same content, but explained through video conversations.
Video depiction of the course content
Closed Captions
American Sign Language interpretation
Image descriptions
Youth narration
Learning Modules
Module 1:
Everyday Mirrors
Explore and share stories about the beauty standards for women in various communities around the world and connect them to broader issues of women’s rights.
Module 2:
Everyday Local Sheroes
Explore and share stories about how communities teach gender expectations, how these affect women’s rights inside and outside of that community, and the inspirational women in the participants’ own communities.
Module 3:
Everyday Global Sisterhood
Explore and share stories about the beauty standards for women in various communities around the world and connect them to broader issues of women’s rights.
Module 4:
Everyday Action
Explore and design action plans for how participants can address issues impacting women in their community.
Learning Objectives
Examine the beauty standards in the community and in communities around the world.
Understand the concept of beauty standards.
Explore gender roles in the local community.
Reflect on individuals in the community who have challenged gender roles.
Explore Global Justice for women around the world, intersectional oppression.
Reflect on individuals and movements that have challenged gender roles.
Explore taking action against beauty standards and gender roles.
Reflect on how empathy can play a role in taking action.
Standards Alignments
Common Core Standards
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.3: Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.3: Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
ASIA SOCIETY GLOBAL COMPETENCIES: Investigate the world Recognize perspectives Communicate ideas Take Action
21ST CENTURY SKILLS: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Creativity and Innovation Information Literacy Media Literacy Technology Literacy Flexibility and Adaptability Initiative and Self-Direction Productivity and Accountability Leadership and Responsibility
CASEL SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING: Self Awareness Self Management Responsible Decision Making
UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: Goal 1: No poverty Goal 4: Quality Education Goal 5: Gender Equality Goal 10: Reduced Inequality Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals