Sports

Explore the meaning of sports in local communities, the opportunities and costs of participating in sports, as well as how access, resources, and opportunities in sports differ for athletes due to different circumstances and conditions. With unique features including personal video testimonials and insights from athletes, youth learn about how sports shape lives, cultures, and opportunities.

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.

Independent learners
Individual youth participants.

Free Courses

Online Access, 4 Learning Modules,
Live Virtual Events, Age 13 – 19,
English, Arabic, American Sign Languag

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Teachers, Educators, & Leaders
Create an account and invite students or youth participants.

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Students
If your teacher or group facilitator gave you a code.

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Independent Learners
Take a course on your own.

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Text + Video Formats

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:

Best Self

Explore and share stories about the relationship between sports and one’s sense of self.

Module 2:

Local Adrenaline

Explore and share stories about the societal values reflected in sports, how local communities react to sports and how that reaction shapes their own relationship to sports.

Module 3:

Global Competition

Explore and share stories about how sports serve as a microcosm of society, noting the social dynamics reflected in sports and society. Learn about social movements that have been advanced globally in the world of sports and how sports can be further used as a platform for social justice.

Module 4:

Everyday Action

Explore and design action plans on how they can help create a sports culture that is more just and inclusive.

Learning
Objectives

  • Examine one’s personal relationship with sports and athletics
  • Understand the positive and negative impacts that sports can have on individuals around the world
  • Explore sports as a microcosm of society
  • Explore the expectations placed on student athletes
  • Reflect on the ways that some groups of people are excluded from sports.
  • Consider the role of gender, race, and ability/disability status in sports.
  • Explore and design action plans to help create a sports culture that is more inclusive and just.

Standards
Alignments

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.

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

CASEL Social & Emotional Learning

  • Self Awareness
  • Self Management
  • Responsible Decision Making

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

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