Global Viewpoint Stephen Mettler – United States

Komal Zahid – Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Juan Guaracao – Republic of Colombia

…with given initial success, more to come.

bias… is a core focus of the AP US History class at NCHS. The

class centers mostly on historical bias, but modern,

contemporary bias is just as crucial – if not more so.

We are all biased in regards to the world around us. It is

not simply a matter of politics, or of personal beliefs.

It is a matter of being a citizen of a country, with a

certain upbringing, certain sources of information we

rely on. We each have our own viewpoint – each of us, in

the United States and everywhere else on Earth.

Projectour United States

Colombia

PakistanStephen Mettler

Komal Zahid

Juan Guaracao

Every person in every country has

a bias. We all see the world a

different way; we all see each

other a different way.

In an increasingly globalized world, being well-informed is no longer enough. To truly

understand each other – other nations, other cultures, other people – we need to go straight

to the source. We need to learn about the rest of the world from those who live there. We

need to share ourselves, our knowledge, our experiences, in order to escape the natural bias

which we all have – in order to build a global viewpoint.

Platformour

Here is the link to our project website:

http://globalviewpoint.moodlehub.com/

Full communication on the site hasn’t started yet, due to the college-application process eating

up the available time of seniors in all three countries. However, we have recently re-established

contact to continue the stage of signing up volunteers, and hope to have exchange begin in the

coming weeks.

Our goal is to use this platform for the exchange of information and ideas between high school students in

each country, so that we can all broaden our understanding of each others’ countries and our own.

If this phase of the project is successful, we greatly hope that we will be able to expand it to include

students from other countries around the world.

Bibliography

1: US Outline: http://www.ndstudies.org/images/us_outline.gif

2: China Outline: http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/world/asia/china%20outline%20map.jpg

3: WSJ: http://10chancerylanegallery.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/the-wall-street-journal-logo.jpg

4: NYT: http://www.dietingwithdukan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The_New_York_Times.001.jpg

5: USA Today: http://www.adams-pr.com/images/uploads/USA_Today_logo.jpg

6: China Daily: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/

7: SCMP: http://m5.paperblog.com/i/2/22604/the-ipad-lab-case-study-the-south-china-morni-L-ZhQEBt.jpeg

8: Xinhua: http://focsa.org.au/symposium2010/xinhua.jpg

9: Colombia Outline: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/outline/co.gif

10: Pakistan Outline: http://schools.look4.net.nz/geography/country_information/outline_maps/files_OM/pakistan.jpg