------ About Us ------ 

😊Welcome to Shiminly! Our name, ‘Shimin’ is Japanese for ‘citizen’. Our mission is to give learners the tools they need to become Global Citizens of the 21st Century. 🌍 We are dedicated to imbuing our students with the skills and tools they need to become empathetic, resilient, and well-rounded individuals. 🌟 

Our facilitators are highly experienced, well-traveled, and trained to deliver our lessons using modern teaching methodologies, such as: 

🧔 Socratic Method  

💭 Inquiry-Based  

🛠️ Problem-Based 

✅ Task-Based 

📚 Project-Based  

 

------ Our Core Skills ------ 

We have built our curriculum around 7 Core Skills, which are: 

💞 Emotional Intelligence 

🧘‍♀️ Self-Awareness and Adaptability 

🗣️ Teamwork and Communication 

🌍 Global Citizenship 

💡Creativity and Innovation 

🧠 Critical Thinking 

🌠 Motivation and Exploration 

 

------ Course Description ------ 


Lesson 1: People and Feelings 😀😢😡

🎯 Learn how to read body language and facial expressions by looking at pictures of people 👁️

🎯 Examine the effects of emotions on others and learn how to provide support

🎯 Create a template for a feelings journal (Note: This will be for learners’ own edification and they will not be asked to share their work with the class)


Lesson 2: Emotional Intelligence 💖🧩🧠 

🎯 Review and practice vocabulary for identifying both basic and nuanced emotions

🎯 Identify and provide examples of emotionally intelligent and unintelligent behaviors

🎯 Design a card for a friend or family member to show that they understand them


Lesson 3: Helping Hearts 💞🫂🆘

🎯 Explore ways to help others at home, at school, and in the community

🎯 Discuss the importance of helping others and the benefits it can bring to their communities and the rest of the world

🎯 Create and deliver a presentation outlining an action plan for how to be helpful in an assigned hypothetical scenario


Lesson 4: Paper Cranes 🕊️☮️✌️

🎯 Learn about the historical and cultural significance of paper cranes in Japan

🎯 Discuss the importance of peace and love and ways to best spread this message around the world

🎯 Learn and practice how to make a paper crane


Lesson 5: Being Positive 💪💓🌤️

🎯 Read a short case study of someone with a negative outlook on life and identify the positives in this person's story

🎯 Explore the short- and long-term health and wellbeing benefits of maintaining a positive mindset, not only for themselves but also for others

🎯 Practice transforming negative statements into positive ones



------ Class Structure and Materials ------ 

Each of our lessons is separated into distinct sections: 

1️⃣ After being welcomed to the class, learners will be introduced to the topic through a game or warm up activity. They will then have their existing knowledge on the topic tested with various inquiry-based questioning techniques. (5-10 minutes) 

2️⃣ Then, our facilitators will present them with pertinent information on the topic and the main class task (10-15 minutes).  

3️⃣ The facilitator will then present the main task, which will predominantly be student-led. During this time, students will be creating, innovating, or solving a problem while the facilitator guides them (20-25 minutes).  

4️⃣ Learners will then have the opportunity to present their class work. They will give and receive feedback from each other as well as from the facilitator (10 minutes).  

5️⃣ Before finishing the class, learners will complete a short Exit Ticket to solidify their takeaways from the class experience (5 minutes). 
 
The facilitator will share all of our content built on Canvas LMS. We use this for display purposes only and learners are not required to create an account. To make our content engaging, we diversify our delivery methods as much as possible. Our content includes static slides with text and images built on Microsoft Powerpoint, educational videos from YouTube, online games built on platforms such as Wordwall and Baamboozle, and interactive builds developed on Articulate Storyline. Our content is well-researched and referenced in every lesson, as it is all strictly factual, objective, and secular. We only use images and YouTube videos that fall under the Creative Commons license. Each of our lessons is also matched with a selection of Common Core and CPalms standards and is inspired by a variety of UNESCO key topics.