Global Ed
Six C's
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Spring Backwards
100

This non-governmental organization sprang from the Post-WWII climate and has pioneered 17 sustainable development goals.

What is The United Nations?

100

With different styles, this key interpersonal ability has been estimated to range from 80-90% non-verbal and is highly desirable for colleges and careers alike.  

What is Communication?

100

Geographers have debated that this land mass is not technically an island, but it is both a country and continent.

What is Australia?

100

From the mountain steppes to the Pacific archipelagos, this continent contains 6 of the top 10 most populous countries and many symbolic alphabets

What is Asia?

100

This annual week of experiential learning in May comes after finals and is a graduation requirement.

What is Spring at Sage?

100

This city is home to Wall Street, Ground Zero, and has been dubbed this Big Apple.

What is New York?

200

A key to developing empathy skills, this style of listening does not take a backseat or jump to conclusions.

What is Active Listening?

200

This trait is not just for storytelling; it can be described as what you do when no one is looking.  

What is Character?

200

This unique domestic trip shares a name with a former Soviet Republic.  

What is Georgia?

200

Let’s talk about peninsulas; the following grouping of countries are generally referred to as the _____: Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Kosova, Bulgaria, and Romania.

What are The Balkans?

200

Early bird gets the worm!  When registration opens, seminars are enrolled upon this basis.

What is first come first serve?

200

Lions and tigers and bears oh my!  You’re not in Kansas anymore, but this country with a congruent consonant is home to an endangered elephant sanctuary and the sorrowful fields of the Khmer Rouge.

What is Cambodia?

300

The name of Sage Hill’s Signature program that aims to deepen global awareness by immersing students in the realities of an interconnected world and the ways local actions ripple outward. The program’s purpose is to inspire hope, nurture cultural competency, and cultivate responsible global citizens through meaningful, place-based learning.

What is Spring at Sage?

300

While outside the box of Howard Gardner’s 8 domains of intelligence, individuals who perform highly across multiple of these intelligence categories often exhibit high aptitude for this C.

What is Creativity?  

300

Tea is a drink best served cold.  This coastal city was one of the most vocal advocates for revolting against British occupation – especially after a massacre.  Hint it’s not in Ireland

What is Boston?

300

L’amour toujours, evolving from Vulgar Latin these languages– Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese – have a nomenclature that harkens to the ancient civilization from which they emerged.  Name the group and the missing one.

What is Romance and/or Romanian?

300

There are about a dozen seminars that cost this much.

What is free or $0?

300

After establishing independence from Columbia, Theodore Roosevelt picked up where the French could not succeed.  This water way, created near the turn of the 20th century, cut months off the passage from Sea to Shining Sea becoming critical for national naval interests economic to defense.

What is Panama or Panama Canal?

400

From high to low and low to high, understanding the cultural context of situations and different norms in expressing oneself is a key skill to develop and also one of our 6 C’s.

What is Communication?

400

Not everything you read online is true; the maxim “take it with a grain of salt” summarizes this skill

What is Critical Thinking?

400

Summers in the Adriatic are nothing new under the sun.  Born in Dalmatia, the 3rd century emperor Diocletian had a palace in this country before abdicating to grow cabbage.

What is Croatia?

400

Often called the Maghreb, this North African region spans from Morocco to the Eastern Mediterranean referring to the Western Arab world.  Name the richest ruler in history whose pilgrimage across these lands crashed the Egyptian economy due to hyperinflation.

Who is Mansa Musa? 

400

Want to Ball out?  Activities in this seminar include rock climbing and kayaking in our county.  Hint: ball is intentionally capitalized.  

What is Active OC?

400

Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall!  Cut in half by the Iron Curtain, students learned about innovations in sustainability in this European country, often praised for engineering.

What is Germany?

500

It is estimated that 27% of countries face high levels of religious hostilities e.g., according to many reports up to 1 in 7 Christians face persecution globally.  To peacefully bridge differences in polarized societies, embracing complexity, exercising empathy, and engaging in open ______ are crucial competencies to making a positive impact.  What is the name of the practice, and literary device, denoting a back-and-forth conversation?

What is Dialogue?

500

Going abroad, this alliteration may help you understand the context of where you and your social position.

What is Cross-Cultural Competency?

500

A world-wide leader for women’s empowerment, this trip fulfills our global pillar of equity & justice. This Sub-Saharan country is famed for the Marian apparition of Our Lady of Kibeho which was first reported in 1981.

What is Rwanda?

500

Contemporaneous with the travels of a Genoan explorer who has a South American country, province in Canada, Ivy League University, and capital district that pays homage to his trip in 1492, this slightly less famous Florentine rounded Patagonia for the Portuguese and is credited with America’s namesake

Who is Amerigo Vespucci?

500

“Everyone can be a critic, but it’s the Man in the Arena that counts”.  Visiting historical sites, exploring art museums and eateries to develop nuanced skills of analysis and appreciation for our locale, name this seminar.

What is Art of Critiquing OR When in OC…?

500

While we say Farewell to Arms, remember the Sun Also Rises.  This Nobel prize winning World War veteran and author derived inspiration and found solace.  Descendants of his feline friend are said to roam in these tropics.  Hint: Sunshine is the KEY to this answer.

What is Florida Keys or Ernest Hemingway?