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This guest entry was written by Madeleine F. Green, a Senior Fellow at NAFSA and the International Association of Universities. It was originally published in NAFSA's newish Trends & Insights series of short online article that are "designed to highlight social, economic, political and higher education system trends affecting international higher education." Our thanks to Madeleine and NAFSA for permission to post her fascinating entry here (which is also available as a PDF via this link). Kris Olds Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/globalhighered/global-citizenship-%E2%80%93-what-are-we-talking-about-and-why-does-it-matter#ixzz2DeE6CMmL Inside Higher Ed

Go-Givers is about developing caring and concerned young citizens with the confidence and skills to make a difference to their communities, both local and global. We are a national educational and child philanthropy programme for primary and middle schools. We are an initiative of the Citizenship Foundation, an independent education and participation charity encouraging and enabling people to engage in democratic society.

This collection focuses on providing global collaboration resources for students, educators and leaders, engaging teachers and students in global citizenship activities, developing global competencies, building global relationships and cultural understanding and providing a framework for developing Challenge Based Learning in a global context.

DK Publishing, Who's in Charge? (New York: DK Publishing, 2010). Age Level: 7 and up Publisher Description: A completely offbeat guide to the government and ruling bodies, Who's in Charge? investigates the world's political systems and presents them to kids in a fun, appealing way. From the Roman Republic to modern democracies, Who's in Charge? is packed with information on evolving notions of citizenship, rights, power, and elections, along with eye-opening trivia facts that might even teach adults a thing or two.