SERIES: My Nation, My Identity

S4-S6 / Adult

60–90 minutes

National Identity in a Globalised World

National identity does not stop at a border. People migrate, media travels instantly, cultural products circulate globally and diaspora communities reshape traditions in new places. You will investigate whether globalisation weakens national identity, strengthens it or creates new hybrid forms. By the end of this challenge you will: Map cross-border influences on identity Challenge […]

National Identity in a Globalised World

Your Mission

Investigate what happens to national identity when people, culture, media and economies cross borders constantly.

You will map global influences, challenge simple claims about cultural loss and analyse one real case of identity being reshaped.

The Shape of This Challenge

Discover

✏️ ️ Notice & question

Explore

️ Investigate & test

Create

✏️ Make & communicate

Reflect

️ Think & apply

Discover

Start by seeing globalisation as flows moving in both directions.

Step 1

Where Does National Identity Travel?

✏️ Influence map · 8–10 mins

We are learning to identify how national identity is shaped across borders as well as within them.

Music, sport, language, migration, brands, news, tourism and diaspora communities all carry national identity internationally.

Your Task

Choose one nation.
Map at least eight international connections shaping or spreading its identity.
Label each people, culture, economy, media or politics.
Circle one influence flowing into the nation and one flowing out.

I can map how national identity is shaped by cross-border flows.

→ This creates the system view for globalised identity.

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Step 2

Globalisation Can Strengthen Identity Too

️ Claim challenge · 8–10 mins

We are learning to challenge the assumption that globalisation only weakens national identity.

Global connections can standardise culture, but they can also make local identity more visible, marketable or politically important.

Your Task

Create two columns: Could weaken distinctiveness and Could strengthen/reinvent identity.
Add at least four examples to each.
Choose one example that could fit both columns.
Explain why the effect depends on context.

I can explain how globalisation can both weaken and strengthen national identity.

→ This gives your final analysis a genuine tension.

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Explore

Use a specific case and evaluate different interpretations of cultural change.

Step 3

Investigate One Global Identity Case

Choose your route · 12–18 mins

We are learning to use evidence to analyse how one national identity is changing through global connections.

Choose a specific case: diaspora culture, sport, language revival, tourism branding, global media, food, music or another bounded example.

Your Task

Choose one case.
Complete one research route.
Record the national element, global connection and evidence of change.
Identify one group that experiences the change differently.

⚡ Quick Track

Use two credible sources on one case. Explain what changed and which cross-border connection mattered most.

Dig Deeper

Compare how the same identity is expressed domestically and in diaspora/international contexts. Identify what is preserved, adapted or newly invented.

I can analyse one globalisation-and-identity case using evidence and multiple perspectives.

→ This becomes the case study for your final identity briefing.

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Step 4

Hybrid Identity or Loss of Identity?

️ Spectrum debate · 10–12 mins

We are learning to evaluate competing interpretations of cultural change.

Mixing influences does not automatically mean a culture has disappeared, and preservation does not automatically mean freezing it in time.

Your Task

Create a spectrum from loss of distinct identity to creative hybrid identity.
Place three examples on the spectrum.
Justify each placement.
Move one example after writing the strongest counterargument.

I can evaluate cultural change using more than a simple loss/preservation binary.

→ This gives your final position nuance.

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Create & Share

Create a balanced briefing on how national identity adapts in a connected world.

Step 5

Create a Globalised National Identity Brief

✏️ Analyse · Create · 25–35 mins

We are learning to communicate how national identity changes when people, culture and media cross borders.

Your conclusion should avoid both ‘globalisation destroys culture’ and ‘globalisation changes nothing’.

Your Task

Map at least four cross-border influences.
Use one evidence-based case study.
Explain one way identity is weakened, altered or contested and one way it is strengthened or reinvented.
Include one perspective difference.
Choose one output below.

Global Identity Brief

1 page · 320–380 words

⏱ 25–30 mins

Analyse cross-border influences, one case study, competing interpretations and your conclusion.

National Identity in a Connected World

4 slides · maximum 30 words per slide

⏱ 30–35 mins

Present flows, case study, tension and future implication.

Does Globalisation Erase National Identity?

90 seconds final runtime

⏱ 30–35 mins

Answer with evidence and a case where identity is transformed rather than simply lost.

I can create a balanced evidence-based analysis of national identity under globalisation.

→ This is your finished mission output.

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Step 6

Reflect, Apply, Look Forward

️ Think or discuss · 5–8 mins

We are learning to reflect on how national identity can remain meaningful while changing.

The final challenge asks what kind of nation you would want to build for the future.

Your Task

Answer the prompts.
Name one identity tradition you think can change without disappearing.
Write one principle your future nation should protect.

Reflect

Which global influence changed identity in the most unexpected way?

Apply

What is the difference between preserving a culture and freezing it?

Look Forward

How might AI translation, global media and virtual communities change national identity further?

I can explain why national identity can be dynamic without becoming meaningless.

→ You are ready to turn the whole series into a future national vision.

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TOOLKIT

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Use credible sources and distinguish evidence, interpretation and opinion. This series deals with identity and citizenship, so respectful disagreement matters.

Compare

Use examples from culture, media, trade, language, migration, sport, technology and diaspora.

Research

Check current evidence where making claims about demographic, economic or cultural change.

Create

Use an identity map, briefing, slides or short video essay.

Educator / Parent Notes

Age, Stage and Prior Learning: Designed for S4–S6 and adults. Learners can analyse any national context; personal identity disclosure is not required.

Before You Start: Avoid framing globalisation as either automatically positive or automatically destructive. Encourage bounded case studies.

How to Open This: Ask: “Is a national culture less authentic if it changes because of influences from elsewhere?”

Scheduling: Steps 1–4 need 40–50 minutes. Step 5 needs 25–35 minutes.

If a Pupil Gets Stuck: Provide one case such as diaspora music, food, sport or language and a simple Strengthen / Weaken / Transform framework.

For Fast Finishers: Ask learners to compare domestic and diaspora identity or evaluate the role of global digital platforms.

Marking Guidance: Look for two-way flows, evidence-based case analysis, multiple perspectives and a conclusion that treats identity as dynamic rather than simply lost or preserved.

National Identity in a Globalised World

National Identity in a Globalised World

Discover

Where Does National Identity Travel?

Globalisation Can Strengthen Identity Too

Explore

Investigate One Global Identity Case

Hybrid Identity or Loss of Identity?

Create & Share

Create a Globalised National Identity Brief

Reflect, Apply, Look Forward

Show What You Have Learned

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Research

Create

Show What You Have Learned

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Research

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TOOLKIT

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Educator / Parent Notes

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