The six MYP global contexts provide a framework for guiding questions that promote a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to learning. I'm going to walk you through the steps we took to examine the global contexts for our MYP 2 curriculum and how it in fluenced the students' understanding: Introduction to the Concept of Context: I started out by having a conversation with the students about what "context" means. Example of a party was used to demonstrate the concept, pointing out that while there are many different reasons for parties (birthday, anniversary, achievement), each one has a context that gives it meaning. Using Context to Improve Learning: I compared the party example to education inside the IB framework pushing students to consider why context matters while learning about a subject. This helped them to recognize that context gives any learning meaning and depth. MYP Global contexts and their explorations were dis...