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Lessons and units that integrate global competency into core content. These lessons were written for upper elementary, but could be scaled up or down for use with other levels.
Lessons and units that integrate global competency into core content. These lessons were written for upper elementary, but could be scaled up or down for use with other levels.
Google Sheets with Global Data
Google Sheets with Global Data
4th & 5th Grade Math and Computer Science Lesson
Students will learn the vocabulary associated with Google Sheets and how to create data tables and graphs using global data examples.
Resources: Google Slides
World landmarks PBL
World landmarks PBL
Upper Elementary Integrated Problem Based Learning Activity
Students will use collaboration, communication, and creativity to work through the Engineering Design Cycle in learning teams in order to complete a PBL about world landmarks incorporating research skills, informational writing, and engineering design.
Resources: Google Slides
Cauble Global Learning Unit Plan UbD.docxHuman interaction with the environment
Human interaction with the environment
4th Grade Integrated Unit Plan
This unit plan incorporates reading, writing, research, science, computer science, public speaking, and design thinking in order for students to identify a global environmental problem, devise a solution, and present their learning.
Resources: Google Doc
These are local North Carolina resources that can be used to make global connections and bring more global learning into your classroom.
These are local North Carolina resources that can be used to make global connections and bring more global learning into your classroom.
La coalición
La coalición
Click HERE to visit La Coalición Latin American Coalition's website. The Coalition offers resources and sponsors cultural events in the Charlotte, NC area.
Concord International festival
Concord International festival
Click HERE to learn more about the Concord International Festival held yearly in September downtown Concord, NC. This festival features food, crafts, music, and exhibit booths that highlight cultures and countries from around the world.
International house Charlotte
International house Charlotte
Click HERE to visit the International House webpage. This nonprofit organization seeks to help immigrants in the Charlotte, NC community make cultural connections with each other and with local residents in order to foster a more global community.
UNC Area Studies
UNC Area Studies
Click HERE to visit UNC Chapel Hill's Area Studies page. K-16 educators in NC can access outreach resources like culture kits and teaching tool kits for global teaching in their classrooms.
LEAF Global Arts
LEAF Global Arts
Click HERE to visit LEAF Global Arts' webpage. This organization based in Asheville, NC seeks to connect cultures through art, music, dance, and experiences.
Go global NC
Go global NC
Click HERE to visit Go Global NC's website. They offer a Global Teachers Fellowship program for NC teachers interested in study abroad opportunities to bring global connections back to their classrooms.
These are resources for teachers to use to help bring international perspectives into your classroom.
These are resources for teachers to use to help bring international perspectives into your classroom.
One PLastic Bag
One PLastic Bag
Click HERE to access teacher resources to go along with the book One Plastic Bag. This book tells the story of Isatou and how she collaborated with others in her community to solve a big environmental problem: plastic bag waste!
Global Math Stories
Global Math Stories
Click HERE to visit the Global Math Stories page. This site provides engaging global stories with math tie-ins and problems.
Flipflopi
Flipflopi
Click HERE to find educational resources to go along with the book Flopflopi. This true story describes how a boy and his community turned plastic trash into a boat!
Fabulous_Frogs_of_Panama.pdfFrogs of panama
Frogs of panama
Click HERE to download The Fabulous Frogs of Panama Teacher Guide with lessons about the frog life cycle, camouflage, and comparing frogs and toads.
Slow Reveal graphs
Slow Reveal graphs
Click HERE for Slow Reveal Graphs. This resource helps students build visual literacy skills by observing, inferring, and questioning information presented in graphs. There is a mix of US-based and global data presented.
World's Largest Lesson
World's Largest Lesson
Click HERE to access resources and ready-to-use lessons for teaching the SDGs acoss grade levels.
Disclaimer: The author of these lessons and this website is a participant in the 2024-2025 Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program, a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by IREX. The views and information presented are the grantee's own and do not represent the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright Program, or IREX.
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