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When I started this journey, I thought that my classroom had a global mindset. I thought that I was culturally responsive and accepting of the diverse backgrounds of my students. But through this journey, I learned there was so much more I could be doing!

Below, you will find some of the resources that spoke to me the most whether teaching me ways to be more globally minded in my own classroom or activities to try. *Many links are best viewed on Google Chrome.*

5 Learning Activities that Significantly Improve Global Competency In the Classroom

Instructional Strategies that Help Students Develop Global Competency Skills

What Is (and Is NOT) Culturally Responsive Teaching

Dos and Don'ts about Teaching Race, Culture and Identity

Broaden Your Idea of Global Education Beyond Food and Festivals

Learn more about Dignity and how to incorporate it into your classroom.

Get started with some thought provoking activities and questions about dignity.

Use these tools and resources, particularly "Dollar Street" to help children see how people around the world live.

Primary Sources provides a plethora of resources for educators.

Social and Emotional Learning activities that promote global learning for all grade levels.

Inspire Changemakers

Students need opportunities to act as true changemakers. This can be in the school building, the community or even globally. Students need to know that they, right now, can be a changemaker.

Inspire your Changemakers with "I Woke Up" by Jameson Fitzpatrick

View the PDF of this book to find five inspiring lessons for your grade level

Watch this video to remind you and inspire you that teaching others is taking action

Learn more about how to inspire your students to be Changemakers

First Book has a variety of resources to teach change-makers in your own classroom.

Act Now is sponsored by the United Nations. It inspires and encourages individuals to take action on climate change and sustainability.

Make Global Education Local

So much of global education is about empowering students to use their voices and act. There are infinite possibilities to make global education local.

Get inspired by this article from the Washington Post highlighting 12 kids and teens who are making a difference in their local community and the world.

Learn more about immigration in the United States with this article from the Pew Research Center. Learn how our local communities are evolving, changing and becoming more global.

To explore this topic further, check out the resources included below.

National Geographic has a plethora of resources for teachers. This document is a wonderful place to start, helping to find ways to teach across different perspectives.

This document gives you practical ways to add global thinking into your classroom routines through questioning and reflection.

See Place Based Education in action through these practical examples used at a school in Portland, Oregon.

Watch this short video about Project Based Learning and get inspired on ways to make it work in your classroom.

Below are some local (Birmingham, Alabama) organizations that support global communities and/or immigrants in our area. These organizations provide connections, educational opportunities and ways to become involved.

The Homewood Public Library offers a plethora of resources and events that support a global community. They also offer an Educator's Book Club that reads children and young adult books from a variety of cultures.

Offers Immigrant and Refugee services in the Birmingham Area.

This organization not only offers support to Immigrants and Refugees in the Birmingham area, but also educational opportunities for the public.

The Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama is a community development and advocacy organization that supports that Hispanic community of Central Alabama. They offer a variety of support systems as well as educational opportunities.

The Birmingham Islamic Society works to build a strong Muslim community in the Birmingham area as well as offering educational opportunities for the general public.

Keep up with and attend cultural festivities in Birmingham!

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