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Sustainable Development Goals Resources
Sustainable Development Goals Resources
*Resources that I have directly used in my classroom will be notated*
*Resources that I have directly used in my classroom will be notated*
Information about the SDGs
Information about the SDGs
UN Sustainable Development Goals , United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals, SDG Knowledge Platform
Sustainable Development Goals , United Nations Development Programme
The 17 Goals , The Global Goals for Sustainable Development
U.S. National Statistics for the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
SDGs Sketchnote Project (also available as Google slides)
Global Goalscast - podcast focused on SDGs
Individual Lesson Plans
Individual Lesson Plans
Guide for Discussions on the SDGs, free download from Parlay
Hunger Project - PBL Unit
Why is it important to educate girls?, PBS NewsHour Extra, grades 7-12 lesson plan
Climate change as a scientific theory, PBS NewsHour Extra, grades 9-12 lesson plan
World Food Day, Teaching the Power of School Meals, PBS NewsHour Extra, grades 7-10 lesson plan
What the United Nations means today, PBS NewsHour Extra, grades 9-12 lesson plan
I CAN Lesson plans - offers lessons to help teach "real world" problems, allowing for students to do.
Resources for You & Your Students to Design Your Own Action Project
Resources for You & Your Students to Design Your Own Action Project
SDG Project Planning Toolkit, Participate Learning
Do Something - list of taking action ideas from Teaching Tolerance
TakingITGlobal, online community for young people (and educators) with tools and resources for taking action
Inspire Citizens: 17 Skills for 17 Goals - tools and ideas for implementing community-based learning and student-centered solutions
Design for Change, four-step framework to achieve the I Can mindset
Design for Change USA, design thinking resources for turning empathy into action
Make It Happen: Social Action Toolkit, Association of Citizenship Teaching in partnership with the National Citizen Service Trust
Your America: Democracy’s Local Heroes - frameworks, lessons and tools for taking action
Our World in Data, research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems
Encouraging Students to Take Action, Teaching Channel video (9.5 minutes)
American Association for the Advancement of Science action toolkit
MIT SOLVE - funding and programing for solving global challenges
Lessons & Resources for Teaching the SDGs
Lessons & Resources for Teaching the SDGs
World’s Largest Lesson , lesson plans and materials for teaching the SDGs (from the UN, UNICEF, and UNESCO)
Global Schools Program - resources for educators (lesson plans for each grade level) and resources for students
Projects Organized by UN Sustainable Development Goal, Asia Society’s Center for Global Education
Sustainable Development Goals - Resources for educators, UNESCO
SDG Resources for Educators - Partnerships for the Goals, UNESCO
Education for Sustainable Development Goals: Learning Objectives, suggested topics and learning approaches, UNESCO
UNICEF and the Sustainable Development Goals - resources include issue briefs on specific SDGs, The World We Want (child-friendly overview of the SDGs),
Mapping the SDGs and the Rights of the Child and a collection of videos
Teach SDG: Connect to the SDGs through resources -assets, projects, events, and teacher connections
The Sustainable Development goals: A guide for teachers from Oxfam Education - includes Learn-Think-Act framework, case study examples, ideas for integrating in specific subject areas, and suggested methodologies for teaching the SDGs
Resources guides for various SDG topics , Oxfam Education
Sustainable Foundations: A Guide for Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals, lessons with big questions, resources, and case studies, Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
Participate’s community of SDG resources and educators
West-Windsor Plains Middle School Global Challenge , project ideas, resources, and rubrics
*Go Goals! Board game for children
Games for Sustainability - teaching, learning and practicing sustainability through serious games
Equipping Young Leaders to Take on the 32 Most Important Issues of Our Time , Getting Smart
Projects Organized by UN Sustainable Development Goal , Asia Society’s Center for Global Education
The Human Development Index - statistics on dimensions of human development
Youth's Guide to the Global Goals - Four different ways students can take action for each of the SDGs
Texts
Texts
Frieda Makes a Difference (picture book about SDG’s and taking action)
SDG Reading List, Participate Learning
Best Inquiry Picture Books: Sustainable Development Goals Round Up
“What I Have Learned So Far, poem by Mary Oliver
City Green by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan, picture book about environment and community
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia picture book by Miranda Paul - One Plastic Bag teaching resources
Global Learning Resources
Global Learning Resources
*Resources that I have directly used in my classroom will be notated*
Global Arts and Culture
Global Arts and Culture
Color Symbolism from around the world - explore what colors mean in different cultures
World Village Playsets - create your own village
Global Table Adventure - explore food and recipes from around the world
World Culture Activities - explore different arts and crafts from around the world
Multicultural Arts - explore arts and crafts from around the world
Visual Thinking Strategies - how to get students to think critically about visuals
*Radio Garden - listen to radio stations from around the world
Teaching Tolerance - how to teach students to be empathetic instead of symapthetic
Global Data, Math, and Science
Global Data, Math, and Science
Our World in Data - research and data from all over the world for multiple data sets
Population Education - classroom resources including lesson plans, readings, and lesson packets
World Population History - an interactive map that shows population and important historical data
World Fact Book - provides basic information on countries around the world
Real World Math - lessons that are designed to target math concepts with real world settings
Global Math Stories - Stories that involve a math and social justice question
SDG Math Unit - a unit comparing children's lives from 5 different countries
NOAA - classroom-ready data resources from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Project Wet - hands on lessons and matericlas for teaching about water and solving environmental challenges
Smithsonian Science for Global Goals and for The Classroom - resources from the Smithsonian for teaching the SDGs as well as classroom resources
Dollar Street - a look at money and economics from around the world
Global Texts
Global Texts
Read Around the World - books from around the world that are country specific
The Constitute Project - a look at constitutions from around the world
Six Word Memoir - a project to help students with self expression
Social Justice Book List - a list of books by grade level for students and teachers
SDG Book Club - a list of books that align with the different SDGs
Global Literature - Different types of global literature arranged by grade level
Global Connections and Collaborations
Global Connections and Collaborations
iEARN - Join interactive curriculum-based groups where students are creating, researching, sharing opinions and becoming global citizens.
Global School Net - combines education and communications
ePals - connect students to others from around the world
Edmodo - a how to of connecting students through PBL
Technology Ideas to to Connect Students to the World - a list of different technology to get students connected
Level Up Village - globalize your classroom with lessons to connect students from around the world
Sister Cities - connect your city to another from around the world
Global Village Connect - connect your school community to develop a practical solution to a problem facing another community
Creating Meaningful Connections - a how-to of creating meaningful global connections for students
The Globe Program - international science and education initiative
Virtual Field Trips Apps and Websites - a comprehensive list of virtual experiences for students
World Peace Game - a hands on political simulation
Write the World - a writing community for students around the world
Global Perspectives
Global Perspectives
World Press Photo - a collection of photographs and resources taken from around the world
*Thinking Routines - a collection of thinking routines to use in the classroom
*Country Codes - A list of country codes to access information directly from a specific country
Foreign Films for Students - a collection of foreign films to teach students about other cultures
My Name, My Identity - students strengthen their sense of self by deep diving their names and cultures
Global Folk Tales - a collection of folk tales from around the world
*What is Going On in This Picture? - a fun way to get students to use their observation and inference skills using photos with no captions
Map Resources
Map Resources
Kids World Travel Guide - country maps with student-friendly information
13 Fun Geography Lessons - 13 different ways you can add different geography or a global lens to your classroom
Google Lit Trips: Reading the World- virtual literacy field trips
National Geographic Map Skills for Elementary Students - increase spatial thinking and map skills with young students
Student Passport Project - create a "passport" for your students to mark as they go on international virtual field trips
ATLAS for the END of the WORLD - an audit of land use and urbanization of critically endangered bioregions
*ESRI GeoInquiries - standards-based interactive map activities that can be used as whole group or individual student activities.
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