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Facing the Future Student Textbooks
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It's All Connected: A Comprehensive Guide to Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions (IAC)
Type: Student Textbook
Level: High School and Postsecondary
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This textbook is the ultimate resource for teaching about global issues and sustainability in our ever changing and complex world. It’s All Connected can be used as a stand-alone text for a global issues course or as a supplemental text for other classes, including social studies, science, environmental studies, mathematics, English Language Learners, and language arts.
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$24.95 |
ISBN 9780971100541 |
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Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions: Population, Poverty, Consumption, Conflict, and the Environment (GISS)
Type: Student Textbook
Level: Middle School
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Making connections between global issues and sustainable solutions can be a challenge. Now there’s a textbook that can be used to inform, inspire, and motivate students.
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$14.95 |
ISBN 9780971100527 |
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Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues
Type: Student Textbook
Level: Middle School
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This student workbook includes 15 handouts, worksheets, and topical global issues readings that correspond with lessons in the Real World Math teacher’s guide.
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$14.95 |
ISBN 9780981557731 |
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Facing the Future Teacher Lesson Plan Books
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Engaging Students Through Global Issues: Activity-Based Lessons and Action Projects (ESTGI)
Type: Teacher Lesson Plan Book
Level: Grades 5-12
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This activity-based lesson book for middle and high school teachers contains 40 inspiring lessons that can be used alone or in conjunction with Facing the Future's student textbooks.
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$29.95 |
ISBN 9780971100558 |
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Teaching Global Sustainability in the Primary Grades: A K-4 Curriculum Guide (TGSPG)
Type: Teacher Lesson Plan Book
Level: Elementary School
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This teaching resource contains a set of four multi-faceted lessons covering topics such as identity and culture, food, biodiversity, and systems through diverse perspectives and learning modes. This book features hands-on activities, teacher background reading, vocabulary, extension and service learning opportunities, and assessment rubrics. All lessons included in this book have been reviewed and field tested by content experts, teachers, and students.
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$19.95 |
ISBN 9780971100596 |
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Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues
Type: Teacher Lesson Plan Book
Level: Middle School
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This teacher’s guide includes teacher instructions and masters for 15 lessons on foundational algebra and geometry. All lessons are aligned with NCTM standards. Each lesson starts with an activity-based lesson hook and includes real data sets, problem sets, critical thinking questions, key vocabulary, extension ideas, additional resources, and action projects. See the corresponding Real World Math student workbook.
Lessons were inspired, designed, reviewed, and field tested by math teachers and other education professionals including members of The Math Forum @ Drexel University. The Math Forum is a community of mathematicians, teachers, and researchers working to improve math education. Learn more about the Forum’s professional development workshops.
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$29.95 |
ISBN 9780981557724 |
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Facing the Future Curriculum Units
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Climate Change: Connections and Solutions, Grades 9-12
Type: Curriculum Unit
Level: High School
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This two-week curriculum unit encourages students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues. 125 pages, 4.1 MB
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$19.95 value, available FREE thanks to funding from the Hewlett-Packard Company |
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Climate Change: Connections and Solutions, Grades 6-8
Type: Curriculum Unit
Level: Middle School
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This two-week curriculum unit encourages students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues. 128 pages, 4.5 MB
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$19.95 value, available FREE thanks to funding from the Hewlett-Packard Company |
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Engaging Students in Conservation: Protecting the Endangered Snow Leopard
Type: Curriculum Unit
Level: Middle School
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Engaging Students in Conservation: Protecting the Endangered Snow Leopard is an interdisciplinary 1-2 week unit that includes five dynamic lessons and culminates with a service learning project. Developed in collaboration with the Snow Leopard Trust, the unit is designed for 5-8th grade students in science and social studies. Though the lessons are designed as a comprehensive unit, each lesson can stand alone. 86 pages, 4.53 MB
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Understanding Sustainability: Two-Week Unit for Life, Physical, and Earth Sciences Grades 6-8
Type: Curriculum Unit
Level: Middle School
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This comprehensive two-week sustainability curriculum unit for middle school science includes hands-on activities, student readings, homework assignments, critical thinking questions, assessment rubrics, and a suggested sequence of activities. This unit is available in electronic form only. 72 pages
Thanks to funding from The Russell Family Foundation, the Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation, and National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, we have state-specific versions of this unit available for Alaska and Washington State teachers free of charge. Email us to request a copy.
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$24.95 |
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$19.95 |
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Understanding Sustainability: Two-Week Unit for Social Studies Grades 9-12
Type: Curriculum Unit
Level: High School
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This comprehensive two-week sustainability curriculum resource for high school social studies classes includes hands-on activities, student readings, homework assignments, critical thinking questions, action project and service learning extensions, and references to additional web resources. The unit is available for purchase as a downloadable PDF. 107 pages, 1.8 MB
Thanks to funding from The Russell Family Foundation, a state-specific version of this unit is available for Washington State teachers free of charge. Email us to request a copy.
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$19.95 |
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Facing the Future Packages
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IAC Educator's Package
Type: Package
Level: High School and Postsecondary
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One copy of the teacher lesson plan book, Engaging Students Through Global Issues: Activity Based Lessons and Action Projects, and one of the student textbook, It's All Connected: A Comprehensive Guide to Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions.
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$49.95 |
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GISS Educator's Package
Type: Package
Level: Middle School
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One copy of the student textbook, Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions, and one copy of the teacher lesson plan book, Engaging Students Through Global Issues: Activity-Based Lessons and Action Projects.
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$39.95 |
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TGSPG Educators Package
Type: Package
Level: Elementary School
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One copy of the book Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions for teacher background reading and one copy of Teaching Global Sustainability in the Primary Grades: A K-4 Curriculum Guide.
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$29.95 |
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Real World Math Educator's Package
Type: Package
Level: Middle School
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One copy of the teacher’s guide, Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues, and one copy of the accompanying student workbook.
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$39.95 |
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Facing the Future Classroom Sets
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IAC Classroom Set
Type: Classroom Set
Level: High School and Postsecondary
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Twenty copies of the textbook, It's All Connected: A Comprehensive Guide to Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions, and one copy of the teacher based lesson plan book, Engaging Students Through Global Issues: Activity Based Lessons and Action Projects. A $528.95 value!
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$419.95 |
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GISS Classroom Set
Type: Classroom Set
Level: Middle School
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Twenty copies of the student textbook, Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions, and one copy of the teacher lesson plan book, Engaging Students Through Global Issues: Activity-Based Lessons and Action Projects. A $328.95 value!
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$259.95 |
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Real World Math Classroom Set
Type: Classroom Set
Level: Middle School
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Twenty copies of the student workbook and one copy of the teacher’s guide, Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues. A $328.95 value!
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$259.95 |
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Don’t let a lack of funds keep you from using our curriculum resources. If you teach at a Title I school or have a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch, please contact us. Please also see our many resources that are available to download for free.
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