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- About this Book: Introduction and Table of Contents Download >>
The introductory pages and table of contents of Engaging Students through Global Issues
- Bears in the Air Download >>
Through a game in which an object is tossed as fast as possible around a circle, students experience the limits of success, redesign their “tossing system,” and identify assumptions that drive behavior.
- Biodiversity Connections Download >>
Students simulate biodiversity within an ecosystem by assuming the identities of resident plant and animal species in a forest stream ecosystem.
- Creating Our Future Download >>
Using an action-planning model, students visualize their desired future, identify objectives, develop a plan to address local and global issues, and implement their vision through action and service learning.
- Crossword Puzzles Download >>
Introduce your students to global issues and sustainability vocabulary words and concepts.
- Every Drop Counts! Download >>
A series of water-related lessons beginning with a water trivia game and a short demonstration of how much of the earth’s water is available for human and other species’ needs.
- Everyone Does Better When Women Do Better Download >>
Students take on the roles of citizens and government representatives from various countries at a “town meeting” forum. Concerns are prioritized and potential solutions are generated.
- Farming for the Future Download >>
Through a simulation activity, students experience the challenges faced by subsistence farmers in the developing world.
- Fishing for the Future Download >>
Students model several consecutive seasons of a fishery and explore how technology, population growth, and sustainable practices impact fish catch and fisheries management.
- From Issue to Opportunity Download >>
Students develop criteria for determining what makes an issue global in scope and then brainstorm, categorize, and prioritize the interconnections among the issues and explore solutions.
- Fueling the Future Download >>
Students compare energy use and CO2 emissions by sector in the United States and China (and optionally in another country).
- Global Issues Trivia Download >>
Use this trivia game to test your students’ knowledge of global issues.
- How Big is a Billion? Download >>
A short demonstration of what 1 billion looks like, using increasing amounts of rice to represent the world’s population. Students then create their own representations of one billion.
- Is It Sustainable? Download >>
Students define and discuss sustainability and its three key components: the economy, the environment, and society.
- Livin’ the Good Life? Download >>
Students develop indicators to measure quality of life and conduct a survey of peers and adults to obtain data for their indicators.
- Making Global Connections Download >>
Students demonstrate the interconnectedness of global issues and solutions through a kinesthetic exercise using global issue cards and a ball of yarn.
- Metaphors for the Future Download >>
Students use metaphors describing different degrees of control we have over our future to explore how worldviews and mental models influence and shape our actions.
- Microcredit for Sustainable Development Download >>
Students research a developing country and then apply for a $100 microcredit grant to start a small business, as if they were a person living in that country.
- Partners for Health Download >>
Students learn about the impact of today’s most urgent global health issues (such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis), and practical solutions to help address these issues.
- Seeking Asylum Download >>
Through a simulation, students experience the difficult choices and struggles facing refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) when they are forced to leave their homes.
- Shop Till You Drop? Download >>
In this simulation, students experience how resources are distributed and used by different people based on access to wealth.
- Systems Are Dynamic Download >>
Students experience the dynamic, interconnected, and self-organizing nature of systems through an exercise in which they move around an open space trying to stay an equal distance between two other people.
- Take a Step for Equity Download >>
Students are randomly assigned an economic class, and then hear poverty and wealth statistics describing their economic class as they step forward in a line.
- Taxes: Choices and Trade-offs Download >>
In this federal tax simulation lesson, students representing “special interest groups” discuss, recommend, and lobby for a budget allocation for federal tax spending.
- Three Faces of Governance Download >>
Students create a national energy policy via cooperation and negotiation among the three faces of governance: the State (government), civic organizations, and the private sector.
- To Fight or Not to Fight? Download >>
Students examine a variety of international and intra-national conflicts through a role-playing activity. They learn to identify the roots of conflict, how to separate positions from interests in a conflict, and experience mediating a conflict.
- Watch Where You Step! Download >>
Students identify the components of an ecological footprint by creating a web diagram of all the resources they use in their everyday lives and the mark or “footprint” this consumption leaves on the environment.
- What’s In the News? Download >>
In this media literacy activity, students use an “iceberg model” to analyze the global patterns and underlying structural causes that drive events in the news.
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- Introduction and Table of Contents Download >>
Introductory pages and table of contents of the Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues teacher's guide
- Rational Numbers: Financial Decisions
(Lesson 7) Download >>
Students work through calculations to analyze financial choices made by individuals and nations.
- Solving Inequalities: Carbon Emissions
(Lesson 9) Download >>
Students work with algebraic inequalities to consider how many and what types of activities can be performed while staying within a limited carbon budget.
- Surface Area & Volume: Sustainable Design
(Lesson 12) Download >>
In a real-world application exercise, students connect geometric properties to sustainable design principles.
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- Map of Myself: Identity and Culture Download >>
Students explore personal and cultural identity through nonverbal activity, songs, personal maps, and a story. They also explore the hopes and challenges presented by diverse identities.
- Table of Contents Download >>
The table of contents for Teaching Sustainability in the Primary Grades: A K-4 Curriculum Guide
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- Scavenger Hunt for Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions Download >>
Scavenger hunt and answer key for students to investigate information in the Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions textbook.
- Table of Contents and Preview Download >>
The table of contents and part of the first chapter of Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions
- Teacher's Companion Answer Key Download >>
Answer Key to questions from the Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions Teacher's Companion
- Teacher's Companion to the Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions Textbook Download >>
Reading review and assessment questions for Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions
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- About the Authors Download >>
Read about the authors of It's All Connected
- Article Review of It's All Connected Download >>
A review of It's All Connected from the Middle States Council for the Social Studies
- Chapter 1 Download >>
The first chapter of It's All Connected
- Table of Contents and Preview Download >>
The table of contents and first page of each chapter of It's All Connected.
- Teacher's Companion Answer Key Download >>
Answer Key to questions from the It's All Connected Teacher's Companion
- Teacher's Companion to It's All Connected Textbook Download >>
Reading review and assessments for the It's All Connected textbook
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- Introduction and Table of Contents Download >>
Introductory pages and table of contents of the Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues student workbook
- Rational Numbers: Financial Decisions
(Lesson 7) Download >>
The student pages to go with the teacher’s guide for this lesson in Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues. Students work through calculations to analyze financial choices made by individuals and nations.
- Solving Inequalities: Carbon Emissions
(Lesson 9) Download >>
The student pages to go with the teacher’s guide for this lesson in Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues. Students work with algebraic inequalities to consider what activities can be performed while staying within a limited carbon budget.
- Surface Area & Volume: Sustainable Design
(Lesson 12) Download >>
The student pages to go with the teacher’s guide for this lesson in Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues. In a real-world application exercise, students connect geometric properties to sustainable design principles.
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- Climate Change: Connection and Solutions, Grades 6-8 (128 pages, 4.13 MB) Download >>
An interdisciplinary, self-contained two-week unit aligned with national education standards that lays the foundation for understanding some of the forces behind climate change and its connections to numerous social, economic, and environmental factors. Funding provided by Hewlett-Packard Company.
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- Climate Change: Connections and Solutions, Grades 9-12 (125 pages, 4.13 MB) Download >>
An interdisciplinary, self-contained two-week unit aligned with national education standards that lays the foundation for understanding some of the forces behind climate change and its connections to numerous social, economic, and environmental factors. Funding provided by Hewlett-Packard Company.
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- Engaging Students in Conservation: Protecting the Endangered Snow Leopard, (86 pages, 4.53 MB) Download >>
This interdisciplinary 1-2 week unit that includes five dynamic lessons and culminates with a service learning project. The unit is designed for5-8th grade students in science and social studies. Though the lessons are designed as a comprehensive unit, each lesson can stand alone.
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- Lesson Overview Download >>
Suggested sequence of lessons found in Understanding Sustainability: Two-Week Unit for Life, Physical, and Earth Sciences Grades 6-8.
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.
- Table of Contents Download >>
The table of contents for Understanding Sustainability: Two-Week Unit for Life, Physical, and Earth Sciences Grades 6-8
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- Lesson Overview Download >>
Suggested sequence of lessons found in Understanding Sustainability: Two-Week Unit for Social Studies Grades 9-12.
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.
- Table of Contents Download >>
The table of contents for Understanding Sustainability: Two-Week Unit for Social Studies Grades 9-12
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- Graphs and Overheads Download >>
This section includes graphs of global trends. Many of the graphs are suitable for making overheads for your class or presentation.
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