For non-U.S. Educators
Facing the Future curriculum is used by educators in more than 50 countries around the world, including teachers at international schools (where English is the main language of instruction), teachers in International Baccalaureate (IB) programs, and local teachers in countries outside the United States.
Ways We Support Educators outside the United States
How Our Resources Are Being Used in Different Countries
Canada
Facing the Future resources are in use in many Canadian classrooms. One teacher in Ontario employs Facing the Future curriculum for a globalization unit in her grade 12 Canadian and World Issues class. Students use Facing the Future readings as a starting point to do further research on the cultural and economic impacts of globalization and the linkages to human rights issues. Canadian teachers find that Facing the Future materials help them to cover their provincial learning objectives
Australia
Facing the Future curriculum has also made its way "Down Under." A teacher at a school in Melbourne comments, "I have used the activities and resources in my Geography teaching and the ideas have been useful for action based learning as well. Although our curriculum approach may be different the issues you present are universal and can be easily adapted to our needs."
Saudi Arabia
Facing the Future has worked with a teacher at Dhahran Ahliyya Schools in Saudi Arabia to develop a high school global issues elective course. The teacher is using both the advanced and intermediate Facing the Future student textbooks as a way of differentiating instruction since not all students are equally fluent in English. This is the first time in history the school has been allowed to teach a class (and not a "club") without a government textbook!
Egypt
Facing the Future has presented a series of sustainability education workshops to faculty and administrators at Cairo American College, a K-12 international school in Egypt.
About 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Cairo, at Kan Yama Kan Village, a youth education program run by the Mediterranean Center for Sustainable Development Programs, is teaching Egyptian and expatriate youth how to be better global citizens. The program uses Facing the Future hands-on activities to engage students in learning about the environment, climate change, leadership, teambuilding, human rights, good governance, and democratic participation. Designed to demonstrate the same principles that are taught within its walls, Kan Yama Kan Village acts as a living laboratory for sustainability, showcasing passive solar construction, native plant gardens, energy conservation, natural biodiversity, and minimal waste production in its day-to-day operations.
Guatemala
One of Facing the Future's current Classroom Partners teaches middle school at the LIFE School in the town of Panajachel in Solola, Guatemala. Sixty-six percent of the school’s students are indigenous Mayans.