Now, perhaps more than ever, our students are impacted by global trends and events and need tools to understand what is going on in the world. This month, we focus on the theme of global education and some resources that will help you embed global perspectives in your planning for 2026.
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New teaching units
Hot off the press is a set of curriculum-aligned classroom resources focusing on Australia and our immediate neighbours in the Indo-Pacific. All units include lesson plans and student worksheets.
- In Our global responsibilities Year 10 students explore the cooperative and diplomatic processes that countries adhere to when working together on global issues.
- Working together: gender equity helps Year 10 students to investigate the ways in which Australians work with neighbouring countries to promote greater gender equality.
- Via a Year 7/8 unit titled Environmental resilience , students investigate the sustainable development of Pacific Island nations and develop an environmental resilience scenario-based strategy.
- Our Indo-Pacific community supports Year 3/4 students to explore the geographical and cultural diversity of the region and create a proposal for a hypothetical partnership project.
Stay Tuned to our Planet (STTOP)
Find lessons on a variety of Global Ed themes including Support All Life – Future Foods; You and Your Community – Energy use; Innovation and Creativity – Upcycling; and You and Your Community – Waste. Age levels of the lessons vary according to topic.
Develop your teaching practices with Global Ed
- Global Education hosts a framework for global education, a Teaching Strategies PDF and appropriate Thinking Tools templates.
- Media Literacy for Global Education: Toolkit for Youth Multipliers explains how these concepts are connected and ideas for working with students.
- SDG Lesson Plans for New Zealand Teachers focuses on themes from the Sustainable Development Goals (“Sustainable food”, “Cities”, “Women and equality” etc.), providing multiple activities and media sources to help explore that theme. Age levels of the lessons vary according to topic.
- Active Citizens: Globally connected, locally engaged is designed for use with adults, however some of the learning activities are suitable for use in secondary classrooms. Find learning activities exploring identity, cultural understandings, managing difference and conflict.