How to Teach Students About Natural Disasters: MCIC Made a Guide!

Current events provide a great opportunity for teaching and learning about the grade 12 Global Issues Areas of Inquiry. These events provide teachers the ability to discuss and reflect on issues as they unfold, and students the ability to connect classroom learning with real-life events, while acquiring a greater understanding … Continue Reading How to Teach Students About Natural Disasters: MCIC Made a Guide!

TOOL: Teach Oppression Through Jenga

What are the different forms of oppression? What does it feel like to be oppressed? Are we always aware of oppression when it is happening? The article “Teaching About Oppression Through Jenga” by Sara Lichtenwalter and Parris Baker describes a game-based learning example of teaching oppression. This can be played … Continue Reading TOOL: Teach Oppression Through Jenga

Free the Children: “We” Campaigns and Resources

In case you aren’t already familiar with Me to We, We Day, The Kielburgers and Free the Children, they also have a number of great resources for students and youth involved in Global Issues. Look under the Get Involved tab to find tool kits, lesson plans, campaign information, and more. The “We” phenomenon isn’t … Continue Reading Free the Children: “We” Campaigns and Resources

TOOL: EWB Educator Toolkit

Engineers Without Borders Canada has some great ideas for teaching Global Issues! Check out their Educator Toolkit: Operation Global Citizen. This toolkit includes: Action Oriented Tools Collaborative Tools for Educators Educational Tools Provided by Canadian NGOs Lesson Plans Provided by NGOs and UN Agencies Search Engines and Databases of Educational … Continue Reading TOOL: EWB Educator Toolkit