Worldvision’s Leadership Programs
Explore a range of leadership development opportunities for your students to become the next generation of future leaders.
Get Connected: Water in the world
This issue focuses on the importance of access to clean, safe water for communities around the world. It explores water challenges facing Australia as well as case studies on Niger and Indonesia. This issue looks at the relationship between water, health, food security and gender in these communities. Students examine different perspectives and opportunities for active citizenship. The issue […]
Get Connected: Food Security
This resource explores issues of food insecurity and how global citizens respond to these challenges. Inside you’ll find up-to-date case studies from Bangladesh and Timor-Leste, a debate on genetically modified crops and a food supply chain. This resource also features written and digital texts, photographs, a climate graph, map reading and cloze activities that help […]
Get Connected: Migration – People on the move
This issue explores voluntary and forced migration, including push/pull factors. Using personal stories, factual information and activities, students examine different types of migration with a particular focus on refugees. This includes considering their journey, the conventions and treaties that seek to protect refugees, and the role of government and non-government organisations (NGOs).
Get Connected: Global Inequalities
We live in an unequal world. This issue helps students understand the nature of global inequality in wealth, food, education, health and access to water and sanitation. It examines East Timor (Timor-Leste) as a case study and includes a DVD that explores the inequalities between Australia and our nearest international neighbour. This issues includes engaging visual […]
Get Connected: Global Citizenship
This issue helps students investigate the effects of globalisation in the world. Through case studies, activities and analysis of global organisations like World Vision and the United Nations, students explore what it means to be a global citizen. Role play and related activities help students understand the impact of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on […]
Australia’s Engagement with Asia: Indonesia
Case studies in water, food, urbanisation and human wellbeing Australia’s engagement with Asia: Indonesia is an engaging and easy-to-use teaching resource that supports the Australian Curriculum: Geography. It includes six DVD chapters with related texts and worksheets developed by World Vision and the Australian Geography Teachers Association.
What is poverty?
Students develop their understanding of poverty through exploring the impacts on people living in poverty. They consider some of the consequences of poverty on people and their wellbeing. Students learn about some of the indicators of global poverty and compare the indicators for Australia and Uganda.
How do people become refugees? Why do they flee? (Upper Primary)
It is too dangerous to stay home. Pack your bag and run! You have 60 seconds tofill your backpack. One, two, three….sixty! Time is up! What will you take in yourbackpack for your journey? What will you leave behind?
Why do people go hungry? (Upper Primary)
World Vision is excited to share this special curriculum series aimed at providing primary students with the opportunity to begin their journey as world ready global citizens. Each unit has been developed to maintain flexibility within the curriculum and covers a range of general capabilities. In a timewhen hope and perspective is needed more than […]
