Get Connected: Child Rights
This issue helps students understand the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child and explores a range of child rights issues around the world. It highlights a case study of child labour in India. The DVD includes an overview of child rights and personal stories from child labourers. This issue also looks at supply chains and the ways […]
Get Connected: Persuading the world
This issue explores persuasion texts and six important global issues: gender, child labour, refugees, health, inequality and climate change. Students identify the structure and language features of persuasion texts – including posters, cartoons, speeches, and digital and written texts – and learn about major social issues at the same time. They are also encouraged to create […]
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 […]
The ‘Live Strong’ Close the Gap education resource
The ‘Live Strong’ Close the Gap education resource has been created in collaboration with the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER), National and Oxfam Australia, on behalf of the Close the Gap Coalition. It has been developed to support the delivery of a flexible and engaging curriculum to support the Close the […]
Science and Global Citizenship: Guidance for taking a global perspective to teaching science
Nurturing global scientists is key to the creation of a clean and fairer world for the future. A global citizenship approach enables learners to appreciate the relevance of science and investigate how it can be used to answer vital questions to global challenges. This guide includes practical advice for embedding global citizenship in topic areas […]
Keeping clean and staying healthy: Home Learning Activities for ages 9-14
These activities help children appreciate the importance of keeping clean and staying healthy in their own lives, as well as think critically about some of the challenges that communities around the world face in accessing safe water and sanitation.
Global Goals Education – Teachers
Global Goals Education aims to develop global citizens. We support schools, regardless of their means, in embedding the values, traits, competencies and literacies that enable young individuals to care for, contribute to and excel in a sustainable world.
Global Goals Education – Students
The units, activities and Tasks on this site help students develop the values, traits, competencies and literacies that are needed to contribute to, care for and excel in a sustainable world. The course is built on the Global Goals Curriculum and focuses on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
My Health Record (2020)
These resources are designed to help students understand their rights under the My Health Record system. My Health Record is a secure online summary of an individual’s health information. Young people can manage their own My Health Record from the age of 14. These resources were developed in partnership with the Australian Digital Health Agency […]
