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This resource has seven lesson plans to help children ages 11-18 explore human rights, either as stand-alone lessons or for themed days across the whole school. Topics include freedom of expression, refugees and asylum, and taking action.

This is a short animation video by UNHCR which defines the term 'internally displaced person.' This video can be useful preparation for a lesson and also be used within lessons to bring this topic to life for students.

In this reflective exercise, we explore the benefits and costs of both ends of a spectrum related to Teachers as Learners.

A lesson to examine and discuss Afghanistan via an evocative photograph of people at Kabul airport during the crisis that unfolded in August 2021. Students will analyze and identify how people were impacted by this event, debate the statement "All pe...

This article from 2015 uses Empieza Por Educar fellow Óliver Jabato's experience to reflect on two patterns we see in transformational classrooms around the world: collective ownership (teachers and students sharing ownership of learning) and student...

The Environmental Solutions Initiative is MIT’s institute-wide effort to address climate change and other environmental challenges of global importance, through multidisciplinary research, education, and engagement. The toolkit provides research, too...

Explore this Brené Brown talk at SXSWedu from 2017 during which she discusses the need to understand how scarcity affects the way we lead and teach, and to learn how to engage with vulnerability and recognize and combat shame.

This story of impact by Teach For Austria alumna and STEM educator Theresa Valenta illustrates how her Die BauBox Initiative in Vienna is supporting girls through hands-on projects. Her initiative provides a fantastic example of how we can break down...

Many of us have heard of the famous "marshmallow test" that has been used for decades to suggest some children have stronger "executive function" than others. Explore this video from 2019 to learn about a new version of the study, which raises critic...