Teaching Resources

A 60-minute lesson plan designed to inspire and mobilize young Africans (aged 13-18 years) around the circular economy concept - a systems solution framework that tackles global issues such as climate change, waste and pollution. The lesson plan has ...

Learn about the pause procedure as a way to foster active learning in your students.

An activity booklet for children in which they can join Wrigley the dog as she helps her family prepare for earthquakes by staying informed, packing emergency supplies, and making a family communication plan.

A video resource highlighting the struggles of refugees when they seek asylum in other countries, and how countries fail them through serious human rights violations.

This resource has 50+ lesson plans, worksheets and teaching activities. Topics include drones, understanding violence, military spending, mediation, youth campaigning, and more.

In this 2013 video, Teach For America alumnus Isaac Pollack tackles the seemingly impossible task of transforming Carver High School in New Orleans. Faced with academic gaps and skepticism from students in impoverished, violent neighborhoods, Isaac g...

These resources help teach climate adaptation. The resources are aimed at students between Grade 7-10. They include an online game (My coastal futures), as well as a climate adaptation toolbox and linked activities.

In this adventure video game, players replay the journey of Abdullah, a young Syrian artist who escaped the civil war in 2014. "Path Out" is a tale full of surprises, challenges, and humor, giving insight to this real-life displacement adventure.

This National Geographic website offers various community tools and resources, including teacher user guides and lesson plans, a blog for educators to share their resources, and immersive learning materials like live events, free maps, videos, and in...

This PDF guide draws from the firsthand experience of the authors on how to declare a climate emergency in a school. Teachers can use this guide to learn from a real-life case study and adapt the strategies to create similar initiatives in their own ...