Teaching Resources

A lesson to explore the rules of war and their importance during conflict based on the ongoing conflict in Palestine and Israel. Using two photographs, students practice empathy to understand why following International Humanitarian Law – the rules o...

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 video from 2022 shows how Empieza por Educar alumnus Egoitz Etxeandia Romero and his students engage in Funghi Thinking, a project which applies the Project Based Learning perspective and his multi-level, multi-subject and multi-challenge based ...

This selection of resources for teaching life-saving first aid skills in schools includes lessons and classroom activities that help students build their confidence and willingness to help someone in an emergency using everyday objects.

This guidebook offers multiple strategies for fostering teacher wellbeing - choose the most relevant strategy for you in the moment.

Dans cet exercice, nous étudions les avantages et les inconvénients des deux extrémités d'une échelle en lien avec l’angle d’approche Les élèves comme leaders.

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 st...

In this video from 2022, Anca Mezei shares her story of overcoming the discrimination that she faced as a Romani child and how this motivated her to work with her students and their families to reclaim pride in their identity and culture.

Over 60 games that can be used by teachers to reinforce social-emotional learning competencies. These games help reinforce the 5 SEL competencies – brain building, emotion regulation, positive social skills, conflict resolution, and perseverance.