Teaching Resources

This is a short animation video by UNHCR that defines the term "asylum seeker." This video can be useful preparation for a lesson and also be used within lessons to bring this topic to life for students.

Break Free From Plastic has created manuals that can help map out policies towards plastic-free campuses. There are also plastic-free campaign resources that can aid teachers in designing lesson plans for any grade level and adapt modules to existing...

Disaster Mind is an educational game that teaches high school students how to stay calm and make solid decisions during a disaster. This game is developed for teenagers by Emergency Managers. Students must make quick decisions in the face of three na...

A lesson to introduce what chemical weapons are and how they fit within international humanitarian law. Students will understand the facts about what chemical weapons are and why they are banned, discuss why we have rules during conflict, and conside...

Watch this video from 2014 to hear the powerful reflections of an American student challenging us to question who defines success.

Watch this video from 2020 to understand the concept of holding space: what it looks like, why it matters, and how to do it well.

This website offers publications, technical briefs, research findings, and learning materials developed with VVOB partners and ministries of education. The resources offer insights into effective practices for education for sustainability, among othe...

This video from 2014 shows how Teach For America alumnus Isaac Pollack, Principal of Carver High School in New Orleans, led his school guided by the simple belief that “it’s OK to make mistakes, just be better tomorrow than you were today.” This beli...

Smithsonian Science for Global Goals provides community research guides that can help learners understand the Sustainable Development Goals. It allows young people to explore the areas of the topic that they are most interested in and then take actio...

This "Climate Action for Youth" series provides guidance for youth to participate in global climate action and advocate for change. The series covers topics on climate impacts, its effect on rights of children and young people, climate nego...