Teaching Resources

The Climate Connection is a ten-part podcast series from the British Council which explores the relationship between the climate crisis and language education. Podcasts can be downloaded on the website including additional show notes. Besides the web...

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

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 "A...

Video de 1 minuto, después del cual cada estudiante puede ayudar a empezar a armar su propio botiquín de emergencia familiar y decidir dónde guardarlo.

In partnership with Vox Media Studios and Vox, this series of explainer videos takes viewers deep inside a wide range of culturally relevant topics, questions, and ideas. This episode, available on YouTube, delves into the global water crisis as an i...

Songs that help students engage with real life stories of refugees. The lyrics can be used to spark discussions and debates about identity, belonging, media representation, and how to make refugees feel welcome.

Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 on Climate Action as a starting point, lesson plans on climate change are developed by subject teachers and climate change specialists. Learning outcomes can be integrated with existing t...

Paulo Freire wrote that the purpose of education is for the oppressed to liberate themselves and their oppressor. In this video from 2017, a Teach For America alumna and powerful leader of the Black Lives Matter movement discusses her personal experi...

Youki Terada shares metacognitive strategies to use in class, such as exit tickets and pop quizzes. She also shares the importance of asking questions and how these are especially useful when preparing for tests and as review after tests.