For Teachers
Teachers, you need to both meet the needs of multicultural students and prepare all students to engage successfully with global issues of economics, environment, and equity. And we know that there is no one program that makes you a ‘Global Studies teacher” or a “Multicultural Practitioner” and that you need tools and resources to do this. Our goal is to provide you with out-of-the-box classroom ready materials. We have done the work of mapping curriculum to themes of global studies, multiculturalism, and social justice in the lessons and thematic units on this website.
From our Mission Statement:
“We believe that globally aware students will go beyond the basic understanding that global issues of economics, environment and equity affect all of us. Students who fully identify as global citizens will realize their role in the world community: that their actions have global consequences and that this carries a big responsibility.
We support educators in providing opportunities for multicultural and social justice programming. Socially aware students value diversity, understand the perspectives of other cultural groups, and are sensitive to issues of bias, racism, prejudice, and stereotyping. Multicultural programming validates the experience of students of diverse backgrounds and is the bedrock of culturally responsive teaching. And as changes in places far away ripple through our lives, our lessons help all students acquire skills to actively engage beyond the confines of their cultural borders.”
A word about Themes of Social Studies
Our Lessons/Thematic units use two reference frameworks: a) National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) themes and the b) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (U.N. SDGs).
a) National Council for the Social Studies: The themes of Social Studies outlined by the National Council for the Social Studies are here and are listed below:
- Culture
- Time, continuity, and change
- People, places, and environments
- Individual development and identity
- Individuals, groups, and institutions
- Power, authority, and governance
- Production, distribution, and consumption
- Science, technology, and society
- Global connections
- Civic ideals and practices
b) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: About the Sustainable Development Goals
The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are:
- No poverty
- Zero hunger
- Good health and well being
- Quality education
- Gender equality
- Clean water and sanitation
- Affordable and clean energy
- Decent work and economic growth
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Reduced inequalities
- Sustainable cities and communities
- Responsible consumption and production
- Climate action
- Life below water
- Life on land
- Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Partnerships for the goals
Find lessons
- Please see Lessons/Thematic Units
- Use the drop down list of Themes on the home page
- Use the Search box at the top of every page to look for topics, themes, by age group and more
Professional Development
We will offer professional development opportunities for educators that include workshops, seminars, online forums, travel study tours and teaching kits. These programs channel scholarship about India to K-12 educators.