The Institute for Humane Education has a great collection of activities, many of which could be used with English language learners. Most of them are aimed at younger learners, but many could also be used effectively with adults. I haven’t yet had a chance to go through the whole site, but I took […]
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The Institute for Humane Education
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: vegetarian / vegan · water · visual prompts · food and hunger · fair trade · human rights · animal rights · k-12 · environmental justice · cultural issues · health · reading · speaking · global issues resources · the environment · global issues activities · poverty & wealth · climate change · consumerism · blog
A Young People’s History of the United States
February 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
I just became aware of A Young People’s History of the United States,a version of Howard Zinn’s classic targeted towards younger readers. I haven’t seen the book myself yet, but I suspect that it would work well with English learners, too.
Tags: human rights · fair trade · maps · k-12 · history · racism · child labor · food and hunger · global issues activities · reading · war · politics · poverty & wealth · blog
ACT Responsible
September 4th, 2009 · No Comments
ACT Responsible is a Swiss non-profit that attempts to use the talents of advertisers to address environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Their gallery is full of images and short videos that could be great visual prompts for activities on a wide variety of issues. For starters, check out highlights in The Best Adverts […]
Tags: visual prompts · food and hunger · pictures · water · environmental racism · environmental justice · human rights · fair trade · slideshow · cultural issues · video · global issues activities · the environment · consumerism · climate change · natural disasters · health · poverty & wealth · blog
Global Issues Activities for K-12 ESL Classes
July 17th, 2009 · No Comments
I was recently asked for suggestions for materials that could be used with younger learners. Here are a few of my favorites.
Facing the Future has a collection of activity-based, global issues lesson plans for students of all ages. In addition to the great stuff they offer for sale, they have a ton of […]
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Worldmapper
July 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Worldmapper has a large collection of world maps that display various issues in a simple yet effective way. They expand each country to illustrate their share in a given issue. For example, the map below illustrates each country’s proportion of the world’s child labor.
Worldmapper has maps on many, many topics, including poverty, gender […]
Tags: environmental racism · water · visual prompts · food and hunger · child labor · fair trade · maps · environmental justice · human rights · cultural issues · natural disasters · consumerism · global issues activities · the environment · reading · war · politics · health · poverty & wealth · climate change · blog
New Internationalist: Global Issues for Learners of English
May 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
The New Internationalist has a collection of global issues articles written specifically for learners of English. They have articles on globalization, the environment, human rights and war. They haven’t updated the articles for several years, but the topics are still very relevant.
One example that I like is a series of 5 stories told […]
Tags: poverty & wealth · cultural issues · child labor · fair trade · war · consumerism · ESL activity · reading · the environment · global issues activities · blog