IB Community Theme: Sharing our humanity

IB global lessons

IB community theme: sharing our humanityJoin in the first ever IB global lessons 

call for action for earthquake victims, sichuan, p.r. china

dear all, as u learned from the news, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, less than 100km from the provincial capital of Chengdu. it s estimated that over 50k people, including many schul-age kids, died in the disaster.

Facing History and Ourselves

"Since 1976, Facing History has been engaging students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide, students make the essential connection between history and the choices they confront in their own lives."

from the Facing History and Ourselves website

Ideas and suggestions from Irene Davy on implementing the community theme in the PYP

A PowerPoint presentation with ideas and suggestions on general approaches and ways of addressing the community theme in the PYP.

Global News - for teachers

Global News brings together English language news coverage from all over the world on current issues. Includes suggested activiteis for students and accompanying resources.

Oxfam - teacher professional development

Oxfam UK has a number of free professional development resources that can be downloaded.

These cover:

Teaching controversial issues

School partnerships

Using images and artefacts in teaching

Teaching about distant localities

A whole school approach (a series of professional development activities for staff meetings)

Global Education

This website from AusAid (the Australian government’s aid department), includes a large number of free lesson plans, quiz materials and background information. Although designed for teaching in Australia, many of the materials are suitable for use elsewhere. You can search for lesson plans by age group (lower, middle and upper primary, or lower and upper secondary) and search for background information on particular development themes such as globalisation, health, refugees, microfinance and poverty.

UN Cyberschoolbus - fighting disease

A series of teaching units on eradicating disease. General information on causes and transmission of diseases, on poverty, and on disease eradication.