IB Community Theme: Sharing our humanity

Join other IB World schools in our first IB global lessons on one of the key challenges facing the world - global poverty.

Schools are invited to teach the IB global lessons at any time during the month of October 2008. (International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is on October 17).

Make global poverty a theme Schools can make global poverty a theme across programmes, or in assemblies Teachers in other subjects can address global poverty in their classes, and there are some suggestions in the outline lessons Involve parents and non-teaching staff.

The lessons for Theory of Knowledge in the Diploma Programme for humanities in the Middle Years Programme for humanities in the Middle Years Programme in Chinese Each is for about 60 minutes.                                                                                                                                                                                Please use or adapt for your own context and timings.

Post lesson plans on poverty in any subject to this website. Please contribute in the area For teachers and tag with: 

"global lessons" / “lesson plan” / “MYP” or “Diploma” / “Global poverty” / and subject area

Further information, resources and links about global poverty

• On this website - select the tag: “global poverty” or use search
• In the outline lesson plans.

 

Capture what you are doing

Keep a record of what happens in the lesson or any action or inquiry that results:

• in writing, photos,  video or audio recording (to post to this site)

• Continue the discussions on the forums (1 October to 15 November 2008)
• Take further action - view suggestions on 'What we can do about poverty' or download 'What can we do about poverty factsheet' (word document - 142 kb)
• Share what you have been doing with the whole IB community
• Post to the Actions by the IB community area of this site

• Explore the issues
• Try to see things from the point of view of others
• Don’t judge
• Avoid stereotypes (which often begin “All ….”) and prejudices
• Emphasise empathy, partnership and solidarity, not sympathy

“Teaching about poverty and development” is a brief and very helpful article from Irish Aid and is essential reading.