IB Community Theme: Sharing our humanity

The Synergetic Problem-Solving Methodology and Integrated Curriculum Design

Lorne Young of Upper Canada College describes an innovative methodology for approaching problem solving. He illustrates its use at his school in the integrated science activity in the IB Diploma, the group 4 project, by addressing the global issues presented in the UN Millennium Development Goals and creating solutions to them.

Famine, Affluence, and Morality - an article by Peter Singer

Famine, Affluence, and Morality

A philosophical journal article by Peter Singer, now Princeton professor of bioethics. He discusses what the individual reponse should be to poverty in other countries.

Has been infuential on a number of people.

As philosophical journal articles go, this is easy reading. But it still requires concentration and focus.

UN Cyberschoolbus

The United Nations general site for global issues education. For students: information and activities. For teachers: lots of very useful resources, teaching activities, quizzes etc on a range of global issues.

Available in Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic, Russian and English

What education can do - 2007 big film from the Global Campaign for Education

This film captures children's voices from all around the world, saying what they could achieve if they had a good education. The film, made by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), goes on to show some of what the campaign has been doing to advocate for free good education for everyone.

Invites young people to join the campaign's activities in April and October of each year.

International Global Citizen's Award

The International Global Citizen’s Award
is a new programme which encourages young people to become better global citizens by

Life-Link Friendship-Schools

Life-Link Friendship-Schools is a Sweden-based organisation that encourages schools all over the world to take, and report on, actions to promote peace, sustainability, personal, social and health education, working with others etc.

The website has over 50 suggestions for action in these areas. You can also read the reports from schools from all over the world that have taken these actions.

Global Education - peacebuilding

Useful background factsheet on peacebuilding from the Australian website Global Education. (General information useful in all countries, plus some specific to Australian context.) Also

• teaching activities (secondary only)

Global Education - microfinance

"Sustainable access to microfinance helps alleviate poverty by generating income, creating jobs, allowing children to go to school, enabling families to obtain health care, and empowering people to make the choices that best serve their needs."
Kofi Annan
Former UN Secretary-General

Global Education - HIV/AIDS

Useful background factsheet on HIV/AIDS from the Australian website Global Education. (General information useful in all countries, plus some specific to Australian context.) Also

• teaching activities (mainly secondary)

Global Education - poverty reduction

Useful background factsheet on poverty reduction from the Australian website Global Education. (General information useful in all countries, plus some specific to Australian context.)

Also

• teaching activities (mainly secondary)
• case studies
• teacher's resource
• links