Biographies
Joy Davis
Joy Davis earned a MS in Social Responsibility from St. Cloud State University. She has a BS in Elementary Education as well as Secondary Education- Spanish, both degrees from Bemidji State University. She has been teaching Spanish at the high school level for 24 years. Her background in world language, international travel and social responsibility provides a varied learning platform, interdisciplinary by nature. She recognizes the need to think globally, act locally. This OER (Open Education Resource) focuses on implementing constructive approaches to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and provides knowledge and skills to persons who wish to respond as agents of change.
Lori-Beth LarsenLori-Beth Larsen earned an MA in TESOL from St. Cloud State University. She has a BA in Ethnomusicology from the University of Hawaii and a Reading certification from Minnesota State, Mankato. She has been teaching for about 25 years. Her background in includes growing up in Papua New Guinea and many global travels. She helped develop the Global Studies program at Central Lakes College and has taught the Introduction to Global Studies course for several years. She developed an Open Education Resources for the course, but became inspired to use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to redesign the course with Joy. She hopes this course will not only be an open and free resources for students, but that the resources will encourage student to become agents of change in their own communities.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Global Studies1
Activity: Participate in the Personal Profile System (Carlson Learning Company):16
We Are Helpers: PBS American Portrait17
Activity: Vision Board project17
Video: TED Talk: Lera Boroditsky: How language shapes the way we think17
Renewable Assignment Options Guide18
END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE20
Activity: Ten Chairs of Inequality (Article: Polly Kellogg)22
Activity: 13 Lessons about Poverty22
Activity: Walk in Someone Else’s Virtual Shoes22
Renewable Assignment Options24
END HUNGER, ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITY AND IMPROVED NUTRITION AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE25
Activity: Hungry Planet: What the World Eats27
Activity: Food Articles and Photos from National Geographic27
Activity: Stories of Young People acting Around the Global28
Further Research and Activities28
Renewable Assignment Options29
SDG3: Good Health and Well-Being31
ENSURE HEALTHY LIVES AND PROMOTE WELL-BEING FOR ALL AT ALL AGES31
Book: The Nordic Theory of Everything (Anu Partanen) excerpts pgs. 15-5633
Venn diagram: US and Finland societal comparison/happiness scale33
Activity: Introducing the Plate Pioneer33
Activity: Epidemics: Grade 9-12 Biology with ELD modifications33
Activity: Epidemics: HIV/AIDS and Other Diseases Grade 9-12 Science33
Activity: Maternal Health: The Role of the US Government in Maternal Health Grade 12 AP Government34
Activity: The World Health Organization.34
Further Research and Activities35
Renewable Assignment Options35
Article: Let’s Talk About Race (NEA Today magazine, October 2019)39
Website for Research: Resources from the United Nations on Education39
Website for Research: 17 ways education influences the new 17 global goals39
Website for Research: Schools around the world – in pictures39
Website Blog: Who is shaping girls’ education globally?39
Website for Research: LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise (World Development Report)40
Website for Research: International Youth Day is a Chance to Push for Children’s Education40
Website for Research: Stories of Agents of Change40
Further Research and Activities41
Renewable Assignment Options42
ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL GIRLS AND WOMEN42
Article: The War Within (Nancy Gibbs) Sexual assault within military personnel42
Websites for Research: HOW IS GENDER EQUALITY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER GLOBAL GOALS?42
Websites for Research: WHERE DOES GENDER EQUALITY EXIST? HOW DID IT HAPPEN?42
Websites for Research: WHY IS THERE GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE WORKFORCE?42
Website for Research: HOW ARE GIRLS AND BOYS TREATED DIFFERENTLY AROUND THE WORLD?42
Website for Research: HOW DO GENDER AND CULTURE IMPACT EACH OTHER?42
Website for Research: WILL THERE EVER BE GENDER EQUALITY?42
Websites for Research: Portraits of Equality42
Games: Walk a Mile: Building Empathy through Games.42
Renewable Assignment Options42
SDG6: Clean Water and Sanitation43
ENSURE AVAILABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL43
Lesson Plans: The Water Project44
Handouts: Water from The Water Projects44
Lesson Plans: The Nature Conservatory: Finding your Flow: Watersheds45
Lesson Plans: UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development in Action Learning & Training Tools45
Lesson Plans: Water and sanitation toolkit.45
Further Research and Activities:45
Renewable Assignment Options46
SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy47
ENSURE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND MODERN ENERGY FOR ALL47
Websites for Research: WHAT IS LIFE LIKE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY?49
Websites for Research: WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS FOR AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY?49
Websites for Research: WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE PEOPLE USING CLEAN ENERGY?50
Websites for Research: HOW DO WE BALANCE ACCESS AND SUSTAINABILITY?50
Websites for Research: HOW IS SDG 7 CONNECTED TO THE OTHER GLOBAL GOALS?50
Websites for Research: PORTRAITS OF SUSTAINABILITY51
Games: WALK A MILE: BUILDING EMPATHY THROUGH GAMES51
Lesson plans for this goal from The World’s Largest Lesson52
Lesson plans on Understanding Renewable Energy from The World’s Largest Lesson52
Lesson Plans: ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE52
Further Research and Activities53
Renewable Assignment Options53
SDG8: Decent Work and Economic Growth56
Websites for Research: HOW CAN WE BETTER PREPARE YOUTH FOR EMPLOYMENT?59
Websites for Research: WHAT DOES DECENT WORK MEAN?59
Websites for Research: WHAT LAWS SHOULD BE IN PLACE TO PROTECT WORKERS?59
Websites for Research: HOW CAN WE HOLD BUSINESSES TO OPERATING MORE SUSTAINABLY?59
Websites for Research: DOES SLAVERY STILL EXIST?60
Websites for Research: MEET THE HELPERS60
Further Research and Activities62
Renewable Assignment Options63
SDG9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure65
Websites for Research: WHY SHOULD GOVERNMENTS INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE?67
Websites for Research: WHY DOESN’T EVERYONE HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET?68
Websites for Research: HOW DO PEOPLE SURVIVE AND REBUILD AFTER A DISASTER?68
Websites for Research: PORTRAITS OF RESILIENCE69
Games: WALK A MILE: BUILDING EMPATHY THROUGH GAMES69
Lesson Plan: Designing for a Circular Economy from The World’s Largest Lesson70
Website for Research: Redesigning Plastic Packaging70
Renewable Assignment Options71
REDUCE INEQUALITY WITHIN AND AMONG COUNTRIES74
Book: by Julie Andrzejewski: Human Relations74
YouTube: Being Black by Jane Elliott77
Website for Research: Race: Are we So Different? tolerance.org77
TED Talk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie· TED Global 2009 “The danger of a single story”77
Website for Research: Articles, Data, and Videos on reducing inequalities77
Website for Research: Telenor Group:77
Websites for Research: INEQUALITY BETWEEN NATIONS77
Websites for Research: EQUITY AND EQUALITY77
Websites for Research: UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS78
Websites for Research: TECHNOLOGY AND INEQUALITY78
Websites for Research: Look for the Helpers78
Games: Walk a mile: Building empathy through games78
Website for Research: Statistical data on reducing inequalities78
Websites with Articles, Quizzes, Data on Reducing Inequalities79
Further Research and Activities79
Activity: Perspective taking79
Renewable Assignment Options80
SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities83
MAKE CITIES AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INCLUSIVE, SAFE, RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE83
Lesson Plan: A Teaching Module on Human Dependence on the Biosphere85
Lesson Plans: Understanding Community Violence lesson plans from from Unicef85
Further Research and Activities87
Renewable Assignment Options88
SDG12: Responsible Consumption and Production90
ENSURE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS90
Websites for Research: Who is Impacted?92
Websites for Research : Trash Challenge93
Lesson Plan: The Human Face Of Food Investigations in Social Science93
Lesson Plan: Challenging Common Conceptions93
Further Research and Activities95
Renewable Assignment Options95
TAKE URGENT ACTION TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS98
Lesson plans on Climate Change from The New York Times99
Lesson Plans from The Nature Conservancy100
Games for Change on Climate Change:100
Lesson plans from National Geographic100
Videos, Quizzes, Articles and Data for Climate Change100
Website for Research: Statistics from the United Nations100
Lesson Plans from The Global Oneness Project100
Video: Bill Nye on Climate Change100
Pdf’s from The World’s Largest Lesson100
Further Research and Activities101
Renewable Assignment Options101
CONSERVE AND SUSTAINABLY USE OUR OCEANS, SEAS AND MARINE RESOURCES103
PBS: Saving the Ocean: Carl Safina105
Apple Podcast: The Future of Our Oceans (Gresham College Lectures)106
Apps: 7 Award-Winning Apps Launch a Mobile Age for the Ocean Economy106
Website for Research: Eight Awe-Inspiring Ocean Discoveries in 2017106
Website for Research: 10 Things You Can Do to Save the Ocean106
Website for Research: Submerge Yourself in Google’s Stunning Underwater Street Views106
Website for Research: Clean Seas: Turn the Tide on Plastic Website106
Websites for Research: Young Ocean Innovators107
Further Research and Activities107
Renewable Assignment Options108
Book: Animal Liberation (Peter Singer)112
Beyond Beef (Jeremy Rifkin)112
Book: Mad Cow Disease: Industrial Farming Comes Home to Roost (Rampton & Stauber)112
Handout: Why should you care about the pollinators?113
Websites for Research: WHY DO FORESTS MATTER?113
Websites for Research: HOW DO ALL LIVING THINGS DEPEND ON EACH OTHER?113
Websites for Research: HOW CAN WE USE OUR LAND WHILE STILL PROTECTING IT?113
Websites for Research: HOW DO WE DEPEND ON LIVING THINGS?113
Websites for Research: MEET THE HELPERS114
Games: WALK A MILE: BUILDING EMPATHY THROUGH GAMES114
Lesson Plans: Recording the Rainforest from Nature.org115
Lesson Plans: Make Space for Nature: Why Biodiversity is Key to Achieving the Global Goals115
Lesson Plans: Wild For Life!115
Lesson Plans: The Impact of Pollution on Our Planet and Our Lives115
Further Research and Activities115
Renewable Assignment Options116
SDG16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions119
PROMOTE JUST, PEACEFUL AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES119
Websites for Research: IS OUR WORLD BECOMING MORE OR LESS PEACEFUL?122
Websites for Research: HOW DID SOME OF THE WORLD’S CURRENT CONFLICTS START?122
Websites for Research: HOW ARE LOCAL PEACE AND GLOBAL PEACE CONNECTED?123
Websites for Research: IS PEACE POSSIBLE?123
Websites for Research: PORTRAITS OF PEACE123
Games: WALK A MILE: BUILDING EMPATHY THROUGH GAMES124
Further Research and Activities124
Renewable Assignment Options124
SDG17: Partnerships for the Goals127
Website: Take a Stand (Student Activism Around the World)127
Websites for Research: WHY ARE PARTNERSHIPS IMPORTANT?130
Websites for Research: Look for the Helpers130
Websites for Research: EXAMPLES AND RESOURCES130
Lesson Plan There’s No Point Going Half Way – From MDGs to the Global Goals131
Lesson Plan Working Together to Achieve the Global Goals131
Lesson Plan the Global Goals Debate131
Further Research and Activities131
Renewable Assignment Options132
Reflective Learning Journal and Rubric134
Rubric for Student Reflections135
How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030 | Michael Green | TED Talks136
The global goals we’ve made progress on — and the ones we haven’t | Michael Green136
