Learning the Future: Especially for Teachers

Especially for Teachers

Idealist.org offers a special site just for teachers, which includes lesson plans, resource guides, and career options.

Oxfam�s Cool Planet for Teachers aims to bring the global dimension to the classroom, using the concept of Global Citizenship. The site is edited by development education teams in England, Scotland, and Wales.

Worldaware offers links for teachers and students on education for sustainable development (primarily UK sites).

Click here for a helpful background paper on the challenges of teaching sustainable development.

A Web site called Education World offers many resources for teachers including information on lesson plans, professional development and technology integration.

The WorldandISchool.com is an interdisciplinary resource that shares a broad range of articles on different countries and cultures. Articles are aligned to each U.S. state�s standards for Social Studies, Language Arts, and Science.

An article from the Institute for Global Ethics focuses on how schools can �educate for integrity� and what parents can look for in schools to help their children build character.

With increasing attention to character education, the Virtues Project offers programs and lesson plans for teaching virtues.

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