LESSON PLANS

• Around the World In Music (24 KB)
  Ask students to guess the origin of different types of music from around the world
• Broken Squares (155 KB)
  Broken Squares is an instructional game in cross-cultural communication and problem-solving. The purpose is to sensitise the students to the problems involved in cross-cultural communication and problem solving as a team.
• Build a Shack (42 KB)
  This lesson is intended to offer scouts a hands-on way to recognize and learn about the challenges faced by people living in poverty housing: How are houses built? What materials are used? Why are those materials chosen? How effective are those materials?
• Find the Information (24 KB)
  Information gap quiz focusing on specific countries' cultural differences.
• How Many Pens Do You Need? (20 KB)
  Ask your students to complete an activity using just a few pens to share between them.
• Make the Story (19 KB)
  Using pictures from a recent trip abroad, ask the students to describe what they see.
• Music Game (21 KB)
  A team-version of "Around the World in Music" with ideas for incorporating useful grammar points.
• Potato Game (22 KB)
  Have you ever used a potato to discuss racial stereotyping? Download this lesson plan to find out how!
• Photo Diary (23 KB)
  Ask the students to match your diary entries with corresponding pictures taken from your latest volunteer experiences.
• Reading about the World (27 KB)
  Use facts in this lesson plan to help your students think about the differences between developed and undeveloped countries.
• Snakes and Ladders (31 KB)
  This adaptation will allow the students to gain a broader and deeper understanding of issues of poverty and realize why a family may be living in poverty housing. It will also allow them to empathise more fully with people in this situation
• Step by Step (22 KB)
  Ask students to put pictures and captions of you volunteering experience in the correct order

Global Issues in Language Education Newsletter, published by GILE SIG of JALT is an excellent resource. Published four times a year, it contains resources, ideas, and events relevant to teaching Global Issues. A subscription is ¥2000.
www.jalt.org/global/sig (back issues at www.jalt.org/global)

Oxfam International has a large number of lesson plans and resources available for teaching about global issues.We are currently working with the Japan branch to tailor some of the lesson plans to suit the TEFL community. If you have any suggestions, please let us know!
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers/resources/index.htm  and
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/index.htm 

For lesson plans, quizzes, and ideas relating to World Food Day (October 16), check out www.feedingminds.org 

For ideas teaching the importance of voluntary action for the common good in a democratic society, you can visit
www.learningtogive.org

If you want to spread the word about the UN's Year of Volunteers, visit their Unsung Heroes page at
www.epals.com/projects/unsung_heroes

AJET Ecosig also lists lesson plans related to environmental issues.
www.geocities.com/green_in_japan/english.html 

The Discovery Channel has lessons plans dealing with issues such as racism, stereotypes, etc.
school.discovery.com