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Teacher Handbook
Download our Teacher Handbook for guidance on embedding GCE in your school community.
Subject Guidelines
This resource aims to support teachers of English to teach through a global justice lens.
Subject Resources
Peace and Justice, Workshop, Nov 10th 2022
With the increase in military spending due to the war in Ukraine (and let’s face it many other wars happening…
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Peace keeping
Peace and stability are central to sustainable development.…
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Conflict and the Global Arms Trade
The world cannot afford war. People cannot stand by while the numbers of war and environmental refugees soar, while poverty…
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Biodiversity
A 2019 UN report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has found that nature is…
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Resource Extraction
Countries that are rich in natural resources are often poor and suffer from high rates of inequality, corruption, human rights…
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Degrowth
For decades, global economies have focused on growth, often at the expense of the environment, traditional land use and land…
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Water Conflict
The conflict over water relates to the gap between demand and supply. Add in climate change, the geopolitics of water…
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Quality Education
Education is a public good, a global common good, a fundamental human right and a basis for guaranteeing the realisation…
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Access to Education
Education is essential for an individual’s, community’s and nation’s development. Education is a public good, a global common good, a…
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Food & Growing
We live in a world where over 800 million people go to bed hungry yet we produce 1.5 times enough…
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Poverty
Poverty is not natural; it is man-made but the way that it is spoken about and particularly how people living…
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Land Grabs
In today’s world landowners, agribusinesses, investors and governments want to acquire land to turn into crop plantations to make huge…
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Direct Provision
Direct Provision is the system used to accommodate and provide basic welfare to people seeking asylum in Ireland.…
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Racial Justice
Racism is when an individual, group, structure or institution intentionally (or unintentionally) abuses their power to the detriment of people,…
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Migration and Seeking Assylum
Globally there are more people on the move than ever before. These are people who were mostly forced to flee…
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School Gardens and Global Justice, CPD Workshop, Nov 25th 2021
Find the recordings and the presentation of the School Gardens and Global Justice CPD workshop.…
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Fast Fashion, Thematic Workshop, Nov 9th 2020
Find the WWGS webinar recording and resources specifically for teaching about Fast Fashion, part of Sustainable Development Goal 12.…
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Anti-racism, Thematic Workshop, Nov 5th 2020
Find the WWGS webinar recording and resources specifically for teaching Anti-racism in post-primary schools.…
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Philosophy and GCE
Find articles and teaching resources on Philosophy and Global Citizenship Education.…
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Tax and Trade, Thematic Workshop, Dec 3rd 2020
Watch the recording and find the resources of the WWGS workshop on Tax and Trade Justice that took place in…
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Gender Equality
“Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.”…
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Water
Here’s a few resources you can use if you are exploring water as a theme.…
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Root causes
Root Causes Activity Global Citizenship Education involves exploring the root causes of poverty, injustice and inequality. Everyday we are exposed…
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WWGS Annual Conference 2019 Materials
Activities and games played during the conference.…
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Information on Climate Strike
Presentation & Activities for a class on climate justice and action.…
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Plastics
Resources on the theme of plastics.…
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English Resources
English is a great subject to explore Global Citizenship Education. A good start is Toni Pyke’s blog on Using Novels…
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The Outsiders: Children living in direct provision in Ireland
A Teaching and Learning Unit for Junior Cycle on the theme of asylum seekers and direct provision.…
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English and Global Citizenship
A quick guide published by Oxfam giving some practical tips to English teachers looking to integrate Global Citizenship into their…
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