What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations ? How can you talk about international solidarity with your students?
How can these topics be easily integrated into the classroom as a teacher?
The French Development Agency (AFD) offers you everything a series of free educational resources to do so.
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These resources include AFD educational tools, interactive activities and information on the SDGs. You will be able to use all this teaching material to discuss with students the importance of the major challenges facing our planet: international solidarity and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Whether you want to talk about environmental, economic or social challenges, AFD’s teaching materials can be helpful.
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What is the French Development Agency?
The French Development Agency (AFD) is a public institution that supports sustainable development projects around the world.
It plays an important role in the implementation of French policy on development and international solidarity. Its tasks range from improving living conditions to promoting sustainable and fair economies and combating climate change.
In France, AFD’s mission is also to raise young people’s awareness of major global issues and international solidarity.
To this end, AFD is developing educational tools and resources in partnership with the Ministry of National Education and Youth.
Objectives: to enable students to better understand and understand the 17 UN SDGs and inspire them to take action and commit to a fairer and more sustainable world.
Free and quality educational kits and resources
AFD’s educational tools cover topics such as: climate, biodiversity, health, gender equality, and always offers openness to the world. Each tool includes information materials, exercises and games to help teachers address these topics with their students.
The Agency’s website is also rich in information and concrete examples on these topics.
Find information on SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals
Adopted in 2015 by all the Member States of the United Nations, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to cover all the challenges of sustainable development, taken in the broad sense and therefore cover environmental, economic and social themes (climate, biodiversity, energy, water, poverty, gender equality, economic prosperity, peace, education).
To better understand these 17 objectives, AFD has designed for all teachers a quiz with 170 questions/answers on the SDGs (10 per SDG).
Also at your disposal to accompany this tool, a large poster or nice postcards. Each includes a quiz question to better understand each of the SDGs.
Guides and booklets for pedagogy around concrete actions
Among these many resources, AFD offers: a booklet entitled “Acting for a Common World” It's absolutely great.
The idea is to take inspiration from what is happening on the other side of the world to act here and now. The booklet designed with my friends from Playbac and Ministry of National Education proposes ideas for actions to be implemented at his/her level, in his/her college or high school.
Educational kits for all age groups
In this AFD educational offer, you will find resources for all levels. The cards are well adapted to the different ages.
Fun and interactive tools. Like a kit that will allow young people to experience the role of negotiator at a COP. An international negotiation simulation in favor of biodiversity that allows a fun and informative immersion.
The different tools provide a lot of information before proposing playful and interactive sequences to make with your students. Role-playing games, Theatre, forum, brainstorming session on the program.
AFD’s teaching resources can be downloaded free of charge from its website. You can also ask AFD to send the kit you are interested in free of charge by post.
These educational resources from the French Development Agency are well thought out to help you effectively integrate the themes of sustainable development and international solidarity into your courses.
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The educational kits, online resources and interactive activities offered by AFD can be adapted to different school levels and needs in middle and high school.
To discover all the educational resources at your disposal, go here to AFD’s educational website.
This article is the result of a partnership with AFD
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