Now more than ever, students need to understand their world and their place in it. These resourced, curriculum-aligned lesson plans for Years 3-10 help students explore what it means to be a solutions-focused global citizen, motivated by values of equity, sustainability, and cooperation. Each module builds knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region and includes a call to action that lets students step into real-life simulations promoting sustainable development and regional partnerships.
Years 3-4
Our Indo-Pacific Community
Curriculum links: Geography, Civics and Citizenship, HASS.
Lesson length: 3 lessons (60 mins each).
Focus: thinking critically about what it means to be part of a diverse global community, students create a hypothetical partnership project.
Introduce students to their Indo-Pacific community with three HASS-focused lessons that encourage them to see themselves as active global citizens.
- Teacher lesson plans [PDF 3 MB]
- Teacher lesson plans [DOCX 3.5 MB]
- Student worksheets [PDF 768 KB]
- Student worksheets [DOCX 1.8 MB]
- Country Fact Files [PDF 2 MB]
- Country Fact Files[DOCX 12.3 MB]
Our Indo-Pacific Community [PPT 8 MB]
All Years 3-4 resources [ZIP 30 MB]
Years 7-8
Environmental Resilience
Curriculum links: aligned to Australia’s Geography curriculum, with links to Science.
Lesson length: 4 lessons (60 mins each).
Focus: students explore regional connections between Australia and the Pacific as they plan development strategies to help address climate change.
Explore how environmental hazards are managed in the Asia-Pacific and how partnerships build locally-led sustainability strategies.
- Teacher lesson plans [PDF 3 MB]
- Teacher lesson plans [DOCX 3 MB]
- Student worksheets [PDF 1.8 MB]
- Student worksheets [DOCX 2.1 MB]
Risk Profiles PDF and DOCX [ZIP 2 MB]
Environmental Resilience [PPT 8.2 MB]
All Years 7-8 resources [ZIP 19.3 MB]
Years 9-10
Our Global Responsibilities
Curriculum links: aligned to Civics and Citizenship curriculum, with links to History.
Lesson length: 3 lessons (60 mins each).
Focus: students explore contemporary global issues and cooperative practices as they plan a sustainable future as global citizens.
Investigate Australia’s role at the United Nations, including both legal responsibilities and development obligations.
- Teacher lesson plans [PDF 1.8 MB]
- Teacher lesson plans [DOCX 2.8 MB]
- Student worksheets [PDF 1 MB]
- Student worksheets [DOCX 1.9 MB]
Our Global Responsibilities [PPT 2.8 MB]
All Years 9-10 resources [ZIP 9.8 MB]
Year 10
Working Together: Gender Equality
Curriculum links:: aligned to Civics and Citizenship curriculum, with links to History and Geography.
Lesson length: 5 lessons (60 mins each) .
Focus: students explore sustainable development projects to present on the links between gender equality and prosperity, peace and social cohesion.
Explore how partnerships drive progress on gender equality and social cohesion through five Civics and Citizenship lessons.
- Teacher lesson plans [PDF 2.7 MB]
- Teacher lesson plans [DOCX 4.3 MB]
- Student worksheets [PDF 901 KB]
- Student worksheets [DOCX 1.8 MB]