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.
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Resources for:
Years 3-4
All Years 3-4 resources [ZIP 53 MB]
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]
Sustaining Water
Curriculum links: Geography, Science, Health and PE
Lesson length: 4 lessons (60 mins each)
Focus: Students develop their understanding of water through hands-on activities and problem solve technical solutions to challenges faced by communities.
Explore water stories and challenges in the Indo Pacific region and learn how Australia and its regional partners are working together to find sustainable solutions.
- Teacher Lesson Plans [PDF 1.1 MB]
- Teacher Lesson Plans [DOCX 4.8 MB]
- Student Worksheets [PDF 411 KB]
- Student Worksheets [DOCX 417 KB]
- Water stories [PDF 99 KB]
- Water stories [DOCX 140 KB]
Sustaining water presentation [PPT 8.2 MB]
Years 5–6
All Years 5-6 resources [ZIP 26 MB]
Interconnected Communities
Curriculum links: Geography, Economics and Business
Lesson length: 4 lessons (60 mins each)
Focus: Students learn how Australia supports the United Nations and categorise development support into needs and wants, predicting the improvements it could bring for regional communities.
Introduce students to the United Nations and how the Sustainable Development Goals support communities worldwide through access to a variety of resources.
- Teacher Lesson Plans [PDF 1.4 MB]
- Teacher Lesson Plans [DOCX 5.0 MB]
- Student Worksheets [PDF 1.7 MB]
- Student Worksheets [DOCX 4 MB]
Interconnected communities presentation [PPT 1.7 MB]
Resourceful Partnerships
Curriculum links: Economics and Business, Geography, Mathematics
Lesson length: 4 lessons (60 mins each)
Focus: Students learn how human development investments improve access to resources and assess how to distribute budget allocations based on sector need.
This module can be used as part of a sequence, following on from Interconnected Communities. Students research the diversity of the Asia Pacific region and learn how official development partnerships are managed using budgets.
- Teacher Lesson Plans [PDF 2.4 MB]
- Teacher Lesson Plans [DOCX 4.1 MB]
- Student Worksheets [PDF 1.9 MB]
- Student Worksheets [DOCX 2.8 MB]
Resourceful partnerships presentation [PPT 2.8 MB]
Years 7-8
All Years 7-8 resources [ZIP 30 MB]
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]
What is a Good Neighbour?
Curriculum links: Civics and Citizenship
Lesson length: 5 lessons (60 mins each)
Focus: Students consider the types of interactions and programs that help communities to function, providing a feeling of security and confidence.
Explore examples of how partnerships are formed between countries to address challenges, as well as the work of individuals making a difference in their communities.
- Teacher lesson plans [PDF 900 KB]
- Teacher lesson plans [DOCX 4.9 MB]
- Student worksheets [PDF 273 KB]
- Student worksheets [DOCX 326 KB]
- Stimulus resources [PDF 929 KB]
- Stimulus resources [DOCX 2.3 MB]
What is a good neighbour presentation [PPT 2 MB]
Years 9-10
All Years 9-10 resources [ZIP 55 MB]
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]
Sustainable Enterprises
Curriculum links: Economics and Business, Civics and Citizenship, Geography
Lesson length: 3 lessons (60 mins each)
Focus: Students analyse how macroeconomic and microeconomic partnerships support innovation and development within the Asia Pacific region.
Investigate how Australia’s economic partnerships, through trade, investment and development cooperation, support shared regional prosperity and stability.
- Teacher Lesson Plans [PDF 2.2 MB]
- Teacher Lesson Plans [DOCX 9.1 MB]
- Student Worksheets [PDF 2 MB]
- Student Worksheets [DOCX 7.8 MB]
Sustainable enterprises presentation [PPT 8.2 MB]
Productive Futures
Curriculum links: Geography, Design Technologies, Science, Economics and Business
Lesson length: 5 lessons (60 mins each)
Focus: Students investigate agricultural partnerships and follow a design thinking approach to develop their own pitch for a farming innovation to boost food productivity.
Investigate how Australia’s regional partnerships are developing technological solutions to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of achieving zero hunger.
- Teacher Lesson Plans [PDF 1.8 MB]
- Teacher Lesson Plans [DOCX 6 MB]
- Student Worksheets [PDF 1.5 MB]
- Student Worksheets [DOCX 5.5 MB]
Productive futures presentation [PPT 3.6 MB]
Year 10
All Years 10 resources [ZIP 18 MB]
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]
Working Together Gender Equality [PPT 9 MB]
Glossary
This glossary supports students and teachers using the Global Education curriculum modules for Years 3–10. It provides clear, age appropriate explanations of key development terms that appear across the lessons, activities and case studies. The glossary is designed to be used flexibly. Teachers may introduce terms before a lesson, revisit them during class discussions, or encourage students to use the glossary independently as they encounter new concepts.