Global Education Activities & Materials
In a fast-paced world, Building with Books keeps students engaged and informed with themed activities and useful materials on the issues and events affecting our global community. Bring the BwB experience to life in after-school programs, meetings and workshops with monthly materials focused on global themes, including lesson plans, articles and creative activities.
Monthly Themed Materials
Monthly topics include Human Rights, Children’s Rights, and Education, each brought to life by engaging text, facts and figures, lessons and activities. Each month includes a community service activity and a sponsorship activity, both of which are tied to the global education theme.
October: Education
EDUCATION IS KEY TO SURVIVAL!
Education is a basic human right. Access to quality education fights poverty, empowers communities and saves lives.
Global Education Activity: Human Barometer on Global Education
What are your opinions about global education? Do most of your peers agree? Find out with this human barometer activity.
Service Activity: Books of Hope
Each school will create one or two books as gifts for Malian or Nicaraguan host families. If time allows, create extra books and donate them to children in your community.
Sponsorship Activity: Paper Brick Sale
Sell paper bricks at your school to build a BwB school overseas! Let your whole community know why global education is so important!
Trek Talk Essay: Education in Mali
Past Monthly Materials
Additional Materials
For teachers and educators, BwB offers Global Education materials tailored for themed classroom presentation or to supplement your own lesson plans.
Video Presentations and Materials
Global Education Elective Curriculum
BwB offers a complete Global Education curriculum, including lesson plans, for use in high school classrooms. If you are interested in receiving the curriculum, please contact Joanna Lautenberger, Pennsylvania Region Supervisor, at joanna.lautenberger@buildingwithbooks.org.