by Karthika Gopalakrishnan India is a country of multitudes, made up of over a billion lives that intersect across lines of class, culture, language, and tradition, to coalesce into a thriving, proud, and fascinatingly curious whole. Composed of individual states, some of which are more populous than Brazil while others have roughly the same population … Continue reading #WORLDKIDLITMONTH – September 2022 – Slices of Indian Children’s Literature Served Up Over Time – #INDIAKIDLIT
Simbi: the free eBook platform for world literature for kids
by Barb Reid, Primary School Teacher-Librarian, United World College of Southeast Asia - East Campus, Singapore Simbi and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) At the May 2022 Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) in Singapore, there was a panel with publishers from different countries discussing how they supported the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), … Continue reading Simbi: the free eBook platform for world literature for kids
(More) ASIAN TITLES CELEBRATING UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS & SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Consider this part two of the June 21st post where I highlighted mainly books from Singapore on the newly released booklist from the AFCC (Asian Festival of Children's Content) and the Singapore Book Council highlighting Asian titles celebrating UN SDG goals & social emotional learning. Now let's look at some books on the list from … Continue reading (More) ASIAN TITLES CELEBRATING UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS & SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Asian Titles celebrating UN Sustainable Development Goals & Social Emotional Learning
Thanks to the AFCC (Asian Festival of Children's Content) and the Singapore Book Council Singapore Book Council / AFCC (Asian Festival of Children's Content) Book recommendations for children and young adults which support the understanding of the UN 2030 Agenda -- i.e., the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (the SDGs)-- set in 2015, with specific targets and … Continue reading Asian Titles celebrating UN Sustainable Development Goals & Social Emotional Learning
UN SDGS: An International Wrap-Up
[Katie Day, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore] The March 2021 Goodreads Bookshelf - 330+ books related to the UN SDGs It's been a long month, but such a resource-rich one -- with posts by teacher-librarians from around the world every day but Wednesdays (yay for #worldkidlit Wednesdays). The goal was to highlight books that support the … Continue reading UN SDGS: An International Wrap-Up
UN SDGS: A Diverse View from Latin America
[Sara Ulloa, San Silvestre School, Lima, Perú] Latin America is a very diverse continent due to its ancient culture. The historian, Diana Uribe, quotes Alexander Von Humboldt who in 1805 said that these lands “produce by themselves everything that the world needs” and she continues by saying that: “everything that the world needs is in … Continue reading UN SDGS: A Diverse View from Latin America
UN SDGS: Through a New Zealand Lens
[Megan Lindsay, owner of Books For Kids, Hamilton, New Zealand] Map source New Zealand has recently been going through a redefining of “who we are” and “Māori people matter”; a resurgence of traditional landowners and how we meld together after generations of bad feeling over white colonial dominance. Supporting this is a plethora of new … Continue reading UN SDGS: Through a New Zealand Lens
UN SDGS: Primary Sources Plus
[Yvonne Barrett, St Andrews Lutheran College, Queensland, Australia] Jordana Angus artwork (2018) - 17 individual, yet interconnected, art strips symbolising each of the 17 interconnected Sustainable Development Goals, in the shape of Australia The focus this week is a broader reflection on practice and curriculum as related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Resources … Continue reading UN SDGS: Primary Sources Plus
UN SDGS: Studio Ghibli Tells Stories with a Mind to Foster Environmentalism & Sustainability Goals
[Eleanor Duggan, Osaka YMCA International School, Japan] Image: ATIKARN et al. Stories have powers to connect, to enlighten, to entertain, and to educate people. Storytellers play an important role in bridging the authors and the readers. Studio Ghibli’s ingenuity leads to many popular stories that are reflective of the world we are living in. Moreover, … Continue reading UN SDGS: Studio Ghibli Tells Stories with a Mind to Foster Environmentalism & Sustainability Goals
UN SDGS: Gatekeepers, allies, enablers, persuaders
[Nadine Bailey, Western Academy of Beijing, China] While the global goals set absolute numerical targets that are tracked as discrete targets, no matter where our country of origin or residence is on the continuum of individual goals the wonderful thing is how they tie us together as part of our common humanity. As educators, librarians … Continue reading UN SDGS: Gatekeepers, allies, enablers, persuaders
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