Teachers Instructions

Before you begin:

• Ensure you all know Maslow’s Basic Needs as this a scientific values system that applies to all humans.
• You may be interested in HelmutBurkhardt_GlobalActionPriorities for Global Sustainability Education.
• Note that this is an elementary teachers training program but it may be useful for Secondary School and the student as a starter for the learning about global issues and sustainability. This is can also be used by any adult that may not be able to attend university but who may see an issue that needs solving where they live.

For this course, you will need to also know your way around:

• Peace in these modules is a preventative methodology.
• GlobalSustainabilityEducation handbook which has all the information to individual modules with resources.
• IHTEC website www.ihtec.org and the International School Peace Gardens program.
• Transformational Leadership Training website.
• Teachers will be invited to download the Slideshows, and Tracking Forms and make them your own.
  
• For Brainstorming, you will be asked to use Mind Maps www.mindmap42.com
• We have developed Prof Helmut Burkhardt’s ‘ SubstanceAccounting to be used as  tracking forms.
• The Peace Matrix – Burkhardt and Morton-Marr is useful for analysis and communication strategies.
• For the Teacher Course Certificate Assessment:
  • Create one lesson plan for the Grade level you are teaching, suitable for either Year K-5, 6-8, 9-12 or Secondary.
• You need to keep a historical timeline of your GSE achievements, with dates and a paragraph of who, what, where the event or activity happened.

Objectives:

• Understand how the Earth was created and how thin the crust is, that supports all species.
• Check your ecological footprint to see how sustainable your actions are.
  • Work on your Ecological Footprint one or all of these sites and do something about reducing your footprints.
     http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators
  • Earth Day Footprint has a map of the world with many languages to choose from.
  • http://www.Earthday.net/footprint
  • Global Ecological Footprint Calculator
  • http://www.ecologicalfootprint.org/Global%20Footprint%20Calculator/GFPCalc.html
  • Safe Climate Calculator
  • http://www.safeclimate.net/calculator
  • List of Carbon Calculators
  • http://www.Earthfuture.com/climate/calculators
  • Wikipedia on Footprints
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_footprint
• Know that everything is connected and ask how you are affecting another country.
• Understand how consumerism affects all life on Earth.
• Perform research on the ethics of each purchase and the role of how important prevention of pollution and litter, especially plastics.
• Understand that humans are one of the species. State how our actions affect other people, animals, and the environment everywhere.
• Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Safari LIVE
  • this show is on twice a day for three hours, sunrise and sunset.
  • A great way to observe and learn about the Biodiversity of Species

You might like to cross-reference the issues you identify, using the Peace Matrix as your communication tool.

Tracking Form – Peace Matrix – Finding Solutions.

Please Post below, anything issues that we may have missed in our modules, that you would like us to develop.

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