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Falls Brook Centre has developed a number of innovative, multimedia resources for bringing our international & environmental on-the-ground experience into the classroom. The resource lists are divided into four main themes and according to grade level:
Global Issues: Grade 3-5 | Grade 6-8 | Grade 9–12
Good Governance & Citizenship: Grade 3-5 | Grade 9–12
Environmental Education & Forest Stewardship: Grade 3-5 | Grade 6-8 | Grade 9-12
Climate Change Education: Grade 6-8 | Grade 9-12
Energy Experience Kits : Grade 6-8 | Grade 9-12
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Global Issues Teaching Materials
Grade 3-5 | Grade 6-8 | Grade 9 - 12
GRADES 3-5
Environmental Stewardship Activities (Children’s Festivals)
Grade 3-5 level. Extra materials required. Classroom or outdoor activity.
Description: 2 relay races, one related to waste management and one related to water conservation; lots of materials needed, but worthwhile, and lots of running and moving for students.
Global Consumption Activities (Children’s Festivals)
Grade 3-5 level. Extra materials required. Outdoor activity.
Description: These 2 activities illustrate to children the concept of the imbalance of resource distribution around the world and the difference between our needs and our wants here in Canada.
Water Conservation Activities (Children’s Festivals)
Grade 4-5 level. Extra materials required. Classroom activity.
Description: This is a series of 6 activities that illustrate the value of water and the actual amount that is available to us for consumption. Also demonstrates the impact human actions have on water supply.
GRADES 6-8
Child Rights Activity
Grade 6-8 level. Extra materials optional (if drawing activity done). Classroom activity.
Description: This activity encourages children to consider their rights as a child, and promotes discussion between students about the meaning of rights and their importance for youth.
Food Security Youth Action Kit and Power Point
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Grade 8-12 level. No extra materials required (except projector for presentations). Informational, includes some ideas for activities.
Description: “GRUB”: A comprehensive guide for youth about the implications of our modern diets and globalization, including suggestions for actions to take; includes power point with script and handbook.
Internationally Responsible Menstrual Care
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Grade 8- adult level. No extra materials required. Informational.
This is an informative overview of the environmental and health problems associated with the way women in North America deal with menstruation; includes power point with script and handbook.
Landmine Risk Education Handbook
All ages. No extra materials required. Informational, contains several activity ideas for youth. A comprehensive set of strategies for involving children in the process of spreading awareness and knowledge of landmines, particularly the use of child-to-child approach to education.
World View Take-Home Reading Assignments
Grade 8. No extra material required. Discussion questions included. These reading assignments introduce students to global environmental issues through specific case studies of community organizations from Latin America. The readings are based on Falls Brook Centre’s international experience. Each reading is accompanied by discussion questions linked to curriculum outcomes from Grade 8 social studies units (culture, technology, economy and interdependence).
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GRADES 9-12
Distribution Debacle
Grade 10-11 level. Extra materials required. Classroom activity.
Description: A board game designed to give students a chance to simulate the global exchange and distribution of resources.
Managing Resources North and South
Grade 11-12 level. Extra materials required. Classroom activity or family board game. 2-14 players.
Description: This game’s objective is to be the player who can build the best ecosystem by answering questions correctly to collect trees and water droplets. It is fully bilingual, with all questions written in English and Spanish.
Food and Food Security
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Grade 9-12 level. Colour and BW versions. No extra materials required. Classroom and informational.
Description: A resource that seeks to explore human rights and sustainable development in the context of food security and the global economy, also includes class discussion topics. Sample Lesson Plan also available.
Fair Trade
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Grade 9-12 level. Colour and BW versions. No extra materials required. Classroom and informational.
Description: This resource provides students with a view of where luxury items come from while emphasizing the human rights implications of trade and using graphics to demonstrate who benefits how much from trade. Sample Lesson Plan also available.
Case Study: Food Security in Nicaragua
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Grade 9-11 level. No extra materials required. Classroom discussion, informational, some long-term projects suggested.
Description: This case study traces the realities of Nicaraguan food production and the development of kitchen gardens; introduces students to developing world realities and how these relate to decisions we make in Canada.
Case Study: Water Catchment in Nicaragua and India
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Grade 9-11 level. No extra materials required. Classroom discussions, informational, long-term projects suggested.
Description: This document briefly introduces students to water issues and solutions in Nicaragua and Rajasthan, India, while encouraging students to think about Canada’s role in global issues and taking into account international questions like climate change.
Case Study 4: Land Mines in Nicaragua
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Grade 9-11 level. No extra materials required. Classroom discussions, informational, possible class/school activities outlined.
Description: This case study describes the realities faced by communities living near landmine zones in Nicaragua; outlines the history of Canada’s involvement in international landmine agreements.
Food Security Youth Action Kit and Power Point
Grade 8-12 level. No extra materials required (except projector for presentations). Informational, includes some ideas for activities.
Description: “GRUB”: A comprehensive guide for youth about the implications of our modern diets and globalization, including suggestions for actions to take; includes power point with script and handbook.
Internationally Responsible Menstrual Care
Grade 8- adult level. No extra materials required. Informational.
This is an informative overview of the environmental and health problems associated with the way women in North America deal with menstruation; includes power point with script and handbook.
Conscious Consumerism: The Fair Trade Alternative
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Grade 10-12 level:A lesson plan that includes background reading, a classroom activity, handouts and extension activity about the human and environmental implications of international free trade. Students will learn about where ‘luxury’ products that Canadians consume regularly come from and under what conditions they were produced and traded.
Food and Food Security: Slowing Down our Food
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Grade 10-12 level: A lesson plan that includes background reading, a classroom activity, handouts and extension activity about the complex system upon which Canadians rely to obtain their food. Students are challenged to think critically about current economic and agricultural systems through a food mapping exercise and by searching for foods that are produced locally.
World View Take-Home Reading Assignments
Grade 12. No extra material required. Discussion questions included. These reading assignments introduce students to global environmental issues through specific case studies of community organizations from Latin America. The readings are based on Falls Brook Centre’s international experience.
Each reading is accompanied by discussion questions linked to curriculum outcomes from Grade 12 World Issues and Environmental Science.
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Good Governance & Citizenship Teaching Materials
All the listed resources are available at Falls Brook Centre and soon will be available in pdf format to download for free.
GRADES 3 - 5
Decision-making Hike (Children’s festivals)
Grade 3-5 level. Some materials required, also must take place on a hiking trail. Outdoor activity.
Description: This hike serves as a good introduction to the various forms of decision-making by allowing students to experience real group decision-making. Comes with script for leader.
Good Governance Activities (Children’s festivals)
Grade 3-5 level. Materials required. Classroom activity.
Description: This series of activities aims to help children understand democracy, representation, and the importance of communication.
Children’s Parliament Teacher’s Guide
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Trousse pour l'educateur en francais
Grade 3-5 level. Materials required. In-and-out-of-classroom activity.
Description: A 36-page educator’s document outlining the creation of a children’s parliament among the elementary schools of a county or region. Contains useful activities, games, all necessary forms and instructions for building a children’s parliament. French and English copies.
GRADES 9-12
Provincial Governance
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Grade 9-12 level. No extra materials required. Classroom activities and informational.
Description: This resource promotes understanding of regional and national governance and provides an overview of democracy and the importance of rights and responsibilities.
Child Participation
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Grade 9-12 level. No extra materials required. Classroom activities and informational.
Description: A set of information regarding children’s rights and democracy; examines local and international examples of children’s parliaments and youth exercising their right to democracy.
Governance in the Wabanaki
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Grade 9-12 level. No extra materials required. Classroom activities and informational.
Description: This resource demonstrates the cultural heritage of New Brunswick’s First Nations, in the context of governance and democracy; an overview of the governance structure of the Wabanaki nations.
First Nations Governance: Governance in the Classroom
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Grade 9-10 level. A lesson plan that includes background reading, a classroom activity, handouts and extension activity about different governance models. Students will explore a variety of styles of governance by participating in the creation of classroom rules under different structures which allow for varying amounts of input and dialogue from participants.
Children’s Rights: Local and Global Contexts
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Grade 10-12 level. A lesson plan that includes background reading, a classroom activity, handouts and extension activity about children’s rights in Canada and the world. Engages students in discussion of the rights children are entitled to and the situation faced by other youth around the world today.
Youth Participation: Building Bridges in Community
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Grade 10-12 level. A lesson plan that includes background reading, a classroom activity, handouts and extension activity to build participatory skills in students such as debate, critical thinking and presentation skills. Students participate in a case study role playing game about a fictional town about to open a nuclear power plant.
Fair Representation in Provincial Governance
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A lesson plan that includes background reading, a classroom activity, handouts and extension activity about decision-making processes in the provincial government. Students will explore how governments must make decisions based on the ideas and interests of many parties, and how some voices are heard more clearly than others.
Environmental Education & Forest Stewardship Teaching Materials
Teaching Resources
Grade 3-5 | Grade 6-8 | Grade 9 – 12
GRADES 3-5
Bringing Nature Back to School
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Grade 1-5 level. Activity booklet, includes indoor and outdoor activities.
Description: Resource/how-to guide for teachers to bring nature to the schoolyard, 26 pgs
GRADES 6-8
Kitchen Gardens: Growing Global Connections
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Grade 6 level. Extra materials required. Grade 6 module- classroom and outdoor activities.
Description: A teacher & classroom resource that outlines basics of small-scale organic gardening & composting while providing intercultural connections between rural Nicaragua & Canada
GRADES 9 - 12
Forests and Local Economy
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Grade 11-12 level. Colour. No extra materials required.
Description: An examination of local NB resources in the context of global sustainability; includes an overview of NB Crown Lands usage and licensing, also explores stewardship.
Non-timber Forest Products: Diversifying Economies
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Grade 9-12 level. No extra materials required. Classroom activities and informational.
Description: A resource that reviews the cultural and economic value of NTFPs in New Brunswick; also explores NTFPs in the global South in relation to the global economy.
Getting to know Our Non-Timber Forest Products
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Grade 10-12 level. A lesson plan that includes background reading, a classroom activity, handouts and extension activity about the wide variety of products that can be obtained from a forest without utilizing destructive logging practices. Students are encouraged to explore local NB products and will make a business plan for marketing the NTFP of their choice.
Restoring the Forests
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Grade 9-10 level. Colour and BW versions (2002 and 2000). No extra materials required. Informational, some classroom activities.
Description: This resource contains useful information about the Acadian forest and activities that can be undertaken to protect it, as well as a review of NB historical use of forests and endangered species. Sample Lesson Plan also available.
Whole System Forestry: As if More than the Trees Mattered
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Grade 10-12 level. A lesson plan that includes background reading, a classroom activity, handouts and extension activity about forestry and its role in the local and international economy. The activity challenges students to think critically about our dependence upon forestry and to envision a sustainable community-owned forest for their home community.
Case Study - Community Forestry in Mexico
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Grade 9-11 level. No extra materials required. Classroom activities and informational.
Description: This case study briefly describes the history of forestry in Oaxaca, Mexico and the actions of a local community organization, UZACHI, to implement sustainable forestry use; encourages students to explore the pros and cons of deforestation.
Climate Change Education
Grade 6-8 | Grade 9 - 12
GRADES 6-8
Mudslides and Bridges
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Grade 7-9 level. A few extra materials required (dice and playing pieces). Classroom activity or family board game.
Description: This board game uses trivia and fun to build and spread knowledge about the realities of climate change. Uses mudslides and bridges to illustrate the consequences of our relationship with the environment.
Climate Change All-Ages Activities
For ages 8-17. Extra materials required (blankets). To be used as part of a larger session on climate change- serves as a good introduction.
Description: This activity physically demonstrates the human-induced greenhouse effect using blankets; includes a script.
GRADES 9-12
Climate Change and Kyoto
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Grade 9-12 level. Colour and BW versions. No extra materials required. Classroom and informational.
Description: A resource aiming to promote awareness of resource use and its link to climate change; includes some class activity ideas and definitions of climate change-related terms.
Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
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Grade 11-12 level. A lesson plan that includes background reading, a classroom activity, handouts and extension activity about human contributions to climate change through emissions of greenhouse gases. A hands-on experiment in measuring greenhouse gas production, plus a school energy efficiency survey.
Renewable Energy: Renewing Hope Across the World
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Grade 10-12 level. A lesson plan that includes background reading, a classroom activity, handouts and extension activity about renewable energy and its uses around the world. Students will be encouraged to research a renewable energy resource and find an example of its use in another part of the world.
Energy Experience Kits
Energy Education Kits connect into physical, earth, and space science curriculum of the NB school district 14. Complete with theory and materials required for activities and demonstrations, the kits can be delivered by Falls Brook Centre staff or provincial middle school and high school educators. Click here for a detailed list of kits for Grades 6 to 12.
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