Resources for teachers and students
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela
Changing the world is an exhausting business. Finding useful, engaging information about how to go about it can be tough too.
World Vision makes the search a lot simpler for students and teachers, with a range of issue-based resources available for quick and easy access.
- Key publications and electronic support materials can be downloaded here, and viewed, emailed or printed for use in projects and classroom discussions. You’ll find photo essays, info sheets - even an interactive online game - helping students and educators explore tough topics in an informative, appealing way.
- Search by topic or look for in-depth profiles of the region/country you’re studying. Or register to receive our issue-based magazine, Get Connected. Get Connected contains a wealth of background information, worksheets, real-life stories and classroom activities, designed specifically for Australian school curriculums.
World Vision's resources can help you connect students to the issues and get them involved in talking, acting, learning and being part of the solution to global poverty and injustice.
We've got everything you need to know about development, advocacy and social justice issues - right here.
What’s the issue?
Search these key topics for the how, when, where and what of social justice issues facing our world today. What is aid? How does life for children in Asia differ to the lives of children in Australia? What’s the connection between climate change and poverty in the developing world?
Each topic features valuable background information, facts, figures, worksheets, slide shows and photo essays, helping to support students and teachers in classroom discussions and projects. There are also lots of ideas and opportunities to get teachers and students involved directly, to become part of the solution.
Aid
Children
Environment
Development
Education
Food
Gender
Health
HIV and AIDS
Indigenous
Landmines
Refugees
War
Country profiles: an overview
Download concise country profiles for facts and figures on key areas of the developing world. Complete with maps, images and statistics, these PDF fact sheets provide important background information.
Each includes geographic, economic and historical details; development indicators; and World Vision project information. Armed with these fact sheets, students will gain a better understanding of the key challenges faced by individual countries in combating poverty.
Asia Pacific
Africa
As a school teacher, you are in a unique and privileged position to influence the lives of young people and play a key role in our nation’s future. Tim Costello, World Vision Australia CEO.
Register to receive
Once you've registered to receive Get Connected, you'll be sent our latest edition, packed with info such as case studies, personal stories, images and maps, quizzes and student-focused activities. And there's more! Follow the links below to discover the extra resources that have been provided alongside each edition. These are available for download and print.
- Disasters: This issue explores the difference between hazards and disasters, how people prepare for disasters and how aid organisations and the media respond. It covers recent disasters including Cyclone Yasi and the 2010 Pakistan floods.
- Global Inequalities: we live in an unequal world. This issue helps students understand the nature of global inequality in wealth, food, education, health and access to water and sanitation.
- Migration: People on the move: This issue explores voluntary and forced migration, including push/pull factors and different types of migration with a particular focus on refugees.
- Climate Change: Explore how human environments interact with the physical environment and how climate change impacts those living in developing countries.
- Global Citizenship: Learn about the positive and negative effects of globalisation by understanding issues such as climate change, child labour and peace building.
- Global Food Crisis: Explore food inequality around the world; understand the causes of the crisis and how it impacts children.
- Child Rights: Explore the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child and child rights issues around the world.
- Our Pacific Neighbours: Learn more about our region and Australia’s links with the Pacific. What are the important social and environmental issues facing our region?
- Water: Focus on water, with a 22 minute DVD looking at the importance of access to safe water. Explore case studies from Australia, Niger, Papua New Guinea and Laos.
You can register to receive the next issue of Get Connected, or, if you're interested in past issues, complete the Order form (PDF: 441 KB) to buy single issues or class sets. Connect your students to the rest of the world!