Many instructors who are new to teaching with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) find it helpful to browse through these free, online resources:
- UNESCO’s Education for Sustainable Development Goals includes sample learning objectives, assignment and activity ideas, and case studies.
- The Manitoba Council for International Cooperation's Sustainable Foundations: A Guide for Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals also provides sample learning objectives, case studies, and curricular connections for each of the 17 goals.
Please note: Some of the learning objectives in these resources do not align with widely accepted criteria for effective learning objectives. We recommend you use them as helpful starting points and evaluate them critically, re-writing as needed. Please refer to CTL's SDG Curriculum Design handout for a refresher on writing effective learning objectives.
In addition, CTL offers a set of SDG Course Integration guidelines and templates that provide the following:
- An introduction to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and its aims
- Rationale for an examples of cognitive, socio-emotional, and behavioral SDG-aligned student learning objectives
- Templates and helpful reminders for crafting effecting Sustainability/SDG-aligned learning objectives at the course, unit, and lesson levels
- Case study resources and other examples, to spark your creativity
Access the full packet here.
