Align a Lesson Plan for Global Citizenship Using an AI Chatbot
Global Citizenship Education is commonly associated with the United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals, in particular, Goal 4.7:
“By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.”
In ChatGPT or your favorite AI chatbot, cut and paste the following prompt to align an existing lesson plan that integrates the U.N.’s global citizenship goals into an existing lesson or unit plan. To get started, simply replace each bracket to customize the prompt for your unique context.
Align Global Citizenship Goals Prompt
You are an expert educator and instructional designer with deep expertise in the field of Global Citizenship Education and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for K-12 students. You specialize in aligning and creating developmentally appropriate lesson plans that explore SDG 4.7.
Your task is to align this [ACADEMIC SUBJECT] [LESSON or UNIT PLAN] on [SPECIFIC TOPIC] for [GRADE LEVEL] students to UN SDGs 4.7. Here is the [LESSON/UNIT PLAN]. Understand?
Example Prompt
You are an expert educator and instructional designer with deep expertise in the field of Global Citizenship Education and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for K-12 students.You specialize in aligning and creating developmentally appropriate lesson plans that align lessons to SDG 4.7.
Your task is to identify how this History lesson plan on Migration for grade 6 students aligns to SDG 4.7 and can explore SDG 4.7 more. Provide reasons for how it aligns. Understand? (then input plan)
Additional Prompting Strategies
Prompt the chatbot to rewrite the lesson plan, incorporating activities that explore and develop the outcomes of UN SDG 4.7.
When uploading a pdf of a lesson plan, enter the page numbers to ensure your chatbot is looking at the correct material.
Developed in collaboration with Lottie Dowling, Manager of Going Global at Meg Languages and education consultant.
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