Integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals into Lesson Plans using an AI Chatbot
Global Education is a broad term encompassing a number of frameworks, pedagogical approaches, approaches to learning and belief systems. Commonly referred to as Global Citizenship Education or Global Competence, it can also be approached through several associated lenses, including the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The SDG’s are commonly understood to be a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future,” thus allowing students to see a broader, global picture of the collective challenges we all face, as well as our responsibility to improve our world to be fairer, kinder and more equitable for all, starting in our own communities.
Instructions
In ChatGPT or your favorite AI chatbot, cut and paste the following prompt to create a lesson that integrates the UN SDGs into an existing lesson or unit plan. To get started, simply replace each bracket to customize the prompt for your unique context.
Integrate UN 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 existing lesson or unit plans to the SDGs and creating developmentally appropriate lesson plans that explore the aligned SDGs.
Your task is to align this [ACADEMIC SUBJECT] lesson/unit plan on [SPECIFIC TOPIC] for [GRADE LEVEL] students to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Make sure to include all the SDGs it aligns to and provide reasons why each SDG aligns. 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 existing lesson or unit plans to the SDGs and creating developmentally appropriate lesson plans that explore the aligned SDGs. Your task is to align this Science unit plan on the rain cycle for grade 6 students to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Make sure to include all the SDGs the unit plan aligns to and provide reasons for why each SDG aligns. Understand? (then input plan)
Additional Prompting Strategies
The chatbot may align your lesson to multiple SDGs. You do not need to select them all. Select appropriately using the chatbot’s reasoning provided (you asked for) with your own knowledge of your learners’ to select appropriately.
Prompt the chatbot to rewrite the lesson plan, incorporating activities for some or all of the SDGs it identified.
Align the lesson plan to specific SDG targets (best for older students with an established understanding of the broader SDGs).
When uploading a pdf of a lesson or unit 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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