12 Countries, 1 Text
The Get up and goals! project provides history teachers of students aged 11-16 years with an innovative school textbook on geo-history based on a global history, (or world history) approach. The textbook will be made available for school classes in 12 countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Romania, Spain, Hungary, Italy and will have in each country the same content in terms of text and maps and layout.
The UK version of the Global History of Humanity textbook is a:
- a comprehensive sweep of world history, within three linked volumes;
- a set of four lenses with which to view historical events;
- critical commentary on world events (both historical and modern)
- supporting tasks and activities, which enhance students’ understanding of History and global citizenship education.
This book is part of the European Union’s Get up and Goals Project, which aims to provide materials for schools on gender, international inequality, climate change and migration, and to further Sustainable Development Goal 4:7, Quality Education for All.
You can view the “A Global History of Humanity” on the Get Up and Goals website here:https://www.getupandgoals.eu/resources/textbook?utm_source=newsletter_49&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=latest-from-get-up-and-goals .
You may also be interested in finding useful resources such as the Teaching Learning Units that provide lessons plans to cover topics such as International Inequality, Gender, Climate Change and Migration. You can download them here: https://www.getupandgoals.eu/resources/tlus?issearch=1&theme=tlu&category_id=10&xf_4[0]=4