Lesson Plans and Resources
Cover photo: a group of people play the new Fast Fashion: T-shirt board game. You can download the game or purchase a box set complete with official game board and T-shirt pieces. To order and get more information email us at info@mcic.ca.
MCIC Resources
Sustainable Foundations
Welcome to Sustainable Foundations: A Guide for Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals
This guide is designed for educators or anyone who would like to teach young people about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals — also known as the SDGs or the Global Goals — cover a wide range of sustainability issues; highlighting local, national and international priority areas to end poverty and hunger, improve health and education, make cities more sustainable and combat climate change.
This guide will provide you with information, educational resources and other supports to help you in your efforts to educate and engage young people so that they support sustainable development and are inspired to turn that support into action. This guide will also explore how to incorporate the different topics covered by each goal into lessons across multiple subjects.
You don’t need any prior knowledge or experience of the United Nations, international development, or the Sustainable Development Goals to use this guide. It can be referred to in whole or as individual parts to suit your curriculum.
If you would like to order a print copy of the Sustainable Foundations guide, please contact us at info@mcic.ca or 204 987-6420.
Download a copy of our English classroom poster (18”x24”), featuring all 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their targets
Sustainable Foundations: A Guide for Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals by Manitoba Council for International Cooperation is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Fondations durables
Bienvenue à Fondations durables: Un Guide d’enseignement des objectifs de développement durable
Ce guide est conçu pour les éducateurs ou toute personne qui aimerait enseigner aux jeunes les objectifs de développement durable des Nations Unies.
Les objectifs de développement durable – également connus sous l’acronyme ODD ou les objectifs mondiaux – couvrent un large éventail de questions relatives à la durabilité, et mettent en lumière les zones de priorité internationale pour mettre fin à la pauvreté et à la faim, améliorer la santé et l’éducation, rendre les villes plus durables et combattre le changement climatique.
Ce guide vous donne des informations claires, des ressources pédagogiques et d’autres soutiens pour appuyer vos efforts d’éducation et de motivation des jeunes pour qu’ils appuient les objectifs de développement durable et se sentent inspirés à transformer leur appui en action. Ce guide explore aussi comment vous pouvez incorporer à vos cours les divers sujets couverts par chaque objectif dans de multiples matières.
Vous n’avez besoin d’aucune connaissance ou expérience préalable des Nations Unies, du développement international ou des objectifs de développement durable pour utiliser ce guide. Il peut être consulté en tout ou en parties individuelles qui conviennent à votre curriculum.
Si vous désirez commander une copie papier du guide des fondations durables, veuillez nous contacter à info@mcic.ca ou 204 987-6420.
Pour télécharger une copie de notre affiche français en classe (18 x 24”) présentant les 17 objectifs de développement durable et leurs cibles, cliquez ici.
Fondations durables : Un Guide d’enseignement des objectifs de développement durable du Conseil manitobain pour la coopération international est sous licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Classroom Activities
Download Fast Fashion: The T-Shirt board game
NEW! An engaging and educational board game where players assume the role of T-shirts to experience how our clothing is used and discarded. This workshop aims to inspire students of all ages to reduce the environmental impact of our clothing choices.
Download Building a Good Life - Early Years Version
NEWLY UPDATED: Students (K-grades 3) will reflect on what elements make a good life. SDG1
Download Building a Good Life - Middle Years Version
NEWLY UPDATED: Students (grades 5-9) will reflect on what elements make a good life. This guides learning about human rights and poverty. SDG1
Download Water For All
NEW! In this simulation, students will experience what it is like to live in an environment where clean water may be limited and under threat. SDG6
Download Forced to Flee
NEWLY UPDATED: Created by Canadian Foodgrains Bank, this workshop for grades 7-12 allows students to simulate the experience of being a refugee crossing borders for a better life. SDG10
Download Starting the SDGs
Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals and don't know where to begin? Use this SDG Lesson Plan Bundle for the ultimate introduction to sustainable development, adaptable for any grade!
Download Breaking the Cycle
Breaking the Cycle develops the understanding of the poverty cycle, suitable for grades 3-6. SDG2
Download Interconnected
Interconnected teaches students about biodiversity and how all life on Earth are deeply interconnected and reliant upon each other through an interactive board game. Suitable for grades 5-10. SDG15
Download Designing for the Future
With a focus on sustainability and inclusive communities, students work together to problem-solve and come up with solutions for designing sustainable structures, protecting heritage & culture, and tackling the effects of climate change. SDG11
Download Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea
This lesson plan is for students in K-3 classrooms, telling the story of Iqbal who creates an invention to address multiple global issues. Explore themes of sustainability, problem solving, innovation and infrastructure. SDG9
Download Banana Webs
Inspired by SeedChange, Banana Webs is a workshop for students in grades 1-5 to introduce fair trade and understand the path from field to consumption of a banana. SDG8
Download Understanding Child Labour
For grades 5-12, this workshop helps students learn about the right to good working conditions, child exploitation and how globally, this is still a problem for many young workers. SDG4
Download Climate Justice
Climate Justice, for grades 7-10, teaches students about climate change, its consequences, and unjust impacts through simulating community impacts. SDG13
Download Go For The Goals!
#GoForTheGoals classroom challenge to Manitoba Gr 7-9 students to re-design the $20 bill based on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of their choice. This activity is a great way to introduce the SDGs to your classroom.
Download SDG Scavenger Hunt
Explore the work being done in your community toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals! This activity is designed to be suitable for all ages, but some activities may require supervision.
Plans de cours
Download Briser le cycle
Thème : ODD 1, Pas de Pauvreté
Niveau : 5-12
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Download Bâtir une bonne vie
Thème : ODD 1, Pas de Pauvreté
Niveau : 5-12
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Download Amanzi: accès à l'eau
Thème : ODD 6, Eau propre et assainissement
Niveau : 5-12
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Download Conception de l'avenir
Thème : ODD 11, Villes et communautés durables
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Download Contre le travail des enfants
Thème : ODD 8, Travail décent et croissance économique
Niveau : 5-12
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Download Forcés de partir
Thème : ODD 10, Réduire les inégalités
Niveau : 7-12
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Download Interconnecté
Thème : ODD 15 : Vie terrestre
Niveau : 5-10
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Download Justice climatique
Thème : ODD 13, Mesures relative à la lutte contre le changement climatique
Niveau : 5-12
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Download Album de coloriage - Ana 2020
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Download Affiche des fondations durables
Affiche imprimable des objectifs et cibles de développement durable
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Additional Resources
Download Student Booklist 2025
Our reading list for global classrooms features books for all ages with a focus on global perspectives.
Download Sustainable Foundations Poster
Printable poster of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets
Autres ressources
Download Affiche des fondations durables
Affiche imprimable des objectifs et cibles de développement durable
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