TEACH THE UN

 

Teaching Guides

 

UN History
Peace & Security
Sustainable Development
Human Rights

 

Educational Resources

 

Primary Resources

 

Essential UN Website
UN News
Ask Dag! UN Library
- UN Audiovisual Library 
- UN Photo Archive
- Live Webcast
- Social Media

 

About the UN: Overview and History, Peace & Security, Human Rights and SDGs

 

Overview: 

 

UN Overview (PowerPoint)
Welcome to the United Nations Booklet
Also available in:
CHINESE, FRENCH, SPANISH
UN Yearbook Stepping Stones in UN History
History of the UN Headquarters Factsheet - with Q&A
Also available in:
CHINESE, FRENCH, SPANISH

 

Peace & Security: 

 

Peacekeeping Website
Peacekeeping Fact Sheet
UN Q&A - UN Peacekeeping
International Day of Peace

 

Human Rights: 

 

The Convention on the Rights of the Child for Children
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights 
- Audio recording in all languages
- Overview video
Eleanor Roosevelt on YouTube:
- Eleanor Roosevelt reads from the Declaration
- Beacon of Hope
- The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme
- Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- UN Programme on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda

 

Sustainable Development Goals: 

 

- SDG Website
- Student Resources
- SDG Take Action Campaign

A Lazy Person's Guide to Saving the World
World's Largest Lesson Plan
UN Women: Generation Equality

 

 

Engage from a Young Age - Resources for Children

 

SDG Early Learning
Thomas and Friends
Hello Kitty

 

SDG Book Club
Join the Trolls and be a food hero!
Become a #FoodHero like Peter Rabbit

 

Educational Games and Activities

 

UN Kahoot Games
Go Goals! SDG Board Game
Stop Disasters! UNDRR

 

Free Rice: WFP
Game the Goals
Climate Action Superheroes

 

Engagement Opportunities

 

Act Now Campaign for Climate Action
Share Verified: UN Campaign Against Misinformation
SG Envoy on Youth
UNICEF: Voices of Youth

 

 

 

Model UN

 

Model UN Website
Model UN Guide (English - French)

 

Further Reading and Research

 

Shop UN: UN Bookshop
UN Chronicle
UN Yearbook
 
 

 

 

 

To learn more about the UN’s work, take a UN guided tour or book a briefing with a UN speaker, virtually or in-person.”