Global Citizenship Professional Development Readings

At JUMP! Foundation we are extremely passionate about global citizenship, youth empowerment, and sustainability. After over a decade of working with students, educators, parents, partner organizations, and other members of the global community we’ve compiled some great resources.

Here is a huge list of books that we’ve recommended over the years to people looking to focus on global citizenship professional development.

If we’ve missed any here please write a message below and tell us what we should add, keep the conversation going!

Global Citizenship Books

• Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect, by David W. Orr
• The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating A Generation of Solutionaries by Zoe Weil
• Be the Change: Teacher, Advocate, Global Citizen edited by Rita Verma
• Educating for Human Rights and Global Citizenship edited by Ali A. Abdi and Lynette Shultz
• Global Citizenship Education: A Practical Guide for Schools by Boyd Roberts
• Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World by Tony Wagner
• Future Wise: Educating Our Children for a Changing World, by David Perkins
• The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World, by Peter M. Senge, et al.
• High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them, by Jean-Francois Richard
• As If the Earth Matters: Recommitting to Environmental Education, by Thom Henley and Kenny Peavy
• Empowering Students to Improve the World in Sixty Lessons by Fernando Reimers
• Empowering Global Citizens: A World Course by Fernando Reimers
• One Student at a Time: Leading the Global Education Movement by Fernando Reimers
• Global Education Guidebook by Jennifer D. Klein
• The Global Educator: Leveraging Technology for Collaborative Learning and Teaching by Julie Lindsay
• Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring out the Maker in Every Student by John Spencer and A J Juliani
• Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Own Learning by John Spencer and A J Juliani
• Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education by Sir Ken Robinson
• Reimagining Literacy Through Global Collaboration by Pernille Ripp
• Where am I Eating?: An Adventure Through the Global Food Economy by Kelsey Tillerman
• Where am I Wearing?: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes by Kelsey Tillerman
• World Hunger: 10 Myths by Frances Moore Lappe and Joseph Collins
• The Kid’s Guide to Service Projects by Barbara A. Lewis
• Kids Who Are Changing the World by Anne Jankeliowitch
• The Complete Guide to Service Learning by Cathryn Berger Kay
• Getting Started in Service-Learning: An Elementary Through High School Handbook by the National Youth Leadership Council
• The Systems Thinking Playbook: Exercises to Stretch and Build Learning and Systems Thinking Capabilities by Linda Booth Sweeny and Dennis Meadows
• Systems Thinking For Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results by David Peter Stroh

Global Citizenship Classroom Resources and Handbooks

• The Global Education Toolkit for Elementary Learners by Homa Sabat Tavengar and Becky Mladic-Morales
• Global Art: Activities, Projects, and Inventions From Around the World by Maryann Kohl and Jean Potter
• Global Citizenship for Young Children by Margaret Collins
• Engaging Students Through Global Issues: 2nd Edition, Activity-Based Lessons and Action Project from Facing the Future
• Making Connections: Engaging Students in Language, Literacy, and Global Issues from Facing the Future
• Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues from Facing the Future
• It’s All Connected: A Comprehensive Guide to Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions from Facing the Future
• Global Citizenship: The Handbook for Primary Teaching by Mary Young
• Education in a Global Space edited by T L K Wisely et.al
• Human Rights in the Curriculum: Maths, by Peter Wright & Margot Brown
• Human Rights and the Curriculum: French edited by Margot Brown
• Human Rights and the Curriculum: History edited by Margot Brown and Sara Slater
• Young Children and Global Citizenship- A Teacher’s Handbook from Tide~ Global Learning

Global Citizenship Articles

• “What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Service” by Adam Davis
• “What Does it Mean to be a Global Citizen” by Ronald C. Israel
• “What kind of global citizens are teachers creating?” By Caroline Ferguson
• “The role of global learning in staff development and school improvement” by Kerry Eustice
• “How can schools take global learning to the next level?” by Emily Drabble and Lisa Spiller
• “How our school developed an international approach to learning” by Kerry Eustice
• “From peace to poverty: lesson ideas to help students grasp global issues” by Emma Drury
• “10 tips to promote global citizenship in the classroom” by Richard King
• “Getting students globetrotting isn’t the only way to bridge the global skills gap” by Jo Sale
• “Five ideas for getting students involved in global learning” by Emily Drabble
• “Beyond Borders: What It Means to Be a Global Citizen” by Drew Noble Alexander
• “Identity 2016: ‘Global citizenship’ rising, poll suggests” by Naomi Grimly
• “Turning Students Into Global Citizens” by Fernando M. Reimers
• “Culturally Responsive Classrooms” by Jennifer L.W. Fink
• “10 ways to promote international mindedness” from International Teacher Magazin
• “Global Education: Resource Roundup” from Edutopia
• “Why the world needs more global citizens” by Paul Sherman
• “Global Citizenship – What Are We Talking About and Why Does It Matter?” by Kris Olds
• “74 Interview: Harvard’s Fernando Reimers on the Crucial Need to Teach Kids to Be Strong Global Citizens” by Kate Stringer