Developed in partnership with the Government of Canada, these toolkits of lesson plans and activities explore the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through:
- Sustainable development initiatives from Aga Khan Foundation Canada
- Centuries-old artefacts from the Aga Khan Museum
- Stories highlighting Canada’s commitment and contributions towards the SDGs
In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.
These 17 SDGs balance social, economic, and environmental sustainability and are interconnected. Progress towards any goal facilitates progress towards others. The Sustainable Development Goals are also known as the Global Goals.
Toolkits
Explore Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being
Explore Goal #5: Gender Equality
Explore Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Explore Goal #15: Life on Land
Curriculum Connections Across Canada + International Baccalaureate (IB)
Grade 6
- Art
- Reflection
Grade 7
- Art
- Encounters
Grade 8
- Art
- Encounters
Grade 9
- Art
- Encounters
Grade 10
- Art 10
- Encounters
- Art 11
- Appreciation
- Social Studies 10-1
- Perspectives on Globalization
- Social Studies 10-2
- Living in a Globalized World
Grade 11
- Art 20
- Encounters
- Art 21
- Appreciation
Grade 12
- Art 30
- Encounters
- Art 31
- Appreciation
Grade 6
- Arts Education
- Exploring and Creating
- Reasoning and Reflecting
- Social Studies
- Global poverty and inequality issues, including class structure and gender
- International co-operation and responses to global issues
Grade 7
- Arts Education
- Exploring and Creating
- Reasoning and Reflecting
- Social Studies
- Human responses to particular geographic challenges and opportunities, including climates, landforms, and natural resources
Grade 8
- Arts Education
- Exploring and Creating
- Reasoning and Reflecting
- Social Studies
- Changes in population and living standards
Grade 9
- Arts Education
- Exploring and Creating
- Reasoning and Reflecting
- Social Studies
- Global demographic shifts, including patterns of
migration and population growth
- Global demographic shifts, including patterns of
Grade 10
- Arts Studio
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Studio Arts 2D
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Studio Arts 3D
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Social Studies
- Environmental, political, and economic policies
Grade 11
- Arts Studio
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Studio Arts 2D
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Studio Arts 3D
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Social Studies (Adapted from Grade 12)
- Asian Studies: 1850-present
- Comparative Cultures
- Human Geography
- Physical Geography
- Social Justice
Grade 12
- Arts Studio
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Studio Arts 2D
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Studio Arts 3D
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Social Studies
- Asian Studies: 1850-present
- Comparative Cultures
- Human Geography
- Physical Geography
- Social Justice
Grade 6
- Visual Arts
- Connecting
- Responding
- Social Studies
- Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to present)
- Shaping Contemporary Canada (1945 to present)
- Democracy, Diversity, and the Influence of the Past
- Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to present)
Grade 7
- Visual Arts
- Connecting
- Responding
- Social Studies: People and Places in the World
- World Geography
- Global Quality of Life
- Ways of Life in Asia, Africa, or Australasia
- Human Impact in Europe or the Americas
Grade 8
- Visual Arts
- Connecting
- Responding
- Social Studies
- World History: Societies of the Past
- Transition to the Modern World (Circa 500 to 1400)
- Shaping the Modern World (Circa 1400 to 1850)
- World History: Societies of the Past
Grade 9
- Visual Arts
- Connecting
- Responding
- Social Studies
- Canada in the Contemporary World
- Canada in the Global Context
- Canada: Opportunities and Challenges
- Canada in the Contemporary World
Grade 10
- Visual Arts
- Connecting
- Responding
- Social Studies
- Geographic Issues of the 21st Century
- Geographic Literacy
- Natural Resources
- Food from the Land
- Industry and Trade
- Geographic Issues of the 21st Century
Grade 11
- Visual Arts
- Connecting
- Responding
Grade 12
- Visual Arts
- Connecting
- Responding
- Social Studies
- Global Issues: Citizenship and Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Environment
- Gender
- Health and Biotechnology
- Poverty, Wealth, and Power
- Social Justice and Human Rights
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Global Issues: Citizenship and Sustainability
Grade 6
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
- Social Studies 6: World Cultures
- An Introduction to Culture
- Environment and Culture
- Some Elements of Culture
- Expressions of Culture
- World Issues
Grade 7
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
Grade 8
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
- Social Studies: Atlantic Canada in the Global Community
- Interdependence
Grade 9
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
- Social Studies: Canadian Identifies
- Students will explore social responsibility
Grade 10
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
Grade 11
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
Grade 12
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
- World Issues 120
- Humanity
- Interdependence
- Geopolitics
- Introduction to Environmental Science 120
- Sustainable Development
- Investigating Environmental Issues
Grade 6
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding
- Social Studies : World Cultures
- An Introduction to Culture
- Environment and Culture
- Some Elements of Culture
- Expressions of Culture
- World Issues
Grade 7
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding
- Social Studies: Empowerment
- Introduction
- Economic Empowerment
Grade 8
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
Grade 9
- Visual Arts
- Design
- Cinematic Arts
Grade 10
- Visual Arts 1202
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding
- Social Studies 1201/1202
- Power, Active Citizenship, and Change
- Individual Rights and the Common Good
Grade 11
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding
- Social Studies 2202/2202
- Conflict, Cooperation, and Change
Grade 12
- Visual Arts 3202
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding
- Social Studies 3201
- Quality of Life
- Political Economy
- Population Change
- Human-Environmental Interaction
Grade 6
- Visual Arts 6
- Expression
- Social Studies 6: World Cultures
- An Introduction to Culture
- Environment and Culture
- Some Elements of Culture
- Expressions of Culture
- World Issues
Grade 7
- Visual Arts 7
- Communicating Meaning
- Culture and Identity
Grade 8
- Visual Arts 8
- Communicating Meaning
- Culture and Identity
- Social Studies 8: A Changing Canadian Society
- Forms of Advocacy
- Causes of a Current Issue
- Impacts of a Current Issue
- Effectiveness of Advocacy
Grade 9
- Visual Arts 9
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
- Citizenship
- Engaged Citizenship
- Global Citizenship
Grade 10
- Visual Arts 10
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
- Geography 10
- Geographic Perspective
- Land Environment
- Atmospheric Environment
- Spaceship Earth
- History 10
- Religion and Civilizations
Grade 11
- Visual Arts 11
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
- Advanced Visual Arts 11
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
- Geography of Canada 11
- Global Links
Grade 12
- Visual Arts 12
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
- Advanced Visual Arts 12
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving and Responding
- Global/Advanced Global Geography 12
- Planet Earth
- Population
- Resources and Commodities
- History/Advanced Global History 12
- The Challenge of Economic Disparity
- The Pursuit of Justice
- Societal Change
Grade 6
- Visual Arts: Identity
- Critical/Responsive
- Cultural/Historical
Grade 7
- Visual Arts: Place
- Critical/Responsive
- Cultural/Historical
Grade 8
- Visual Arts: Social Issues
- Critical/Responsive
- Cultural/Historical
- Social Studies
- The Changing World
Grade 9
- Visual Arts: Taking Action
- Critical/Responsive
- Cultural/Historical
Grade 10
- Arts 10
- Encounter
- Appreciation
- Social Studies 10-1
- Perspectives on Globalization
- Social Studies 10-2
- Living in a Globalizing World
Grade 11
- Art 20
- Encounters
- Art 21:
- Appreciation
Grade 12
- Art 20
- Encounters
- Art 21:
- Appreciation
Grade 8
Social Studies
-
- The Changing World
Grade 6
- Visual Arts
- Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing
- Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts
- Social Studies
- People and Environments: Canada’s Interactions with the Global Community
Grade 7
- Visual Arts
- Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing
- Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts
- Social Studies
- Physical Patterns in a Changing World
- Natural Resources Around the World: Use and Sustainability
Grade 8
- Visual Arts
- Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing
- Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts
- Social Studies
- Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability
- Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life
Grade 9
- Visual Arts AVI10
- Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing
Grade 10
- Visual Arts AVI20
- Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing
Grade 11
- Visual Arts AVI30
- Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing
- Gender Studies HSG3M
Grade 12
- Visual Arts AVI4E/M
- Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing
- Equity and Social Justice: From Theory to Practice HSE4M
- World Cultures HSC4M
- World Issues: A Geographic Analysis CGW4C/U
- World Geography: Urban Patterns and Population Issues CGU4M
- The Environment and Resource Management CGR4M
- Living in a Sustainable World CGR4E
Grade 6
- Visual Arts
- Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing
- Social Studies: World Cultures
- Citizenship, Power, and Governance
- People, Place, and Environment
- Culture and Diversity
- Interdependence
Grade 7
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding
- Social Studies: Empowerment
- Introduction to Empowerment
- Economic Empowerment
Grade 8
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding
Grade 9
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding
- Social Studies: Interdependence – Atlantic Canada in the Global Community
- Introduction
- Culture in the Global Community
- Environment in the Global Community
- Human Rights in the Global Community
- Citizenship in the Global Community
Grade 10
- Visual Arts 401A
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding
- Canadian Studies 401A
- Canada’s Global Connections
Grade 11
- Visual Arts 501A
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding
- Global Studies 521/531A
- Physical Patterns of the World
- Cultural Patterns of the World
Grade 12
- Visual Arts
- Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community
- Perceiving, Reflecting and Responding
- Message/Voice Unit MV12.4
- Demonstrate an understanding of how their artwork can support the values and principles of sustainable development in our world
- Global Studies 621/631A
- What is a Global Issue?
- What are the Issues?
- Active Citizenship – What Can I Do?
Grade 6
- Visual Arts
- Competency 3: To appreciate works of art, traditional, artistic objects
- Social Sciences
- Competency 3: To be open to the diversity of societies and their territories
Grade 7
- Visual Arts
- Competency 3: Appreciates works of art and cultural objects from world’s artistic heritage
- Geography
- Competency 3: Constructs consciousness of global citizenship
Grade 8
- Visual Arts
- Competency 3: Appreciates works of art and cultural objects from world’s artistic heritage
- Geography
- Competency 3: Constructs consciousness of global citizenship
Grade 9
- Visual Arts
- Competency 3: Appreciates images
- Geography
- Competency 3: Constructs consciousness of global citizenship
Grade 10
- Visual Arts
- Competency 3: Appreciates images
- Geography
- Competency 3: Constructs consciousness of global citizenship
Grade 11
- Visual Arts
- Competency 3: Appreciates images
- Geography
- Competency 3: Constructs consciousness of global citizenship
- Cultural Geography
- African area
- Indian area
- The Contemporary World
- Environment
- Population
- Wealth
Grade 6
- Visual Arts: Identity
- Critical/Responsive
- Cultural/Historical
- Social Studies
- Canada and Our Atlantic Neighbours
Grade 7
- Visual Arts: Place
- Critical/Responsive
- Cultural/Historical
- Social Studies
- Canada and Our Pacific and Northern Neighbours
Grade 8
- Visual Arts: Social Issues
- Critical/Responsive
- Cultural/Historical
- Social Studies
- The Individual in Canadian Society
Grade 9
- Visual Arts: Taking Action
- Critical/Responsive
- Cultural/Historical
- Social Studies
- The Roots of Society
Grade 10
- Arts 10
- Encounter
- Appreciation
- Geography
- Climate Regions and Their Effects
- Economic Geography
- Population
Grade 11
- Visual Arts
- Critical/Responsive
- Cultural/Historical
- Social Studies
- Human Rights
- Population
- Environment
- Wealth and Poverty
- Geography
Grade 12
- Visual Arts
- Critical/Responsive
- Cultural/Historical
- Social Studies
- Globalization
- Geography
- The Geography of Population
Grade 6
- Arts Education
- Exploring and Creating
- Reasoning and Reflecting
- Social Studies
- Global poverty and inequality issues, including class structure and gender
- International co-operation and responses to global issues
Grade 7
- Arts Education
- Exploring and Creating
- Reasoning and Reflecting
- Social Studies
- Human responses to particular geographic challenges and opportunities, including climates, landforms, and natural resources
Grade 8
- Arts Education
- Exploring and Creating
- Reasoning and Reflecting
- Social Studies
- Changes in population and living standards
Grade 9
- Arts Education
- Exploring and Creating
- Connecting and Expanding
- Social Studies
- Global demographic shifts, including patterns of
migration and population growth
- Global demographic shifts, including patterns of
Grade 10
- Arts Studio
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Studio Arts 2D
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Studio Arts 3D
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Social Studies
- Environmental, political, and economic policies
Grade 11
- Arts Studio
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Studio Arts 2D
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Studio Arts 3D
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Social Studies (Adapted from Grade 12)
- Asian Studies: 1850-present
- Comparative Cultures
- Human Geography
- Physical Geography
- Social Justice
Grade 12
- Arts Studio
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Studio Arts 2D
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Studio Arts 3D
- Explore and Create
- Reason and Reflect
- Communicate and Document
- Connect and Expand
- Social Studies
- Asian Studies: 1850-present
- Comparative Cultures
- Human Geography
- Physical Geography
- Social Justice
Middle Years Program
- Arts
- Individuals and Societies
Diploma Programme (DP)
- Visual Arts SL/HL
- Geography SL/HL
- Global Politics SL/HL
- Social and Cultural Anthropology SL/HL
- Environmental Systems and Societies SL
