In 2019 the World’s Largest Lesson helped to bring the SDGs to over 1.2 million Nigerians.
We ran a week long, country-wide youth activation led by over 4000 youth volunteers where children took part in a lesson that invited them to think about the future that they want for Nigeria and resulted in them making an ‘ask’ to the Ministry of Education for the inclusion of the SDGs in the national curriculum.
This was followed up with a subsequent activation, reaching communities and families across Nigeria who took the Goals to their hearts and made strong connections between the global SDGs framework and what they observe in their own communities.
Club17 Africa – our SDGs after-school clubs, were also launched, giving young people an opportunity to explore the Goals in more detail – beginning a journey as Global Goals champions and changemakers. To see more about Club17 Africa, check out our campaigns page!
On 16th June 2020 we launched World’s Largest Lesson Live, an educational show for teens created by World’s Largest Lesson in partnership with UNICEF. The show premiered on YouTube and brought together experts and young people in conversation to reflect on the past few months and discuss how they would like to reimagine the future post COVID-19.
Hosted by NBC News and MSNBC Correspondent and Host of NBC’s Stay Tuned Savannah Sellers, it explored the themes of education, health, and the future—and addressed some of the key issues at the forefront of young people’s minds during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The show has now been viewed more than 350,000 times! Parents and teachers can also use the free activities and discussion guides that go along with the show, to help spark conversations in the classroom or around the kitchen table.
Go to the World’s Largest Lesson: Live! campaign to watch the show and find out more.
In 2019, we collaborated with Nord Anglia Education on a Global Goals Teaching Project. The aim was to raise awareness of the Global Goals in younger students, through a series of peer-led teaching lessons. Older students acted as “student-teachers” and delivered three different lessons on the SDGs.
The Global Goals Teaching Project initial aim was to understand whether learning about the Global Goals had a positive impact on participants as well as the student teachers. All student-teachers and participants were asked to take a pre and post-test survey before and after the Global Goals Teaching Project. The student-teachers were also asked to document their experience through a series of diary entries.
Schools from China, USA, Cambodia, Qatar and the UAE took part. After participating in the project:
- 84% of student-teachers strongly agreed that they understood what the Global Goals are and what they are trying to achieve.
- 100% of student-teachers agreed or strongly agreed that the Global Goals were important to them
- 100% of student-teachers agreed or strongly agreed that the world needs the Global Goals
- 92% of student-teachers agreed or strongly agreed that they could make a positive difference in their community
“Overall, it was an enjoyable and very entertaining experience, which displayed to me just how capable and excited young people are to get involved in something bigger than themselves.”
Student-teacher, Nord Anglia International School, Dubai
