1. Becoming Global Citizens
The Focus Areas of the United Nations, and Global Classrooms!

2. Group Activity
What do you think are some problems currently facing Madrid?
Which do you consider to be the most critical?
Group activity: in groups of 2-4 students create a list of vital world issues that you know of. Which do you consider to be the most important?
--On the board make a list of all the issues that they students come up with. These will be later compared to the MDGs.

3. Group Activity
What do you think are some problems currently facing Spain?
Which do you consider to be the most critical?

4. Group Activity
What do you think are some problems currently facing the world?
Which do you consider to be the most critical?

5. Millennium Development Goals
In 2000 the eight Millennium Development Goals were established aimed mainly at developing countries
The target deadline was set as September 2015.
The goals were met with varying success.

6. The Millennium Development Goals

7. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Adopted by the U.N. in September in New York.
17 new goals
More ambitious, meant to apply to all countries (developing and developed).
All are supposed to be met by 2030.

8. The Sustainable Development Goals

9. SDGs

10. SDGs and the Media
Using #globalgoals and celebrities to help publicize SDGs

11. For more information
The Sustainable Development Goals:
Global Classrooms official website for students: