Facing the Future
Lesson plans
Source — Facing The Future, Western Washington University, USA
Age — High school (14 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free
Go to — Download pdf
unbroken.solutions
A wealth of accessible materials about the impact of over-consumption, repair-based solutions, the repair movement, and opportunities for action.
Source — unbroken.solutions
Age — Middle school and up (13 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — unbroken.solutions
“How Might We … Build a Culture of Repair?”
Lesson plans
Source — Design Minds - State Library of Queensland, Pimpama State Secondary College; and Relative Creative, a design firm in Australia
Age — Australian Teaching Levels 7 - 12 (13 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free
Go to — Toolkit
The Restart Code
Video discussing our relationship with electronics, with a call to commitment to change it.
Source — The Restart Project, London, UK
Age — All ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Video (< 1 minute) and text about The Restart Code
Six R’s Poster
Design and Technology poster about the 6 R’s — Reduce, Reuse, Refuse, Recycle, Rethink, Repair.
Source — Tes, UK
Age — All ages
Cost — £1
Go to — Six R’s Poster
iFixit Edu
Technical writing program
Source — iFixit, California USA and worldwide
Age — Advanced high school and university levels (16 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — Begin here
“I Can Imagine a World Where…”
Big picture on technology, design, repair, social justice and the environment, and agency to change.
Source — iFixit, USA and worldwide
Age — Upper elementary school and up (8 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — “I can imagine a world where ….” Video (4:28 min)
Fix-it Shops ~ An Endangered Species
Video profiling a general repair shop. Illustrates well the value, challenges and opportunities of local, independent repair businesses.
Source — Concentric Media
Age — Middle school and up (13 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — "Fix-it Shops ~ An Endangered Species" (5 minutes)
Community Repair Events
Club de Reparadores X Escuelas
Comprehensive handbook for establishing a school-based community repair event, outline for linking repair concepts with academic subject areas, didactic guides, videos and games. (Spanish)
Source — Club de Reparadores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age — All ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Guide (Spanish pdf)
Go to — Didactic guides, videos, games and additional materials (Spanish)
Repair Café International
Classroom materials for a school-based community repair event.
Source — Repair Café Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Age — Elementary / Primary and middle school (6 - 8 year olds)
Cost — Sliding Scale, recommended: 25€
Go to — Starter Kit
Organiser Un Repair Café Dans Mon École! (Organize a Repair Café In My School!)
Detailed instructions and supporting materials for establishing a Repair Café in a school context. (French)
Source — Repair Together
Age — High school and up (15 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — Organiser Un Repair Café Dans Mon École! (French)
RepairKids Manual
Guide for organizing and running community repair events in educational contexts. (German)
Source — Kristina Deselaers, Germany
Age — All ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Download Manual and Teaching Materials — (German)
Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen — Repair Initiative Network (German)
Catalogue of materials and other resources related to bringing repair into the educational settings. (German)
Source — Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen, with links to resources from various other sources, Germany
Age — All ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Repair and Education (German)
Practical Action
Lesson and supporting activity sheets.
Source — Practical Action, UK
Age — UK Primary and Secondary (5 - 16 years old)
Cost — Free
Go to — 6Rs: Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair
Rediscovery Centre
Textile repair and alteration instructional materials.
Source — Rediscovery Centre, UK
Age — 13 years old and up
Cost — Free
Go to — Guide
Retibne
Materials for teaching repair and sustainability topics, including hands-on modules. (German)
Source — Technical Education Working Group / Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
Age — High School and University (14 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — Teaching Materials — (German)
Circular Economy — “Re-thinking Progress”
Animated video about the circular economy.
Source — Ellen MacArthur Foundation, UK
Age — all ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Video (3:48 minutes)
Circular Economy — Ellen MacArthur Foundation Library
An introduction to the circular economy fleshed out with an extensive library of essays, articles, videos and research.
Source — Ellen MacArthur Foundation, UK
Age — All ages, though most materials are appropriate for high school and beyond
Cost — Free
Go to — ”What Is A Circular Economy?”
Go to — Teaching Resources Website