* books
* activity packs
* videos
* games
* photopacks
* posters
* artefacts from different countries
OXFAM 2001 Activities and ideas for the Numeracy Hour. Contains: 20 x A4 colour photos and captions; A1 poster and captions; Booklet with Introductory activity, Counting and estimating, Adding, Measuring and comparing; Fractions; Shape and Symmetry; Section on Resources.
A Wake Up, World! photo-pack for Citizenship, PSE and PSD
OXFAM 2001 Teacher’s booklet, 24 x A4 colour photocards, A1 poster
map. Activities to encourage children: to feel positive about
themselves,
to empathise with others, to respect diversity, to participate through
group work and so develop skills of co-operation, negotiation &
problem
solving. Info on 4 children: Muluken - Ethiopia, Cidinha -
Brazil,
Sasha - Russia, Shakeel - India.
SAVE THE CHILDREN 1999
Activities and photographs to raise moral, social, cultural and
spiritual
issues in PSHE and Citizenship for KS 1& 2. Teacher’s book; Book of
children’s stories for KS1 & KS2 - Jessica from UK, Ciano
from
Philippines, Jadranka from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Daouda from Burkina Faso
tell of their life experiences.
A creative approach to citizenship and sustainable development for
7-11 year olds
MUNDI 2001 Teacher’s Pack with classroom activities; An audio CD &
play script; 3 A2 colour posters; Background info booklet on
Guatemala.
Explores issues relating to citizenship & sustainable development.
Play focuses on effects of changes to land on one family over 3
generations.
Draws on experiences of Maya of Guatemala. For PSHE, Literacy,
Geography,
English.
CHRISTIAN AID 2001 Leaflet with ideas for use with children at
harvest.
Focuses on a community in Nicaragua, highlights links between people
around
the world, with activities for 5-7 yr olds, and 8-11yr olds and
collective
worship presentation and colour poster. Features sesame oil production
at The Juan Francisco Paz Silva Co-operative / Fair Trade issues.
Leaflet highlights the effects of poor access to water and the unjust and unequal distribution of the world’s most valuable resource. Contains topic information, classroom activity ideas and suggested further resources. Available from ADEC or Humanities Education Centre, English Street, London E3 4TA, tel: 020 7364 6405, fax: 020 7364 6422, email: hec@gn.apc.org
Images of burning cows and sheep piled high in fields have filled
our
TV screens. This topical edition of Global Express examines the
arguments
about how we produce our food, with classroom activities for 8-14 year
olds.
Contact ADEC for a copy or visit the website: www.dep.org.uk/globalexpress
A resource pack for schools and community groups about the history of carnival in the Caribbean and subsequent developments in the UK. With colour illustrations, activity suggestions across the curriculum including literacy hour, curriculum maps for early learning goals and the national curriculum, list of carnival artists willing to work in schools. On loan from ADEC.
‘Pungent, pithy, probing political analysis’
· the No-Nonsense Guide to CLIMATE CHANGE
· the No-Nonsense Guide to GLOBALIZATION
· the No-Nonsense Guide to FAIR TRADE
Available on loan from ADEC
A guidance booklet for citizenship education at Key Stages 3 and 4
is being produced by the Development Education Association in
partnership
with the Commonwealth Institute, Central Bureau, the Council for
Environmental
Education, Oxfam and the Council for Education in World Citizenship.
Contact
ADEC for details.
Available from The
Guide Association with 75 different activity ideas related
to
countries ‘On the Line’. Can be downloaded for free from the website:
www.guides.org.uk.
Available throughout 2001.
Has over 60 Rough Guide albums available covering music from almost
every corner of the globe. Contact: World Music Network, 6 Abbeville
Mews,
88 Clapham Park Road,
London SW4 7BX. Tel: 020 7498 5252, email:post@worldmusic.net, or www.worldmusic.net.
What a difference! Introduces primary-aged children to Herbert in Uganda. The poster, story, photos, activity ideas and the worship piece help the children find out how debt relief has made a difference to his life. The children are encouraged to think about the differences they can make to others’ lives.
Together we can make a difference - for 11-14 year olds. Looks at the issues of debt and debt relief - which is making a huge difference to the lives of boys in the Arapai Youth Group, Uganda. Leaflet contains key background information and numerous ideas for teaching, and an assembly. A separate sheet is aimed directly at pupils, to enable them to investigate how the Arapai boys are taking responsibility for their lives.Global Gang
Christian Aid’s new website for children www.globalgang.org.uk is the online version of the popular children’s newspaper, Global Gang. Both the paper and web site now have a supplement, Planet Teacher, with everything teachers need to bring global citizenship into the classroom, through cross-curricular lesson plans and activities. For a copy, please phone 020 7523 2248 or log onto the website in ADEC's links page.
Young person’s guide to sustainability. The sturdy suitcase
contains:
Storybook with characters who give clues to finding out about
sustainability
issues; Posters of main characters; Elemental passports and stickers;
Map
scrolls for the elements, fire, water, earth and air.
Available on loan from ADEC
Film investigates the social and environmental issues facing banana
plantation workers and farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean. With
teaching notes. For Business Studies, Geography and Art at KS4.
Available on loan from ADEC
Survival's new activity pack for 8 to 12 year olds is for use with primary and secondary pupils of differing abilities and has been specifically designed to support curriculum requirements for Citizenship and Literacy in England and Wales; Environmental Studies in Scotland; and Education for Mutual Understanding in Northern Ireland. It includes extensive background information for the teacher on the lives of the Yanomami, Ba-aka and Chukchee peoples and the three children who are central to the pack.
Free primary and secondary teaching packs about Fair Trade and
CHOCOLATE!
For Citizenship, PSHE, Geography and RE at Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3.
Pa Pa Paa unwraps all the secrets behind chocolate and its journey
to our shop shelves. Pa Pa Paa means, literally, the best of the best.
It is the trademark of the fairly traded cocoa growers in Ghana. They
have
the fairest practices and produce the best beans to give us the best
chocolate.
Order the free primary or secondary pack from: Education Direct, Pa
Pa Paa Teaching Packs, PO Box 105, Rochester, ME2 4BE.
Oxfam 2000
Teaching about disasters and development for ages 11 to 16? Then this
book helps students look behind the headlines:
Why do disasters happen? Can they be prevented? What can be done to
help?
Could it happen here?
Dealing with Disasters includes:
3 curriculum links for Geography, Citizenship, PSHE, English, and RE
3 clear background information on floods, earthquakes,
hurricanes,
& famine which will support non-specialist teachers
3 high-quality black and white photographs from Oxfam’s extensive
picture
library which provide a unique insight into the lives of affected
communities
3 new case study material, focusing particularly on Bangladesh
3 classroom activities with photocopiable worksheets for students
Available on loan from ADEC or from Oxfam price £13 (Tel:
01865 313478).
Oxfam Country Profile 2000
Book, with personal testimonies from six Cambodian families whose lives
have been shaped by the past 30 years of conflict and turmoil, examines
the tensions within a nation now undergoing great changes as it
prepares
to claim its place in the advanced economies of South East Asia. Case
studies
describe campaigns to deal with landmines and AIDS-related illness, and
initiatives to rebuild trust and break with the nation’s violent past.
Available on loan from ADEC or from Oxfam price £6.95 (01865
313744)
VETAID 2000
Video filmed in Tanzania, Mozambique and the Scottish Borders. Explores
the importance of livestock in development, draws parallels between
challenges
facing live-stock keepers in the North and South and encourages
reflection
about the roles that individuals, organisations and governments play in
development.
Suitable for use with youth and community groups as well as late
secondary,
eg key stage 4 Citizenship .
Available on loan from ADEC or from VETAID price £5, tel: 0131
445 6241
Exploring people’s values and views about the issues of biodiversity
and genetic engineering
Christian Aid 2000
Video and Teaching Pack for use with 11-14 year olds.
Focuses on a traditional farming community in rural India. Combines
the concepts of biodiversity and responsibility for the environment
with
the issues surrounding genetic engineering. Investigates dilemmas
facing
small-scale farmers and considers how different beliefs and values may
affect choices. For Key Stage 3 RE, Citizenship and PSHE.
Available on loan from ADEC or from Christian Aid, PO Box 100, SE1
7RT, price £ 12.99. ADEC user comment: "A
bit disappointing - little on traditional farming methods, which is
what
would be useful... Video was useful."
The following resources link to ADEC's
current projects on Agenda
21 and Waste
Minimisation.
They are available for members to borrow. (This is only a
selection
- we have many more!)
'Agenda 21 in Special Schools' (ADEC)
‘Rescue Mission Planet Earth - A Children’s Edition of Agenda 21’
‘The D.I.Y. Earth Summit Pack’
‘Earth Tales - Anthology and Guide for English Teachers’ (Channel 4
& WWF)
Videos: ‘Green Animation - Cartoons to Change the World’ (WWF)
‘Ecotoons’ (WWF). ADEC user
comment: "Useful
- both very good for putting across ‘eco - information’ in a fun
way.Will probably get our own copy!"
‘The Global Environment’. ADEC
user comment: "Didn’t
use, but I think it is very good... would like my own copy!"
‘Making One World'
Simulation Games and Role-plays: ‘Global Warning’ (Oxfam)
‘Decisions About Sustainable
Development’
‘African Village’
‘Learning For Life - Agriculture and Development in Equatorial
Uganda’
‘Picking Up The Threads - Sustainable Development on the Altiplano,
Bolivia’
‘Credit to the Poor - Sustainable Development in the Andes’
(each of the above resources from ActionAid contains 10 A4 ph