This page contains
resources and links to help support teaching and learning on issues
related to Governance.
Web-links
Global
Dimension
Search the Global Dimension database under the themes 'democracy', 'economy',
'global citizenship', 'government', 'natural resources' or 'participation' for
an extensive list of resources.
Citizenship Foundation
The Citizenship Foundation aims to empower individuals to engage
in the wider community through education about the law, democracy
and
society. The organisation focuses particularly on developing young
people’s citizenship skills, knowledge and understanding. The
website contains ideas for teaching about democracy and
governance.
Global Express: Justice in Africa?
A new edition of this rapid response magazine series
for teachers of 8-14 year olds on world events and global issues
in the news.
The issue covers the Commission for Africa, post-colonial Africa, Economics,
International bodies, African initiatives and UK advocacy, as well
as teaching activities and recommended
resources.
It provides a useful ntroduction to current issues
on Africa and is ideal to inform activities and events related to
Make Poverty
History, Live 8 and the G8 events. Available from Manchester Development
Education Project at £2.50 per copy or contact Jane
Angel Tel: 0161 445 2495
President for A Day Resource
An innovative CD-ROM resource provides a great hands-on way to
introduce young people to challenges faced by many African governments.
The CD is a game which asks young people to become the leader of a
fictional African country. It presents several challenges and
questions through three special advisors, who present reports about
whether to
borrow money, whether to buy arms, and other important decisions.
Young People's Commission for Africa website - the outcome of a project
which linked 25 UK schools with 25 schools in Africa between January
and June 2005. The teacher
resources section contains fact sheets and lesson plans/ideas.
Publications
The following publications may be available for teachers to
borrow or purchase from a local Development Education Centre (DEC). Click
here to find your nearest DEC. Unless otherwise stated, all the
publications are also available through the Oxfam
catalogue where resources can be found quickly by title or ISBN
and ordered online.
Secondary
Title: Citizen, State and Nation
Description: This book is part of the Changing Geography series, which
aims to introduce topics being debated and researched at universities
to young people in schools. Citizen, State and Nation examines citizenship
both in the traditional sense of the relationship to the state, and
in the broader sense of our relationship to wider society both nationally
and globally. It explores what this might mean in an increasingly
globalised world. Issues of culture, belonging, inclusion, and exclusion
underpin the discussion.
Publication Date: Sep 2004
Publisher: Geographical Association
ISBN: 1843770946
Price: £10.75
Title: Global Lines: A Citizenship Teaching Resource
for Secondary Schools
Description: A citizenship teaching resource for secondary
schools
which aims to help young people understand the world around them and, in particular,
to understand conflict situations. It features:
• case study material from Rwanda, Bosnia and Northern Ireland
• extensive resource material, including role cards, signs, posters, information
cards and maps
• a wide range of photographs
• activities to analyse media coverage and understand the way photos are
used by the press
• details on the role of humanitarian agencies in conflict situations
Global Lines gives students the chance to look critically and closely at situations
and locations not usually covered by the school curriculum.
Publication Date: Sep 2004
Publisher: British Red Cross Society
Price: £32.00
Title: Refugees – We left because we had to
Description: This book includes background information, case studies
and activities on:
• Refugees in history
• Refugees in Britain
•
Refugees in today’s world
• How we receive refugees
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 0946787042
Price: £21.00
Title: Talking Rights, Taking Responsibility
Description: This resource comprises 30 activities in six structured
units for introducing the UN convention on the Rights of the Child.
Through discussion of values in everyday life, young people learn
about their rights and accompanying responsibilities.
Publication Date: Dec 1998
Publisher: UNICEF
ISBN: 1871440149
Price: £14.00
Primary and Secondary
Title: Global Express: Justice in Africa?
Description: A new edition of this rapid response
magazine series for teachers of 8-14 year olds on world events and
global issues in the news. This issue
covers
the
Commission
for Africa, post-colonial Africa, Economics, International bodies, African
initiatives and UK advocacy, as well as teaching activities and recommended
resources. Provides a useful introduction to current issues on Africa and
is ideal to inform activities and events leading into Make Poverty History,
Live 8 and the G8 events.
Publication date: July 2005
Publisher: Manchester
Development Education Project (DEP)
Price: £2.50 per copy, available through
the
Global Express
website or by contacting Jane
Angel Tel:
0161 445 2495
Title: Education for Citizenship: Ideas into Action
- A Practical Guide for Teachers of Pupils Aged 7-14
Description: This book examines the inclusion of
citizenship in the modern curriculum. It provides practical guidance
on how to
incorporate citizenship into the curriculum and summarises the research
available.
Publication Date: Feb 2002
Publisher: Routledge Falme
ISBN: 041523431X
Price: £24.99
Title: Let's Work Together: An Active Citizenship
Pack
Description: This case study of citizenship in Kenya
helps pupils define their own views on rights and responsibilities.
It uses real interviews
with Kenyans within a single community to explore the links between
rights, responsibilities and taking action.
Publication Date: Dec 2001
Publisher: Action Aid
ISBN:
Price: £18.75 Title: Citizenship
in Common?: Introducing Key Ideas About the Relationship Between
Europe and Africa
Description: This pack raises awareness of the nature
of the relationship between Europe and Africa, focusing on history,
trade patterns, the distribution of wealth, and visions of the future.
Citizenship in Common helps to increase pupils' understanding of the
idea that Europe as a whole has relationships with other parts of the
world and will stimulate discussion of the issues this raises.
Publication Date: Dec 2002
Publisher: TIDE
ISBN: 0948838833
Price: £14.30
Title: Local Citizen; Global Citizen
Description: This pack aims to help children explore
and understand the concepts of development, interdependence and
relationships. It starts with the familiar local environment and
works through to global issues. The three self-contained but inter-linked
units contain introductory, core and follow up activities supported
by case studies of children round the world. Each unit integrates
PSE/PSD/PSHE and citizenship across the curriculum.
Publication Date: Dec 2000
Publisher: Christian Aid
ISBN: 0904379469
Price: £14.00
Title: Time for Rights: Activities for Citizenship
Description: Explores citizenship and rights in
relation to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Through
role play, cartoons, stories, poems and a wide variety of activities,
the book looks at what rights mean to an individual child, in the
family, in the school and in the community.
Publication Date: Sep 2002
Publisher: UNICEF / Save the Children
ISBN: 1871440246
Price: £11.00
Title: Developing Rights
Description: This new pack is made up of a copy
of an English Book and Welsh Worksheets. The pack is for PSE/PSD
teachers and starts with young people's own concerns, examining
these in terms of rights issues and placing them in a social and
global context. It seeks to help young people, through case studies,
to take responsibility for claiming and maintaining rights for
themselves and others.
Publication Date: July 2005
Publisher: Oxfam
Price: £14.00
Primary
Title: Young Citizens: Children as Active Citizens around
the World - a Teaching Pack for Key Stage 2
Description: Handbook giving teaching strategies to help pupils
see how young people can contribute to developing their communities.
Case studies with photographs and points to stimulate discussion.
Publication Date: May 2002
Publisher: Save the Children Fund
ISBN: 1841870579
Price: £16.50 Title: Partners in Rights: Creative Activities Exploring Rights and
Citizenship for 7-11 Year Olds
Description: This photocopiable resource explores
rights and citizenship issues. Using the creative and expressive arts,
pupils using this pack should gain
a solid understanding of the concepts of rights and responsibilities,
learn to respect diversity both locally and globally, and explore contemporary
moral and social issues in a new way. The book contains a wealth of
material that captures the individual voices and experiences of young
people in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Publication Date: Dec 2000
Publisher: Save the Children
ISBN: 1841870277
Price: £12.24
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