This page contains
details of resources and links to help support teaching and learning
on issues related to poverty reduction.
Global
Dimension
Search the Global Dimension database under the theme of ‘poverty’ for an extensive list
of resources.
Make
Poverty History
The Make Poverty History campaign website includes an extensive
section for schools containing information about
taking action, relevant resources, and local contacts.
Make Poverty History Pack
One of several teaching packs from CAFOD, this pack aimed at KS2
and KS3 includes stories, worksheets, and assemblies introducing
the core
themes of
the Make
Poverty History campaign - debt, aid, and trade.
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: The Challenge of Globalisation
Description: Provides a framework through which young
people can gain an understanding of the complex issue of globalisation.
It explores
not only the economic and geographical aspects of globalisation but
also the moral and ethical debates which concern young people's lives.
Publication Date: Mar 2003
Publisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 1870727576
Price: £14.00
Title: Globalisation, What's it all About?
Description: This text includes activities and information aimed at
stimulating and supporting classroom work on globalisation and the
questions raised by it. Information is provided about websites, which
students are encouraged to browse.
Publication Date: Dec 2001
Publisher: Birmingham DEC
ISBN: 0948838698
Price: £7.25
Title: Young Lives, Global Goals: Teaching About
Children, Poverty and the UN Millenium Development Goals
Description: This resource pack aims to raise issues, stimulate debate
and generate discussion on the international community's
commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which
aim to eradicate
poverty by 2015.
The activities in the pack explore
the MDGs, and the underlying development issues, focusing on the lives
of eight young people from four countries.
Publication date: Dec 2004
Publisher: Save the Children
ISBN: 1841871001
Price: £23.71
Title: Sustainable Human Development: A Young People's Introduction
Description: A colourful and accessible reference
book based on UN human development reports (1990-2000), adapted
for young people. It covers areas including inequality, consumption,
population, human rights and peace, and illustrates the findings
of the reports with graphs, flags, pictures, quotations, maps and
poems. Sustainable Human Development enables young people to
understand that development is not just about economics, but also
standards of health, level of education and general happiness of
a country's people. The book includes questions and activities.
Publication Date: Dec 2002
Publisher: Peace Child International
Price: £7.99
Title: Looking beyond the Brochure: Texts and Activities
for Secondary English on a Tourism Theme
Description: This teaching pack and video examines
issues related to tourism in the Gambia and focuses on on sustainable
development, global rights and responsibilities and fair economic relationships.
It allows students to consider different view points, express insights
in writing, communicate opinions and analyse language in different
genres. Available from Tourism
Concern
Publication Date: Dec 1999
Publisher: Tourism Concern
Price: £20.00
Primary and Secondary
Title: Educating for Sustainability: A Resource
for Teachers of Children Aged 7-14 Years
Description: This resource combines information
on sustainable development themes with case studies and classroom
activities which draw
on children's own experience.
Publication Date: 25 Sep 2002
Publisher: DEC Birmingham and NEA Gambia
ISBN: 0948838760
Price: £6.75
Title: Exploring
Our World: Investigating Issues of Interdependence and Social Justice
in the 21st Century
Description: This resource covers topics such as sustainable
development, trade, child work, debt and refugees. It provides students
with geographical knowledge and opportunities to develop their understanding
of issues of inequality and social justice at local and global levels.
Publication Date: Dec 2001
Publisher: One World Centre for Northern Ireland
Price: £22.51
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: £5.00 per copy, available through the Global
Express website or by contacting Jane Angel: 0161 445 2495 |
