This page contains
details of resources, links and publications to help support teaching
and learning on issues related to Resources.
Global
Dimension
Search the Global Dimension database under
the themes ‘Debt’ or ‘Aid’ for an extensive list of resources.
Who Rules the World
A secondary multimedia resource from the International Broadcasting
Trust. Explores issues relating to the world as a global community and
provides insight into how international institutions work and behave.
The resource includes a website, two videos, accompanying booklet, teachers
notes and classroom activities. Part I raises questions about power and
how the international community should respond to global issues. Part
3 investigates the role of the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and focuses on the negotiations
between the World Bank, the IMF and the Ugandan government over debt
relief.
Just Business
This website provides information and activities about global and
ethical issues for Business Studies and Economics teachers. In
addition to
recommending materials the resources section includes a range of
free teaching materials that can be downloaded and printed or photocopied.
These include several role play exercises for teaching about international
debt, tourism and deforestation as well as selected activities and
case studies.
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: Third
World Debt: Drop It: Just What Is Third World Debt and
What Can Young People Do About It?
Description: This short video uses young people's
voices to make connections between personal debts in the UK and international
debt and reveals the reality of debt
and its impact on millions of lives. It features students
from Birmingham who were asked to set the annual budget for a developing
country hampered by debt repayments, natural disasters and unfair international
trade rules. The video, together with lesson plans and workshop
and activity ideas are available from the Jubilee
Debt Campaign website.
Publication Date: Sept 2004
Publisher: Jubilee Debt Campaign
Price: Suggested donation £10
Title: Life
After Debt
Description: This video pack uses three films shot
in Uganda to examines the positive impact
of debt
relief on the lives of ordinary people in the country.
The films show the real improvement in the lives of the poor in
the areas of education, farming and health. A booklet contains background
information
and six classroom activities to encourage debate about debt relief.
Publication
Date: 01 May 2002
Publisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 1870727533
Price: £9.10
Title: Young
Lives, Global Goals: Teaching About
Children, Poverty and the UN Millennium Development Goals
Description: In 2000, world leaders committed themselves to taking
action to eradicate poverty. They set themselves eight goals - the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - to be reached by 2015. This
resource pack aims to raise issues, stimulate debate and generate
discussion
on the international community’s commitment to achieving these
goals. 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:1 84187 100 1
Price: £23.71
Primary and Secondary
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: 31 Dec 2000
Publisher: Christian Aid
ISBN: 0904379469
Price: £14.00
Title: Change the World in 8 Steps
Description: A pack of nine full colour posters designed to introduce
pupils to the eight Millennium Development Goals. The issues covered
by the posters include:
•
Trade, aid and debt
•
Education
•
Environment
•
HIV/AIDS
•
Poverty and hunger
•
Gender
Publication Date: 01 Apr 2005
Publisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 1870727681
Price: £15.00
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 |
