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Find out more about the Global Dimension and download global citizenship teaching resources. Teaching resources on the US oil spillThe Geographical Association has put together an excellent web page with lots of ideas for teaching secondary students about the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana - click here. The Times Educational Supplement has also brought together resources for different age groups to help teach about the spill, ranging from video clips explaining how it happened and what its effects might be, to suggestions for creative writing, such as a front-page article. They are free to use, but you may need to register with TES to download some of them - click here. SoundAffects Education: Innovative global citizenship audio resource available nowThe first ten SoundAffects Education global citizenship audio Topics are now available to download or buy on DVD from the SoundAffects website. SoundAffects Education uses professionally recorded audio of children in the global south talking about issues which affect their lives to connect children in classrooms world-wide. Each Topic fills between two and five lessons, and consists of a number of short audio clips, supported by still images, transcripts, background notes, curriculum links, and simple structured lesson plans prepared by experienced education writers. Key Stage 1 Topics Key Stage 2 Topics Key Stage 3 Topics
Refugee welcome Warm greetings help make the world go round. But how do you say how-do in, say, Somali, Urdu or Tamil? Mark Refugee Week in linguistic style - click here. Food in AfricaThis lively, fast-moving, photo and video-based lesson will help challenge over-simplistic views about food in Africa - click here. Cumbria ShootingsA stop-press section of the Red Cross News think! bulletin - click here. World Cup resources from Self Help Africa and Send A CowSelf Help Africa and Send A Cow are teaming up with schools to score a goal against hunger this summer. Both organisations have been working for many years supporting farming families in African countries to grow enough food, earn an income and gain better access to water, education and health care. They have put together some fun footie ideas for schools, including a lesson plan with teachers' notes, an interactive assembly, a short film, animal stickers and some easy activities. Find out more... Football and Freedom - Exploring South Africa's History, Culture and Context Football and Freedom is a resource pack bursting with fun and informative teaching resources and activities for teaching children about South Africa through football. It enables teachers to use the excitement around the World Cup 2010 as a motivation for learning about South Africa. Although this pack has been produced for the World Cup year, most of the materials can be used at any time for teaching about South Africa. SoundAffects Education New Global Citizenship Teaching Resource Available June 2010 The SoundAffects charity uses professionally recorded audio to connect children in classrooms world-wide, to enhance their understanding of the diversity of today's world, and equip them to be better citizens of tomorrow's global community. This innovative educational resource will be available to download from the SoundAffects website from June 2010. Climate change resources from actionaidThere are six new climate change resources avaliable from actionaid - click here to download. Global Learning Through Global Weeks: A practical guideCheshire DEC have produced a publication Global Learning Through Global Weeks - A practical guide which will be a guide for teachers who wish to run a Global Focus week in their school. This guide is available from Cheshire DEC for £6.50 plus p&p. To order a copy, please call them on 01244 347880 or email info@cheshiredec.org with your address details. Campaign! Make an Impact - resources from the British Library Campaign! Make an Impact is an innovative initiative that uses history to inspire young people into active citizenship. This is a national programme in partnership with the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives) Council that is being rolled out across England in 2009/11, funded through the DCMS/DCSF Strategic Commissioning Programme.
Young people leave the programme feeling that they know and are able to change aspects of their world, a valuable lesson that helps increase self esteem. Resources to support teaching about the UK General ElectionAs part of its Votes at 16 campaign, the Co-op has produced a series of lesson plans and resources to engage students in the upcoming election. The lessons consider ways in which young people can ensure their voices are heard, and explore the power of the vote. The resources are suitable for both specialist and non specialist teachers of Citizenship, but are also of use to teachers of Politics, History and Humanities. Click here to download.
Regional Global / International newsletterClick here to download the Spring/Summer newsletter. Going Up, Growing Up - Peer education for global citizenship; a tool for transitionTransition from primary to secondary school can be daunting, with many children finding it hard to adapt to the larger, more complex social environment in which they find themselves in secondary school. This NEW teacher handbook supports teachers in easing pupils' transition, using global dimension and peer education methodologies. The handbook is designed to train older pupils to act as peer educators, thus empowering and inspiring pupils in the late stages of primary school, and helping to bridge the gap between the two. The peer educators learn then teach about important topics in the modern world whilst gaining a range of skills relating to communication, facilitation and the importance of respect for others as equals. Buy online at the dep website or contact DEP for more information, 0161 921 8020 RISC's March e-news
Haiti earthquake resourceA resource including photo, powerpoint and audio material - Click here Right to food resource An explanation of the right to food and issues relating to hunger and poverty, plus activity ideas - Click here New Online CPD Units from the Geographical AssociationTwo new sets of free CPD courses have been launched on the GA website. For primary - My Place, Your Place, Our Place explores the relationships between identity and place by drawing on some key geographical processes and understanding - click here. For secondary -Exploring the Geography of Food looks at the relationships between food and the secondary geography curriculum - click here. An Archaeology of 'Race' - Free online teaching pack Research has shown that in areas with low numbers of BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) pupils, racial prejudice is often most deep-seated and widespread. In addition, the growth of far-right groups in the country has become a cause for concern. Part of race equality teaching is helping pupils to understand their multicultural origins, and dispelling the myth that Britishness is synonymous with a white, mono-ethnic, religious and cultural background. For further information, and to download the pack, click here. European Parliament 'Euro Academy' new website for Key Stages 3 and 4'Euro Academy' is the new Citizenship resource from the UK Office of the European Parliament. EuroAcademy has been designed as a hub for free resources to assist teachers and students studying about the European Union and the European Parliament. To check out the site, click here. The focal point of EuroAcademy is a role-play game based on a disaster scenario called Crisis Point - click here. Students have the opportunity to act out the roles of citizens, MEPs and European Commissioners. They will work together to save not just their school but also Europe from the threat of a pandemic. Key facts about Crisis Point: - Teaches about the European Union in a fun and engaging way If you're interested in using Crisis Point, it can be downloaded from the website or you can apply for a printed pack to be sent to your school (for FREE!) Also, EuroAcademy and Crisis Point will be at the Education Show in Birmingham on 4 - 6 March at the NEC, Stand No. M47 in Hall 6. Purandare - an artist to support Global Dimension work C K Purandare is an artist based in Derby whose paintings are based on contemporary events, political ideas and depictions of marginalised groups, from both the developing and developed worlds. These paintings can be used as powerful and evocative stimuli to a variety of work on the Global Dimension with different audiences - school pupils, youths, teachers and a variety of development education educators. Educating for a Global Future - new resource from Leeds DEC Teaching the global dimension but don't know what impact it's having on learning? The CD has been written as part of Leeds DEC's continuing work with secondary schools and is being used by schools in the Educating for a Global Future DFID-funded national project, working with other DECs across England supporting schools make progress in delivering the global dimension in the curriculum.
The CD is available for sale price £9.99 to schools and education professionals. For further information contact Leeds DEC, tel: 0113 3805660, Leeds Development Education Centre, Roundhay Road Resources Centre, 233-237 Roundhay Rd, Leeds LS18 4DE. The Globe - Global Dimensions January e-newsletterClick here to read the e-newsletter. Haiti Earthquake ResourcesOxfam Youth and Schools has produced resources on the Haiti Earthquake, which can be accessed online - click here The resources consist of an assembly/presentation with notes and links to Oxfam's 'Dealing with Disasters' on-line pack and the fund-raising in schools booklet. Oxfam is in the forefront of bringing emergency humanitarian assistance to the people of Haiti and is committed to working in the country long term. Please use the resources which give an overview of Haiti's History and background and why this had impacted on the current disaster. Sustainability Matters in Design & Technology - new resource from Practical ActionThis pack aims to help teachers deliver the increased emphasis on sustainability within new GCSE courses. The pack contains a CD-ROM with six presentations covering Electronics, Food Technology, Graphics, Product Design, Systems & Control and Textile Design. Each section includes linked teachers' notes and photocopiable sheets for students on the topics of:
The pack also includes a set of 12 postcards, each focusing on a different designer, to support students' website research and understanding of how designers use the six Rs to develop inspirational products. Photo news quiz 2009The ever-popular photo quiz for 2009 is now available: high-quality news Tsunami – five years on A lesson plan to help teachers mark the five-year anniversary of the Climate's Tipping Points - online resourceWWF and Allianz have produced a report entitled Major Tipping Points in the Earth's Climate System and Consequences for the Insurance Sector. This is available online together with a set of videos outlining tipping points relating to drought, ice melting, changing oceans, dying forests and changing eco-systems. Whilst not produced specifically for an education audience, the videos are a potentially useful teaching and research resource for upper secondary students. Download the resource here. Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January) Post-16 Citizenship ResourceThe LSIS Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme has put together some citizenship resources using Holocaust Memorial Day as a focus. The first activity asks young people to discuss and choose from a range of possible activities that they could undertake in their institution. The 2009 theme for HMD was ‘Stand Up to Hatred', and the second activity focuses on that theme. Download the resource here. Multicultural, RE and Curriculum Resource CentreOn 18 November, the Multicultural, RE and Curriculum Resource Centre based at Quorn Hall (Meynell Road, Leicestershire LE12 8BG) held an Open Day. Please click here for information about the Centre. Global Education Derby - New resources catalogue
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This 15-minute Key Stage 3 Global Citizenship programme from Teachers TV features different aspects of emergency relief and other aspects of work by the International Red Cross. The clips include child soldiers in Sierra Leone, disaster prevention in Bangladesh, delivering aid in Afghanistan and aiding landmine victims in Bosnia. As the programme includes images of war, teachers are advised to view the programme in full for suitability before showing it in class.
The programme is next being shown on Teachers TV at 12:15 on 26 September, but can be viewed online where there are also support materials provided by the British Red Cross.
The UNFCCC Copenhagen summit on Climate Change is fast approaching in December 2009. Plan International UK, a child-centred development agency facilitated an International Climate Change Education project 'Make the Link, Be the Change' which projected youth voices from 12 countries worldwide enabling them to discuss climate change impacts, adaptation and advocacy. See the fantastic work by young people on www.plan-ed.org and www.planmtl.org.
The project sought young people's agency on an unprecedented global issue and now the young people are preparing to present the voices in Copenhagen in a new autumn project 'Global Warning - The Voice of Youth'. In the run up to the UN Copenhagen Climate Change summit Plan UK have developed free innovative Citizenship and Geography lesson plans and peer education materials about climate change and the COP15 Summit. All teachers and educators can engage young people in climate change issues and enhance their KS3 Citizenship curriculum or youth group sessions through free innovative learning materials and are encouraged to invite trained young people to co-facilitate a workshop at your school or youth group.
Please visit this website dedicated to the project to upload a short application form. Email your completed application form to plan-ed and you will gain free access to the resources and a chance to win a trip to represent young voices on climate change.
Show Racism the Red Card has launched an Education Pack to combat racism towards Gypsy, Roma and Travellers. Though primarily aimed at schools and colleges, it is valuable as a more general resource. It is easy to read, contains a mass of information and aims to address common misconceptions and myths as well as increase awareness and understanding.
Click here to download the pack.
Bridges has been commissioned by Self Help Africa, a NGO working with farmers in Africa, to produce a range of school resources for KS1 - 4, including activities to support Citizenship, Healthy Schools and Sustainable schools. These activities, written by Sylvia Ruxton from Bridges, have been reviewed and trialled by teachers and will be available as free downloads from the Self Help Africa website in September.
Show Racism the Red Card has launched Out of Site, a new Education Pack to combat racism towards Gypsy Roma Travellers (GRT). The pack is produced in partnership with Durham Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service and in collaboration with highly respected academics and experts in the field of GRT, as well as with Gypsy, Roma, and Travellers themselves.
Feedback for the new resource has been extremely positive, Sylvester Huczko of the Roma Support Group says "I think the 'Out of Site' pack is one of the best GRT packs I have seen in years. It has good exercises, true facts and good figures [and] is extremely informative and sharp: it is a pack to be proud of."
The pack is downloadable free of charge from www.srtrc.org/news/news-and-events?news=480
In December 2009, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to decide how the world will tackle climate change. As part of a year of action on this issue, Oxfam has produced a range of climate change teaching resources, "challenging learners to understand this controversial and contemporary human crisis, and encouraging them to actively participate in a range of actions to address it". The resources include video clips and a range of downloadable activities, and have been posted on a page on Oxfam's education website set up to help teachers to teach students about the impact of climate change on poor people and, in particular women. The resources are suitable for ages 13-16 and can be amended to meet the needs of younger and older students. www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/climate_change_poverty_women/
Read ActionAid's latest edition of PowerDown, which calls for a global political earthquake to ensure a good deal at the make or break climate change talks in Copenhagen in December 2009.
Water Works: Do we have equal rights to resources? by Sarah Watts, and Changing My World: What difference can we make to the climate? by Nicky Batchen are the sixth and seventh titles to be published in this ten-part series. Each title contains approximately 10 hours of lesson plans, comes with a CD featuring a wealth of images and ready-to-use lesson resources and is priced at £9.78 for GA members or £14.67 for non-members. Order online at www.geographyshop.org.uk, by phoning 0114 296 0088 or by sending a fax to 0114 296 7176. The GA has also produced a web page to teach about the geography behind the Swine Influenza Pandemic, see www.geography.org.uk/resources/swineinfluenza/
Click here to read the lastest enews from Reading International Solidarity Centre focusing on Global Citizenship and the Outdoor Classroom. With increased emphasis on school gardens from DCSF, this issue explores how a school garden/outside environment can be used to deliver the key concepts of Global Citizenship. It also includes information about two exciting new projects at RISC.
Sir Jim Rose has completed his Review of the Primary Curriculum for DCSF. DEA has been involved throughout the process but much more needs to be done to ensure that global learning is integrated throughout the new curriculum, particularly in the 'Essentials for learning and life'.
QCA is now holding a public consultation at www.qca.org.uk/curriculumconsultation until 24 July 2009. The consultation is about four separate areas:
It is extremely important that DEA members feed into this consultation. There are a number of ways to do this:
Please note that this review and consultation by DCSF and QCA is separate to Prof Robin Alexander's Cambridge Primary Review (www.primaryreview.org.uk). However, the outcomes of the Cambridge Review are well worth reading and may inform your response.
This free pack includes six activities for use in secondary schools, post-16 and youth settings to explore peace and nuclear issues. Students can explore:
CND have taken an imaginative, active-learning approach with this pack. It enables students to investigate a range of arguments, including opinions that may not be their own, and consider these controversial issues in an engaging and interactive way, developing their critical thinking and enquiry skills.
Order hard copy or download PDFs of each activity from www.cnduk.org/index.php/information/peace-education/peace-education.html
This pack has four sets of teaching notes exploring conflict and international humanitarian law for secondary schools. In each set an award-winning, thought-provoking photo is a stimulus for students to explore an aspect of conflict. Teaching notes comprising six activities look in detail at the photo and at broader themes via discussion, role-play and creative writing. The pack provides a good basis for approaching the issue of human rights in wartime and for generating in-depth discussion and debate around this theme.
Price £13.99 for bundle of four photocards with teaching notes. Can also be purchased separately for £6.99 each. Welsh versions are also available to download. Further details at: www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=87560.
This eco-footprinting activity from the Centre for Alternative Technology is suitable for all age groups from upper primary upwards, including adult groups. It enables students to investigate how much land and energy is used to make consumer goods by analysing all the stages in their production cycle. They work out the life cycle of a product from beginning to end by using a set of cards that represent stages in production, use and disposal. This raises awareness of all the various impacts that arise from producing and consuming items and leads to discussion of issues that relate to the impact of production and consumption, such as trade, poverty and employment. It also helps with understanding of how "eco footprints" are calculated.
As well as the instructions and the cards to use in the activity, the pack contains a booklet which explains how how the activity can fit into different subject areas. It also addresses the various issues raised in clear and simple language and provides pointers for where to get additional information.
Price: £30.95. Order from the online shop at www.cat.org.uk (choose Education and Skills, then CAT Educational Resources.
Download the latest newsletter (March 2009) from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
Eye to EyeEye to Eye resources on child labour are available at www.savethechildren.org.uk/eyetoeye
They range from Humanities to Spanish and have been specifically designed for secondary schools. Teachers can order these resources free from Save the Children UK or download them directly. The resources provide a unique window into the lives of working children. This is a fantastic opportunity for teachers to develop their Global Development Education skills.
The Prince’s Rainforests Project (PRP) for Schools offers free lesson plans and activity ideas that will help you teach children aged 3 to 18 about the importance of the world’s rainforests, biodiversity and sustainability.
PRP is asking schools to sign up through the PRP schools website and give their voice to stop rainforest destruction. There site also provides free resources, lesson plans, CDs, videos, assembly ideas, and a World Photographic Competition for Schools. Sign up at www.princesrainforestsproject.org/schools.
Indigenous People represents groups of African and Peruvian musicians. Find out more here or visit www.indigenouspeople.org.uk
Dave Hicks, internationally recognised for his work on global and futures perspectives in the curriculum, now has a new website, Teaching for a Better World at www.teaching4abetterworld.co.uk.
The Holocaust Centre has produced a new resource, History Speaks, which is made available free to schools in the UK. Find out more at www.historyspeaks.org.uk or download their leaflet here. They also offer video conferencing for schools with Holocaust and Genocide Survivors. The Holocaust Centre houses an exhibition for young children aged nine and above.
British Red Cross Education web page offers lesson plans and assembly kits on various topics, ideal for citizenship education.
‘Hand in Hand’ is a resource pack from the Refugee Council designed to help schools and community organisations work together to meet the needs of refugees and asylum seekers in secondary education. This resource pack has also been created to help foster community cohesion by engaging parents and carers of refugees, and the wider community, in inclusive education activities.
This resource is a good starting point for teachers, school administrators, local authorities as well as refugee community organisations (RCOs) working on behalf of refugee and asylum seekers in education. Education practitioners and RCO representatives who are more familiar with the issues and activities covered by this resource pack will also find new materials and suggestions.
Download the pack as a PDF from: www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2008/inclusiveschools.htm (scroll to bottom of page for link).
As we face the current financial crisis we see people losing jobs, homes, and their faith in the system. The world is experiencing skyrocketing fuel and food prices, ensuring the poorest cannot meet basic needs but are instead descending in to a crippling spiral of poverty.
Sign up on the Jubilee Debt Campaign website for free resources to help you communicate credit and debt on a global scale to a young audience and get them discussing how to create a better world: www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/schoolsignup.
As we look for a fair, accountable reform of finance in this country, we must remember that many developing countries have been facing their own financial crisis for more than three decades based on a system that serves the rich. Go to www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk for more information on global debt.
Dogodogo tells the stories of eight Tanzanian street children who now live in the Dogodogo Centre, Dar es Salaam. The book has been compiled with the help of the boys’ English teacher, Kasia Parham, who worked as a volunteer teacher at the centre. Kasia Parham is the wife of the British High Commissioner to Tanzania and has worked as a special needs teacher in the UK and Tanzania.
Dogodogo is suitable for a wide range of audiences and can be read by students at both primary and secondary level. The stories are told in the children’s own words and the colourful illustrations by the boys themselves add an extra personal touch. The stories themselves tackle a range of serious, global issues and provide many opportunities for discussion with more advanced readers.
The title can be used to address a number of themes in the classroom including: the developing world; comparative cultures; homelessness; children’s rights; community and family breakdown; poverty; infectious diseases; autobiographical writing and children’s writing.
Price: £6.99; ISBN: 978 0 230 72212 5; published by Macmillan. For large orders, contact Ellie Wilson, email: e.wilson@macmillan.com. For information about the Dogodogo Centre, contact dogodogo@bol.co.tz or visit www.dogodogocentre.org.
SHARED Futures is a new DVD and training resource pack, which aims to assist schools and youth groups in:
• welcoming refugee children and young people and other new arrivals
• promoting their well-being
• helping them and their families become part of their local communities.
The project is managed by Salusbury WORLD, and builds on the successful body of good practice developed by the organisation and its best-selling publication ‘Home from Home’. The project is funded by Comic Relief.
"A timely new educational resource. Anyone who wants to know why attitudes towards refugee children are changing should consult SHARED Futures.”
Liz Fekete, Institute of Race Relations
During 2007, SHARED Futures undertook research to capture existing effective practice within the UK, which has developed in recent years in schools, youth groups, local education authorities and the voluntary sector. This guided the selection of examples of effective practice that promote inclusion and integration, which have been filmed and are available as a DVD and supporting resource pack. For further details visit: www.sharedfutures.org.uk.
The project and its resources are for teachers and other practitioners working in primary and secondary schools, including teaching assistants, learning mentors, educational psychologists, Connexions advisers, and educational social workers. It will also be of relevance to practitioners working in other settings for children and young people in the wider community, such as youth and community services, supplementary and community schools, children’s centres and faith groups.
SHARED Futures offers support to schools and youth groups through free training workshops and consultancy. This is available to practitioners throughout the UK. Already SHARED Futures has supported, in collaboration with local and regional partners, a series of successful conferences and training workshops across the UK.
“I found the resources comprehensive and the session inspiring.”
Newcastle participant
For more information please contact Duncan Little, email: duncanlittle1234@hotmail.com or visit www.sharedfutures.org.uk.
“I cannot be fully me until you are fully you”
Archbishop Tutu
Since the Race Relations (Amendment) Act came into force in 2000 all public bodies, including schools, have a duty to promote good race relations between people of different racial, ethnic and religious groups. This duty is about preparing the pupils in our schools to live in a multi-cultural society whether they remain in their local area or move away to live in other parts of the country. It is not about political correctness but about ensuring fairness and justice for all individuals and groups.
In this booklet Cheshire DEC have highlighted some examples of the good practice that is going on in Cheshire schools which they hope will help school staff and governors to ensure that in their school their duty to promote race equality is laid down in the school race equality policy but, more importantly, is a thread that runs through all aspects of life in the school.
Price £4.95 including postage and packing from Cheshire DEC, tel: 01244 347880, email: info@cheshiredec.org.
This useful little booklet has been published by DCSF to support their Sustainable Schools Strategy, and is the latest in a series of 'Top Tips' for sustainable schools.
You can download it as a PDF from Teachernet click here or order hard copies from DCSF Publications at Prolog (email: dcsf@prolog.uk.com, tel: 0845 60 222 60) quoting the reference number DCSF-00683-2008LEF-EN.
The DEA produced the above teacher resource in 2004.
It covers:-
EMNGPS has 200 copies of this document. Please contact Annette with your postal if you would like free copies sent to you.
Sense is FEI's inspirational new magazine for fashion students covering everything from business ethics to sourcing fair trade fabrics, packed full of industry tips and profiles of students already designing an ethical industry.
The Living Wage is a new factsheet from FEI that looks at the concept of living wages and the various ways of quantifying it, considers what fashion brands and retailers have to say, and should be doing, about wages.
The Labour Behind the Label report Clean Up Fashion has been updated for 2008. It profiles the policies of high street retailers and reveals that many fashion brands need to take paying workers a living wage more seriously.
We Are What We Do is a social-enterprise charity which aims to get people to change the world through their everyday actions. DCSF has been working with them to produce a book for young people to raise awareness and inspire action on sustainable development.
The book Teach Your Granny to Text & Other World-changing Ideas was published on 2 October and has been produced using children's entries from WAWWD's 'Small Actions x Lots of People = Big Change' competition that was held last year. Much work has been done with schools to ensure that the book works as a practical resource for use in the classroom, and a free copy is being sent to every maintained school in England.
Further details about the book at Walker Books: www.walker.co.uk.
This toolkit responds to calls from schools for more practical advice. It is the product of discussions with young people, teachers, police, community representatives, and local authorities across the country.
The toolkit is aimed at school leaders for use in staff training, reviewing school practice and developing partnership working. It is for all schools, primary and secondary, across England. DIUS will be distributing a version adapted for further education colleges.
The toolkit gives background information on the threat from violent extremist groups of various kinds and on what might make young people vulnerable, and practical advice for building resilience and managing risks.
The printed version of the core sections of the toolkit can be downloaded. There is also a link to a more comprehensive on-line version of the guidance, which will shortly be published on teachernet.
Hard copies can be ordered from Prolog, reference: 00804-2008BKT-EN
Ofsted Report: Curriculum Innovation in schools focuses on curriculum innovation in schools and the factors that contribute to its success. The small scale survey that formed the basis of the report found that the innovations that most of the schools visited had made had improved pupils’ achievement and personal development. Successful change relied on strong leadership at all levels, a shared understanding of the reasons and need for innovation, and committed staff who had been prepared and trained carefully to implement change.
Ofsted Report: Learning outside the classroom: how far should you go? reveals that pupils’ participation and achievement can benefit significantly from getting involved with activities outside the classroom – but not all schools and colleges are reaping the full benefits, because some do not incorporate many off-site experiences into the curriculum.
Ofsted's Sustainable Development Action Plan 2008-09 includes the following commitments amongst others:
All schools have a statutory duty to promote Community Cohesion. The websites below highlight resources for bringing Community Cohesion issues into the curriculum and those to stimulate discussion about Community Cohesion as a concept.
Resources about teaching controversial issues:
Resources about ‘community cohesion’ issues:
www.understandingslavery.com
A website for teachers and educators offering visual material, background information and activities to teach young people about transatlantic slavery, bringing together items from the partner museums’ collections as well as new and revised lesson plans and activities for use in both formal and informal learning contexts.
www.understandingslavery.com/citizen
A website for KS3 students organised into four themes Activism, Heritage, Identity and Routes offering schools a rich bank of museum artefacts and archival material for research and study on-line and off-line.
UNESCO and UNEP have created an online kit giving guidance on sustainable consumption. Using accessible information, concrete examples and everyday language, the kit provides many facts and figures on sustainable consumption issues. It highlights the links between cultural, geographical and inter-generational factors and underlines how sustainable consumption directly relates to quality of life, efficient use of resources (both human and natural), reduction of waste, ethical issues such as child labour, animal cruelty, fair trade and general equality.
You can download the kit from: www.youthxchange.net.
The Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC) and CSV have developed an online active citizenship toolkit that supports teachers to encourage pupils to play an active role in community projects - http://citizenship.ascskills.org.uk .
The Play your Part website includes ideas, resources, activities and teaching aids designed to raise awareness of sustainable communities, inspire young people to play a part in improving their communities and develop the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to devise and run successful citizenship projects.
1 billion people – that’s one sixth of the world’s population – live in temporary settlements or slums. The United Nations estimates that by 2030, this figure will increase to 2 billion.
Soul Action is a joint initiative between the Tear Fund and Soul Survival. It supports projects that are seeking to bring about positive change in poor communities in South Africa, Zimbabwe and around the world.
The Schools section of the Soul Action website includes downloadable PDF resources about slum life including a Key Stage 3 Geography or Citizenship lesson, ideas for running a one-day event or conference, and a 'Moving On' board game. There is also a DVD / CD-ROM available.
• Free workshops for Key Stage 2/3 students - Pictures of the Punjab
Creative writing and drama workshops exploring the history, geography and culture of the Punjab will be held at the Society on 3, 5, 7, 17, 19, 24, 26, 28 November and 1st & 3rd December 2008. The workshops accompany a new exhibition and will introduce students to India/Pakistan and the Punjab through activities based on the Society’s archive collections of maps, artefacts and photographs. Further information and details of availability can be obtained by contacting the education officer on 0207 591 3057 or by clicking here.
• Free INSET Evening and exhibition viewing
The Society is pleased to offer a free INSET evening for Key Stage 3 History practitioners on Thursday 13th November from 5 to 7pm in Kensington, London. The evening will provide an opportunity to preview new educational resources, have a private tour of a new exhibition and obtain free resources for use in your teaching. Places are limited and teachers are advised to book their place early by calling the education officer on 0207 591 3057 or by emailing h.sanghera@rgs.org.
• New Educational Resources: China – Snapshots in Time
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) has recently launched new learning resources to accompany its exhibition on China entitled ‘China – Snapshots in Time’. Resources target the Key Stage 2 and 3 Geography, History & Citizenship curricula and can be accessed by visiting the ‘Unlocking the Archives’ website for schools at www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org
RISC's first e-news of the school year, focusing on water issues, is now on their website.
The next issue will be about new Global Citizenship resources and will be on line at half term.
British Friends of NSWaS educational resource pack "Dealing with Conflict" introduces a convenient and challenging method used in the Wahat al Salam ~ Neve Shalom conflict transformation centre (mainly for young adults) School for Peace. The School for Peace is based in the village of Wahat-Al Salam ~ Neve Shalom, Israel, one of the first pioneers in Arab / Jewish relations since the 1970s, and still the only successful community in Israel, and to probably globally, where Arabs and Jews live together by choice. The village also houses the first successful mixed primary school in the Middle East teaching Arabs and Jews together (in two languages with the three religions). This without any loosing any sense of their cultural identity, but gaining insights into the others.'
The teaching resource "Dealing with Conflict", is a British education resource and ideal to help people think about conflict through this famous international example but then taking it back to whatever conflict issues students here face.
The pack has been especially designed for the use with young students in citizenship education. The package is fully tied in and can be used as a resource in:
It also suits inter-faith, and inter cultural, as well as intra religious, and intra-cultural work.
It offers conflict insights, history lessons, and lots of topical activities, and games - an entire educational resource, ready for use, in its entirety or partially.
Much more in depth information is available on the British Friends of NSWaS website www.oasisofpeaceuk.org (select Conflict Education).
The Teaching pack on its own costs £19.50 plus postage.
In connection to the above British Friends of NSWaS are offering UK wide workshops (for teachers) on requests. These are for two days about ten months to one year apart.
They are led by our trainer Susan Denton Brown, a former Head of Religious Education, who is also a conflict facilitator for Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam, and nonviolence trainer for the Gandhi Foundation.
Workshops can be booked via the British Friends of NSWaS office. A minimum of ten attendees and a venue to hold it in is needed.
Costs of teachers seminars are £70 for the full rate, £50 concessions, for the first day (full resource included) and £50 and £30 for the follow up course.
For any other questions about the packs, training, Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al Salam, please get in contact with British Friends of NSWaS.
Amnesty International is launching a new DVD pack for young people to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Human rights are our rights is aimed at a young audience aged 13 upwards and contains two films with a lesson plan and background notes for use in the classroom. The first film, Life Study, features the fictional story of an artist on Human Rights Day (10th December), as he creates a piece of artwork to represent the human rights issues in his community. Young people are invited to take part in a creative project after watching the film, which encourages them to consider what human rights mean to them, and they can take action to protect human rights by watching a second film, Over to You , or by going online.
The DVD pack, Human rights are our rights, will be available from September 2008 with a Welsh language pack, containing a play script instead of a DVD.
To order, call 01788 545553:
• Human Rights are our rights DVD pack - order code ED106
• Human Rights are our rights Welsh language pack- order code ED107
Find out more about Amnesty International’s education work at www.amnesty.org.uk/education.
The origin of this lesson provided by the Association for Citizenship Teachers (ACT) was something of a lighthearted challenge - to devise a Citizenship education activity about pirates to be used on September 19th, which is 'International Talk Like a Pirate Day' (oo-arr!). The serious aspects, however, are those that ask about piracy today and explore deep ethical and values questions about the law, human rights and globalisation. The work is perhaps best defined as a toolkit for enabling exploration of a topical and controversial issue. It is based around the revised Citizenship education curriculum in England and is aimed at Key Stage 3 students. It is designed to provide a compelling learning experience in Citizenship; that is learning which builds students' sense of agency - their belief that they can affect the public or political sphere by raising awareness or bringing about change. You can download the lesson and resources from the Justice section in the Secondary resources area of the ACT website at www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/secondary?p=30 (you will need to scroll down as there are a lot of resources listed on this page).
This resource is the result of work undertaken by schools involved in a joint DFID-funded Mercy Corps/Scotdec project, World Citizens, looking at creative ways of encouraging participative citizenship with secondary schools in areas of high social and economic deprivation. The project's main goal is to empower young people in Scotland to become active and aware citizens, committed to shaping a fairer world for all. The resource has been developed by teachers for teachers to introduce global citizenship and resources for use in the classroom. Part 1 is an Introduction to Global Citizenship which introduces the key elements of Global Citizenship, shares good practice from different schools, suggests innovative ways to approach Global Citizenship in schools and provides ideas for cross-curricular, whole school and subject specific approaches. Part 2 provides details of a mixture of online resources and books, covering fifteen different subjects. It has been designed with the Scottish S1 and S2 curriculum in mind but a number of the resources can be adapted for use with older students. Hard copies of the resource are available free; contact Shona Fisher at Mercy Corps, tel: 0131 558 8244, email sfisher@uk.mercycorps.org. The resource is also available as on online guide at www.scotdec.org.uk and can be downloaded as a PDF.
New learning resources to accompany the Royal Geographical Society’s exhibition on China entitled ‘Seeing China: Community Reflections’ have recently been added to the popular ‘Unlocking the Archives’ website for schools. The resources called ‘China – Snapshots in Time’ target the key stage 2 and 3 Geography and History curricula and explore themes of exploration, migration and identity.
Each of the distinct learning themes on the site features fact sheets providing background information, associated downloadable activities and a gallery of archive images for use within the classroom.
New resources can be accessed by visiting www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org
For further information about free educational resources, free exhibition hire and creative workshops to accompany exhibitions please contact the education officer on 020 7591 3057 or email uta@rgs.org.
Right here, right now will help support schools in the effective teaching of human rights, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, within Key Stage 3 citizenship. While the resource is rooted in the key concept of rights and responsibilities, human rights also underpin the other key concepts - democracy and justice, and identities and diversity - of the new citizenship curriculum.
The resource, produced in partnership by the Ministry of Justice and the British Institute of Human Rights (supported by the DCSF and Amnesty International) will help teachers bring human rights to life, enabling them to explore with students concrete issues such as poverty and discrimination, and to stage challenging debates.
Download the guidance from www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/subjects/citizenship/rhrn/
In September 2008 Global Action Plan, as part of its new partnership with Sky, will be launching a free online resource for primary schools focusing on sustainable food actions. The resource will include lesson plans and activity ideas for running whole school theme day in the spring term, tools for surveying and measuring the schools current impact, all culminating in a student-led action project. As part of the programme schools will also have an opportunity to enter a national competition in June 2008.
Please send an email to food@globalactionplan.org.uk to register your interest in the launch.
The Department for International Development has created an interactive teaching programme called Race Against Poverty to help develop and support a greater understanding of world poverty in an educational context. This free teaching resource has been developed specifically for 11-13 year olds and 14-16 year olds. It has been designed to adapt easily to geography, history, citizenship, and ICT lesson plans and to support and complement cross-curricular activity across these subjects. Visit www.rapportgroup.com for a free copy.
Ask the G8 to act on poverty and inequality with our online Tanabata - a Japanese festival when people write a wish and tie it to a bamboo tree.
Pictures from CAFOD's KS3 photopack are now online as a Big Deal slideshow - to help you get the message across in a really memorable way.
The sustainable schools area of TeacherNet is designed to support schools on their journey to sustainability, introducing the principles of sustainable development and offering guidance on how to embed these principles into the heart of school life.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools/
This site provides detailed information on approaches to the creativity dimension, including whole-school guidance and subject-specific examples.
http://www.ncaction.org.uk/creativity/
In this report, the National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education puts forward the case for developing creative and cultural education. It considers what is involved, looks at current provision, and assesses the opportunities and obstacles.
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/naccce/
Creative Partnerships enable schools to work with creative practitioners to develop a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum. It enables practitioners to work in partnership with schools, developing long-term, sustainable relationships. www.creative-partnerships.com
The "Who do we think we are? educational programme engages primary and secondary school teachers in the exploration of identity, diversity and citizenship with children and young people – in their schools, local communities and nationally. www.wdwtwa.org.uk/
The Citizenship Foundation is an independent education and participation charity in the UK. Their vision is of a just society in which everyone has the knowledge, skills, confidence and motivation to engage effectively in their communities.www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/
Diversity & Dialogue, a UK multi-agency project, uses local and global issues to build understanding between young people of different faiths and backgrounds. www.diversityanddialogue.org.uk/home
The Institute of Community Cohesion was established in 2005 to provide a new approach to race, diversity and multiculturalism. Their work focuses on building positive and harmonious community relations. iCoCo represents a unique partnership of academic, statutory and non-governmental bodies, combining the experience and expertise of four Universities with practitioners from a range of diverse backgrounds and professions. www.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/icoco
This site offers support for school linking within the UK. www.schoolslinkingnetwork.org.uk
The European Parliament office in London has produced a pub type quiz with two full quizzes of five rounds each plus photocopiable answer and score sheets and a map. One quiz takes the more serious route and tests knowledge of the EU, dates, statistics, policy, etc., whilst the other takes a softer, cultural approach looking at food, great Europeans, words, language and shopping plus more general knowledge. For further information please contact Caroline Boyle on caroline.boyle@europarl.europa.eu.
The Lausanne Olympic Museum has developed a teaching resource about the Olympics in general, the Beijing Olympics and Chinese culture including Chinese writing. The resource encourages class discussions on many aspects of the Games. See http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1283.pdf. General information on the games can be found at www.olympic.org/uk/games/index_uk.asp.
– to support the Community Cohesion Agenda and citizenship studies
Six week workshadow exchange opportunity to USA for Headteachers/deputy/senior leaders living and working with your exchange partner to whom you provide a reciprocal experience later in the year.
For more information see www.britishcouncil.org/learning-fulbright-what-is-workshadow-exchange.htm. The closing date for the programme is 10th December 2008.
Introduction to Global School Partnerships online course covering principles and practices of global learning partnerships between schools in the UK and schools in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. For more information go to www.britishcouncil.org/globalschools-onlinecourse.htm
The newly designed website offers a huge range of ideas, resources and support for developing the Global Dimension and supporting Global Citizenship in the classroom and the whole school. Some of the new features of the website are:
To explore this excellent resource please go to www.oxfam.org.uk/education.
Containing student’s diary pages, calendars and school information. Each month features a topical world theme in full colour. The planner is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID). For more information see www.lookoutlearning.co.uk or phone 01460 271227.
uLearn (previously infomapper) has been upgraded to include street level mapping for the whole of Europe. It is a safe schools-only service enabling teachers and pupils to work collaboratively and share learning experiences and resources online.
To support international collaborations between schools uLearn are happy to provide accounts to schools in the UK and their link schools abroad without charfe. To arrange free uLearn accounts for your school and your link school/s please contact charles.worth@webbased.co.uk. The uLearn website is http://ulearn.infomapper.com
www.youtube.com/eutube has over 100 videos on European Union affairs.
Available on loan, free of charge from the Electoral Commission.
See www.dopolitics.org.uk/templates/search/document.cfm/18760
ActionAid have developed this new toolkit that brings to life some of the causes and potential impacts of climate change, and explores the extraordinary potential for schools to shape some of the solutions. Due to be launched in September, these toolkits are available free while stocks last as they have been produced with EU funding.
The ActionAid education team have funding to run several regional mini-conferences in the autumn term on the issue of climate change and development. They are keen to collaborate with DECs and other organisations to do this, or to contribute to any other events to do a presentation and/or workshop on PowerDown.
For further information, contact Liz Ewen, Global Action Schools Coordinator at ActionAid, tel: 020 7561 7563, email: liz.ewen@actionaid.org.
Since September 2007, all maintained schools in England have had a duty to promote community cohesion and Ofsted plan to inspect all schools against this duty from September 2008.
To support schools in meeting the duty, phase 1 of a resource pack has been developed and is available now at: www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/Communitycohesion/
communitycohesionresourcepack/.
A variety of online, downloadable and offline resources for use with youth can be downloaded or ordered from the CAFOD website.
Secondary (Key Stages 3 & 4 and post-16, see below and website for details):
www.cafod.org.uk/secondary
Youth (youth leaders, chaplains, volunteers and others that work with young people):
www.cafod.org.uk/youth-leaders
Other useful links:
CAFOD’s youth website – www.cafod.org.uk/bigdeal
Spirituality - www.cafod.org.uk/worship
Campaigns – www.cafod.org.uk/campaign
Unearth Justice – www.cafod.org.uk/unearthjustice
For INSET enquiries on Global Justice issues to support RE, PSHE and Citizenship, email the schools team at schools@cafod.org.uk for more information.
For school visits, help with an assembly or classroom activity, please contact your local CAFOD diocesan office:
CAFOD Nottingham
01664 424346
nottingham@cafod.org.uk
Global Skills: Understanding the World Through English
Bringing global perspectives into activities for learners whose first language is not English. Click here.
Human Rights in China
The 2008 Beijing Olympics present an opportunity for students to explore issues of human rights in China, and Amnesty International has produced a series of lesson plans and other resources to help teachers with this. Click here.
True Tube
A free online resource for schools, enabling students to view, edit and upload videos on social, ethical and political issues. Click here.
Video Art Postcards
Short videos produced by teenagers on issues of slavery, racism and resistance, with accompanying teachers pack. Click here.
Who Will Save Us?
This story about penguins teaches children what climate change really means and what we can all do to help resolve it. Click here.
Young Diasporas: Longing and Belonging
Exploring the stories of young people who live in Kent, but have roots in and connections with other parts of the world. Click here.
Who Am I?
A cross-curricular DVD made with young people from Sheffield's Somali community exploring how tradition, culture and history impact on who we are and how we see ourselves. Click here.
Myanmar Cyclone Assembly Kit
British Red Cross resource on the recent cyclone that hit Burma, with important lessons about disaster preparedness, and about interpreting media coverage. Click here
Tide (Teachers in development education) have just published their annual report on all aspects of Global Learning.
For information about:-
The goal of SUPPORT -Partnership and Participation for a Sustainable Tomorrow- is to promote and enhance the quality of education for sustainable development by linking schools, research institutions and communities in a web-based network. SUPPORT aims to increase participation in science studies by making these more attractive, reduce the gender imbalance in science education and promote entrepreneurship by supporting a school culture of innovation and responsibility.
A new resource pack from The National Youth Agency gives youth workers a host of reasons to involve themselves in global youth work and a range of practical ways in which they can do so.
Global Youth Work: Taking it Personally is geared towards practitioners who work face-to-face with young people. Joint editor Momodou Sallah, from De Montfort University, said: “it will help make the personal, local, national and global connections between ‘things out there’ and ‘things in here’.”
It is available, price £14.95 plus £2 post and packaging from The National Youth Agency Publication Sales. Tel: 0116 242 7427. E-mail: sales@nya.org.uk
Click here for more information
A toolkit aimed at helping schools become more sustainable has been designed by NCSL. Whether you're just getting started or have done a lot of work in this area, the toolkit helps you review your current position and plan for a more sustainable future. It has been developed with school leaders and includes case studies, interactive resources and practical tips. The cost of the toolkit is £15. Click here to find out more
PayingForIt is a new free online resource to support learning about economic issues in citizenship classes. Created for 14- to 19-year-olds and their teachers, the website uses social networking technologies for the interactive ‘life scan’, a tool that encourages young people to measure the impact of their financial decisions on society. The website also contains a range of downloadable teaching materials, activities and resources for young people to find out more about economics and citizenship.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has launched a spectacular new Cool Seas website featuring interactive games and fun activities, beautiful images and plenty of information about UK marine wildlife, all presented in an entertaining way to appeal to a younger audience.
Check it out at www.mcsuk.org/coolseas
'Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution’ .
Article 14, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The tenth annual Refugee Week takes place from 16-22 June 2008.
Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of arts, culture and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees top the UK, and encourages a better understanding between communities.
For more information see www.refugeeweek.org.uk and see below for a local drama opportunity during Refugee Week.
The Holocaust Educational Trust was established in 1988.
Their aim is to educate young people from every background about the Holocaust and the important lessons to be learned for today. The Trust works in schools, universities and in the community to raise awareness and understanding of the Holocaust, providing teacher training, an outreach programme for schools, teaching aids and resource material. One of their earliest achievements was ensuring that the Holocaust formed part of the National Curriculum for History. They continue to play a leading role in training teachers on how best to teach the Holocaust.
Two pupils from every sixth form and college in country will be able to visit Auschwitz and learn about the Holocaust thanks to £4.65m of funding to the Holocaust Education Trust. The funding means the Holocaust Education Trust’s ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ programme will continue for another three years.
For more information about the ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ programme see http://lfaproject.org.uk/home
Homeworkers work on the production of a wide range of products, some sold locally, such as food, leaf plates or cigarettes; others part of international supply chains, producing shoes, electronic goods, glass beads, garments and many other products.
They usually work in poor conditions, with no health and safety protection, no access to sick pay, maternity pay or a pension. Their work is insecure and they often do not know whether they will have work from one week to the next.
We have produced the following materials on homeworking in the production of leather footwear:
All materials are black on yellow, except the briefing paper which is black and white, I attach a pdf of the postcards.
The materials can be used with older groups of children as the basis for work on ethical trade, workers' rights and women's rights.
We are also available to give talks and presentations to school or community groups.
If you are nterested in receiving further information or hard copies of the materials please contact me at the address below.
Ruth Bergan
Campaigns Officer
Homeworkers Worldwide
Office 20, 30-38 Dock Street
Leeds LS10 1JF
+44 (0) 113 217 4037
Here's a link to RISC's latest resource e-news, with primary and secondary versions for you. As you'll see there are some great new Global Citizenship resources for all. www.risc.org.uk/education/e-news_archive.html#res
"The First Black Britons" is a new Black History & Citizenship DVD learning
resource.
Originally broadcast on BBC Television, 'The First Black Britons' is a
dramatic and compelling narrative brought to life by reconstructions and a
wealth of historical sources.Black-British TV Actor/Comedian Gary Beadle (The Comic Strip Presents,
Eastenders...) presents a journey of discovery, from the Napoleonic Wars to
the grand imperial age and a struggle for equality. He visits archives,
museums and historical sites in Jamaica, Barbados, Liverpool, London and
Windsor; revealing a vital missing chapter in the making of modern Britain.
The DVD includes 3 stories, each about 18 minutes long:
Find out more at www.sweetpatootee.co.uk and buy online at www.beckmanndirect.com.
The Global Educators Register is a database of former VSO volunteers who are keen to use their international experience to promote global awareness in the classroom and can help develop global school partnerships. Search the register for Global Educators who:
Gakonga is a Kenyan artist working in education. He offers the following workshops:
For details see www.gakonga.com
www.scienceacross.org enables students aged 8-17 years to exchange information, opinions and ideas on a variety of science topics with young people on every continent , bringing science to life as a global concern and responsibility.Topics include Acid Rain, Biodiversity, Chemistry, Disappearing Wetlands, Domestic Waste, Drinking water, Dwellings, Eating and Drinking, Global Warming, Keeping Healthy, Plants, Renewable Energy, Raod Safety, Genetics and Tropical Forests.
Find out more about the Global Dimension and download resources.
