Planet Cork is a website developed and sponsored by the Cork Industry Federation. It is aimed at primary school teachers and children who are learning about sustainable development.
Planet Cork explains in a fun way the unique properties a...
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This is a beautifully illustrated book from a Nigerian publisher. In it, we are introduced to a young Nigerian girl called Beem, and we follow her as she explores the continent of Africa, meets its people and animals, and visits its key geograp...
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Life and change in an Indian village
This revised edition of the Chembakolli photo-pack with CD-ROM is designed for the Key Stage 2 Geography curriculum, and also fulfils requirements of the PSHE/Citizenship curriculum.
It enables pupils to compare and contrast life in the UK w...
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Community, Conservation, Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Environment, Health, Human rights, Interdependence, Sustainable development, Trade
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CD-ROM for KS 2 about traffic and tradition in Thengapalli
This CD-ROM extends and updates the Thengapalli pack also listed on this database and can be used on its own or alongside the original materials.
It captures many of the sights and sounds of Kesharpur as a new road brings change and challeng...
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Energy and climate change, wildlife and habitats, food and farming, and transport are all issues tackled in these beautifully designed booklets. Each one contains background information, presents practical solutions and has information on what ...
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This book provides a collection of games and activities to bring the “beauty and diversity” of African culture to multi-cultural education. Although written for the youth work sector, Youth Africa Experience provides good background information...
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Art and Design, Background Information, Citizenship, Craft and Design, Drama, Environmental Studies, ESD / Global Citizenship, Geography, History, Local and Global Citizens, Music, Professional Development, Social and Environmental
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Aid, Charities, Community, Conflict, Conservation, Culture, Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Environment, Festival/Celebrations, Food, Play and toys, Rural
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This Oxfam country profile provides a good general overview of India. In 96 pages it addresses a wide range of issues from the main physical features, through colonial history, to the more recent urban explosion. Each chapter consists of betw...
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Aid, Animal welfare, Colonialism, Community, Conservation, Culture, Debt, Democracy, Development, Education, Environment, Equality, Family, Farming, Fishing, Food, Global citizenship, Health, Participation, Urban
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An information and activity pack on the global banana trade
A nicely presented pack about the justice issues involved in the banana trade. Section one includes information about where bananas come from, the conditions for workers, the position of trade unions, the use of pesticides, and the ‘race to the...
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Conservation, Economy, Employment, Environment, Farming, Health, Human rights, Industry, Interdependence, International relations, Poverty, Social justice, Trade
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The Banana link website contains downloadable background information and educational materials on banana production and fair-trade issues. Information leaflets include topics such as: the fair trade mark; environmental impacts of banana product...
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Appropriate technology, Conflict, Conservation, Employment, Environment, Fair trade, Farming, Food, Health, Human rights, Industry, Poverty, Rural, Social justice, Trade
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A practical classroom guide
This is a good resource full of practical classroom activities. The first section provides a theoretical context of belief that young people should be encouraged to explore their hopes and fears for the future of society and the planet and dev...
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Citizenship, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, ESD / Global Citizenship, Geography, History, Local and Global Citizens, Modern Studies, PSHE / PSE / PSED, RE / RS
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Aid, Appropriate technology, Arms trade, Conservation, Debt, Development, Economy, Environment, Farming, Food, Global citizenship, Human rights, Industry, Participation, Racism, Sustainable development, Urban
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This is a very good, well-produced, up to date, comprehensive active learning resource for helping students to investigate interdependence and social justice. It is set within the island of Ireland and at the international scale. It is a valu...
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Aid, Appropriate technology, Colonialism, Conservation, Culture, Debt, Development, Economy, Employment, Energy, Environment, Equality, Farming, Food, Gender, Health, Human rights, Industry, Interdependence, International relations, Natural resources, Population, Poverty, Refugees / Asylum, Sustainable development, Trade, Transport, Urban, Water, World Bank and IMF
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A very good, thorough geography text book about changing river, rural, coastal and urban environments. Each of the chapters is well-laid out, well-written and reasonably even-handed. However, several of the case studies would have been improv...
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Conservation, Development, Drought, Employment, Energy, Environment, Farming, Fishing, Food, Health, Refugees / Asylum, Rural, Tourism, Trade, Urban, Water
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Teaching about disasters and development for ages 11 to 16
An excellent handbook which looks at the causes and effects of earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and famine and explores why the poorest are affected most by such disasters. Simple but authorative explanations about disasters and those who are a...
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Global Eye is a well designed and informative website for schools. The site was conceived by the charity Worldaware and is now funded by the Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers. ‘Global Eye Primary’ is written for th...
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Aid, Child labour, Climate change, Conflict, Conservation, Debt, Democracy, Development, Drought, Economy, Energy, Environment, Famine, Farming, Global citizenship, Globalisation, Health, Homes and Homelessness, Human rights, Interdependence, Media, Population, Refugees / Asylum, Tourism, Urban, Water
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Tourism Development in Zanzibar
A very good, up-to-date, simple role play about the possible development of large-scale tourist facilities in a rural part of the Island of Zanzibar. The role play is played in six groups - project manager, tour guide, fisherman, aquarium mana...
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This textbook is attractively designed with numerous colour photos, maps, charts and illustrations. The central focus of the book is the United Kingdom but comparisons/similarities with life and cultures in other countries is a constant theme....
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Child labour, Climate change, Conservation, Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Equality, Family, Farming, Food, Gender, Global citizenship, Health, Participation, Urban
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This is a good cross-curricular pack which follows the migratory journey of swallows along the zero degree meridian line (from the UK, through France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo and Ghana). The materials explore a mixture of deve...
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Animal welfare, Conservation, Development, Drought, Environment, Farming, Interdependence, Natural resources, Refugees / Asylum, Rural, Waste
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A lovely large-format story about the migration of swallows from the UK to South Africa. On the journey south, we find out about some of the problems facing the birds (hunters, the effects of pesticides, drainage of wetlands, increasing desert...
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A very good decision-making activity about the impact of tourism on the Galapagos Islands. Tourism has reached such a level that the environment and ecosystems on one of the most ecologically important islands are under threat. Pupils are pro...
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This is one of a series of eight units on global development which concentrates on sustainability. It can be used on its own or with others to provide a coherent programme. It is designed to be flexible and suitable for a wide variety of clas...
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Appropriate technology, Arms trade, Conservation, Debt, Development, Energy, Environment, Equality, Global citizenship, Industry, Natural resources, Participation, Population, Poverty, Rural, Sustainable development, Tourism, Trade, Urban, Waste
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