This is a classroom photo activity from the Global Dimension Website based on pictures chosen for the Global Wallplanner 2010-11. It can be adapted to suit all age groups and can relate to a variety of different subject areas - or could be used...
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Citizenship, Design and Technology, English, ESD / Global Citizenship, Geography, History, Local and Global Citizens, PSHE / PSE / PSED, RE / RS, Science, Social and Environmental
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Clothes, Culture, Democracy, Diversity and Inclusion, Food, Global citizenship, Globalisation, Human rights, Identity, Interdependence, Natural resources, Sustainable development, Trade, Water
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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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The Renewable World website provides a cross-curriculum resource for Key Stage 3 on the importance of using renewable materials in a world of dwindling resources.
There are detailed work schemes for teachers, developed by education professi...
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An eco footprinting activity
This activity 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. T...
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Climate change, Employment, Energy, Globalisation, Interdependence, Natural resources, Poverty, Sustainable development, Trade, Transport, Waste
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Focus on St Lucia shows how the island is changing, with a particular new emphasis on tourism and the environment, and has bright new photographs that show the island in a modern light. Background information, maps and activities/worksheets rel...
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This primary pack from the charity CAFOD introduces a distant locality through photos and case studies of life in Peru. Investigating familiar aspects of life such as home, school, cooking and play, children can compare their experiences of lif...
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This series of six colourful posters introduces some of today's biggest global issues to a primary audience. The A3 posters include illustrations with text boxes, and address the following themes:
- Climate change
- Waste and recycling
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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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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 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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A book about poverty in the Philippines. The unequal distribution of resources favouring an urban elite is the underlying cause of widespread poverty, particularly in rural areas. The book explores this thesis through the lives of indigenous ...
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Aid, Democracy, Development, Environment, Equality, Family, Farming, Fishing, Health, Human rights, Natural resources, Poverty, Refugees / Asylum, Rural, Social justice, Urban
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A pupil's book about the environmental, economic and social issues facing Brazil today. The main chapters look at People and Cities (population and change, internal migration, urbanisation in Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo, informal settlements,...
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Arms trade, Conflict, Conservation, Development, Economy, Energy, Environment, Equality, Farming, Homes and Homelessness, Human rights, Industry, Natural resources, Poverty, Refugees / Asylum, Rural, Social justice, Urban
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A Key Stage 2 Locality Study
This resource pack investigates the Indian village of Kesharpur in Orissa state, portraying a positive view of the village and its inhabitants, how it has changed and how it continues to do so. The cultural and religious landscapes are as much ...
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This teacher's pack was developed by Ghanaian and British teachers and it comes with 24 photos taken in Ghana. The aim of the pack is to provide teachers with a greater awareness of how to approach development issues and make them more accessi...
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Development, Economy, Employment, Energy, Environment, Family, Farming, Fishing, Food, Global citizenship, Homes and Homelessness, Identity, Industry, International relations, Natural resources, Population, Refugees / Asylum
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In this pack role-play, simulations, ranking and other interactive activities are used to develop the students' understanding of our interconnected world. The pack consists of a teacher's guide together with 16 A4 black and white photos. There...
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