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| Bangladesh and climate change (10/10/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Students are asked to look at the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh in the context of other countries acting as a 'global community' - why do we have have a responsibility to help? | | Y7 | Y8 | Y9 |
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| Bottled Water - Lesson 1 (16/06/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Students perform a fun taste-test experiment to see if they can tell the difference between branded bottled water and tap water. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Bottled water - Lesson 2 (16/06/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | After the taste-test experiment in the previous lesson, students now debate the environmental impact of the bottled water industry. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Children making connections (19/11/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Interconnections between the UK, Europe and the rest of the world | | Pupils talk about their own experiences of meeting children from other countries. They read information about a charity called Children’s International Summer Villages (CISV) and fill out a worksheet about this charity. They then take part in some role-plays based upon participating in a CISV camp. | | Y7 |
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| Devising a green transport plan (20/07/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | This lesson addresses climate change, focusing on sustainable transport. Students examine what climate change is and why it is important to prevent the environment from being harmed in the future. They then design a sustainable transport plan for an imaginary eco-town. | | Y9 |
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| Earthquake aid for Chile or Haiti? (12/05/2010) | |
| | | Related resources: Global issues | Interconnections between the UK, Europe and the rest of the world | | What will I learn when I do online research about the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti? How can I decide between Haiti or Chile when allocating financial aid? This topical lesson is available to members only on a special preview basis. | | Y10 |
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| Introductory lesson to the UN (free sample lesson) (09/05/2008) | | 
| | | Related resources: Global issues | Dealing with conflict | | Brilliant fun as students play a game of Deal or No Deal (based on the TV programme) that helps students to learn about the UN’s past and current contributions to the world. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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137.8 k
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| Investment in energy (14/11/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Making economic decisions | | Pupils explore the key concepts of the government’s energy-linked campaign for winter 2008. They create a factsheet about the campaign and then share their opinions about the worth of the campaign and the pros and cons of other potential government investments.
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| Local and national viewpoints on the environment (20/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Fun and creative activity in which students familiarise themselves with environmental groups and then mock up a "radio show" in which eco-activists are interviewed! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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119.7 k
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| Oil spill – Kerch Strait, Black Sea, November 2007 (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Thought-provoking experiment as students get to simulate an oil spill in the classroom. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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87.8 k
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| Plastic recycling - Lesson 1 (15/05/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Creative fun as students learn about the issues around recycling and research their own TV ad campaign spotlighting a single issue. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Plastic recycling - Lesson 2 (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Students present their own miniature TV ad campaign! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Product packaging - Lesson 1 (21/07/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Students engage with the issues surrounding overpackaging by taking part in a class debate on the advantages and disadvantages of packaging. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Product packaging - Lesson 2 (21/07/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Students consolidate their learning in the first lesson with a fun practical exercise - sorting through bin bags of food packaging, they are asked to rate products according to their wastefulness! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Re-using things - Lesson 1 (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Challenge students to think about re-using things instead of throwing them away and harming the environment! Students have the chance to design a bag made of recycled materials...
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| Re-using things - Lesson 2 (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Contains an little experiment that really hits home by showing students the damage done to marine animals who swallow plastic bags. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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192.0 k
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| Sustainable schools (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Students learn about eco-schools and consider the sustainability of practices in their own school. Then they get proactive by writing to the headteacher/governers to improve the eco-rating! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Tackling problems in Africa (03/09/2009) |  | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Interconnections between the UK, Europe and the rest of the world | | Students examine the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe and famine in Ethiopia. They compare the quality of life in the two countries, using development data to decide which country is most in need of aid. They then choose which forms of aid would be most effective for their chosen country and justify their choices. | | Y10 | Y11 |
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103.8 k
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| The biofuels debate (07/11/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Students look at the issues surrounding biofuel production from a range of different perspectives - from the point of view of a human rights group to the policies of the government. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (24/05/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Interconnections between the UK, Europe and the rest of the world | | Students find out about some of the ‘amusing’ issues that the public has recently expected the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) to deal with. They then discover which issues the FCO is actually responsible for and produce an informative leaflet (targeted at airport users) that advertises the FCO. | | Y10 |
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| The impact that individuals can have upon the environment (09/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Looking at (and hopefully fostering!) green activism amongst teenagers. Students produce their own presentations about individual responsibility for caring for the environment. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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61.1 k
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| Whaling (23/05/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Global issues | Sustainability | | Examining 'pro' and 'con' positions on the issue, students are asked to take a vote on whether whaling should be allowed to continue. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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