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.
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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How do charities help in global crises? (09/05/2008)
Using Darfur as case study, students see how charities help in global crises by looking at an appeal by the Disasters Emergency Committee and interactive maps of Darfur region.
Students learn about some of the jobs that are performed by EU employees and discuss the fact that EU citizens are bound by some common laws, aims and advantages.
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.
Looking at the hidden economy of child labour across the world and the impact that this has on consumer prices in the UK (including the clothes that students may be wearing!).
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.
Students assess sources to look at poverty in LEDCs (Less Economically Developed Countries) and in the UK. They go on to compare and contrast these sources and thus poverty in the UK and in LEDCs.
KS3
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World as global community: 2010 World Cup (24/06/2010)
Interested in exploring human rights from a football perspective? Use the World Cup theme as a springboard to teaching about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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