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One Day
Published
2013
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Book
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£12.99
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One Day is a beautiful, vibrant story following fifteen different children from around the world through a 24 hour period. Readers find out all about their different families, homes, schools, meals and much more. They also discover how time zones work, and what's happening on one side of the world while the other side sleeps. This is a fantastic and accessible introduction to the concept of tim...
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Chembakolli - Inspiring Change
Published
2012
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Website
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The full title of this unit is 'Inspiring personal change through a geographical enquiry based on the Indian village of Chembakolli'. It was developed by teachers working with a Year 4 group (ages 8-9) at a primary school in Barnsley.
This unit adapts a cross curricular approach including opportunities to develop thinking skills, writing, creativity and pupil choice. At the core o...
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World on your Feet
Published
2012
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- Website
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This set of lessons for primary Geography (Year 6 - ages 10-11) uses the methodologies of Philosophy for Children and Community of Enquiry to explore the stories behind trainers.
A wide range of issues are covered, starting from what makes a good trainer, making promotional leaflets, and gradually finding out about the trainers available locally and where they come from.
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CAFOD Peace and Conflict Resources (Secondary)
Published
2012
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Film
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The Catholic aid charity CAFOD has a selection of secondary and Post-16 teaching resources on the issues of peace and conflict.
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Life on the Edge?
Published
2011
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- Book
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£16.99
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This is a GCSE Geography Toolkit from the Geographical Association exploring extreme environments - perhaps the most distant, both spatially and experientially, from the everyday lives of students.
This series of lessons uses a range of teaching strategies and a series of case studies to engage students in exploring extremely hot, dry and very cold environments. Through the local, they ...
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Textiles: Environmental Impacts
Published
2011
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DVD
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£45.00
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Filmed in Bangladesh and the UK, this DVD resource assesses the environmental impacts of the textile industry both here and abroad. It looks at how companies in the UK are working to meet government targets to reduce their environmental impact by using state of the art water recycling plants and by making better use of their waste streams. The resource then explores the environmental impact of ...
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Issues in Globalisation: How Fair is Fashion?
Published
2011
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- DVD
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£45.00
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Using the international fashion industry as a case study this resource asks: what is globalisation, what are the causes, and what is the role played by Transnational Corporations (TNCs)? It then looks at the effects of globalisation and asks what are the pros and cons and who benefits? Filmed in Bangladesh, it compares the working and living conditions of textile workers employed in large scale...
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Issues in Globalisation: Environmental Impacts & Sustainability
Published
2011
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- DVD
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£45.00
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Can economic growth be environmentally sustainable? In this DVD, residents of Dhaka's slums show how extreme industrial pollution is destroying their environment and health. Next we talk to Bangladesh's environmental activists, factory owners and government officials and ask what needs to be done to make industrial growth sustainable? We then see how a company sited in a UK National Park is fac...
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Biodiversity Under Threat: The Sundarbans and the Bengal Tiger
Published
2011
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- DVD
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£59.00
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Bangladesh's Sundarban Mangroves make up one of the world's most bio-diverse areas and are home to the endangered Bengal Tiger. This interactive DVD resource bank looks at why the Sundarbans are so important: as a bio-diversity hotspot, as a carbon bank and as protection against the impacts of tropical cyclones. It examines the threats, including climate change, shrimp farming, poaching and tig...
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Picture My World
Published
2011
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- Film
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- Website
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Picture my World is a website for primary children produced by the Catholic aid charity CAFOD. It is packed full of photographs taken by children in the UK, Cambodia and Rwanda and also has lots of fun games and stories and film clips from CAFOD partners. It is a useful introduction to global development issues for primary school children.
CAFOD has also developed a range of teaching re...
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- Aid,
- Charities,
- Community,
- Education,
- Fair trade,
- Family,
- Food,
- Natural disasters,
- Peace,
- Poverty,
- Water
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