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African folktales and fables
Published
2013
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PDF
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These African folktales and stories from various countries are a joy to read and reveal a great deal about aspects of the culture where they originate from. They can be used in Literacy lessons to highlight writing styles and narrative forms, as well as to teach about diversity and other cultures.
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Ingenious African Appropriate Technology gallery
Published
2013
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Image- Website
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Inspire your pupils with these ingenious technologies. Appropriate technology is designed to be sensitive to the environmental, social and economic aspects of the community it is intended for. The devices require fewer resources, are easier to maintain and have less environmental impact compared to techniques from mainstream technology. They are important in developing countries where elec...
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Africa: Your School, My School
Published
2012
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- Website
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A series of sessions based around the ‘single story’ - perceptions that children often have of a particular place, in this instance Africa. The stimuli ranged from watching DVDs of the different lifestyles of children in African countries; a video interview with the school's cleaner who is from the Cote d’Ivoire; to map work, discussions, looking at photographic evidence and o...
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Fair Play
Published
2012
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- PDF
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Tom Palmer is an author who brings sport (mainly football) into his children's books. This Fair Play pack is based on Tom's trip to Ghana where he was doing research for one of his books, Foul Play 3: Off Side - which is a detective story exploring murky issues like people trafficking and hostile takeovers . It would be ideal to use this pack at the same time as reading Off Side with your stude...
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The Virtual Farm Walk - African Field
Published
2011
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Film- Website
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The Virtual Farm Walk is an educational website created by LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming), a national charity which promotes environmentally responsible farming. It aims to get school students exploring life on the farm via the computer screen.
As well as providing a virtual "walk" around a typical UK farm, there is also an African Field to explore. Pupils can find out all about...
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Christian Aid secondary assemblies
Published
2011
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- Website
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Christian Aid has produced a range of free, ready-to-use multi-faith secondary assemblies that bring global issues of poverty and injustice to life.
Each assembly includes a suggested script on a PDF, with ideas for reflection and further action around the topic. There is also a PowerPoint presentation with illustrations and photographs.
A wide range of topics are covered, inclu...
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- Climate change,
- Community,
- Conflict,
- Education,
- Energy,
- Fair trade,
- Food,
- Gender,
- Health,
- HIV/Aids,
- Natural disasters,
- Participation,
- Peace,
- Refugees / Asylum,
- Religion,
- Water
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- Afghanistan,
- Angola,
- Bangladesh,
- Bolivia,
- Burkina Faso,
- Congo,
- Ethiopia,
- Ghana,
- Guatemala,
- Haiti,
- India,
- Ireland,
- Israel,
- Jamaica,
- Kenya,
- Malawi,
- Mali,
- Burma,
- Nicaragua,
- Nigeria,
- Pakistan,
- Palestine,
- Peru,
- Philippines,
- Senegal,
- Sierra Leone,
- Sudan,
- Tajikistan,
- United Kingdom,
- Zimbabwe
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Commonwealth Online
Published
2011
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- Website
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Commonwealth Online uses the archive of The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum (based in Bristol) to bring together free, downloadable, curriculum-linked teaching packages. The resources fit mainly into the History curriculum, with cross-curricular links to other subjects including Art & Design, Citizenship, Geography, ICT and Literacy. They use film and audio recordings as well as imag...
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- Anguilla,
- Antigua and Barbuda,
- Australia,
- Bangladesh,
- Barbados,
- Cameroon,
- Canada,
- Cayman Islands,
- Dominica,
- Falkland Islands,
- Gambia,
- Ghana,
- Grenada,
- Hong kong,
- India,
- Jamaica,
- Kenya,
- Malaysia,
- Montserrat,
- Namibia,
- Nigeria,
- Pakistan,
- Sierra Leone,
- Somalia,
- South Africa,
- Trinidad and Tobago,
- Turks and Caicos Islands,
- United Kingdom,
- Virgin Islands (British),
- Zambia,
- Zimbabwe
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Our Africa website
Published
2011
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- Film
- Website
- Website
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FREE
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Our Africa is a website developed by SOS Children, a charity that has been working in Africa for the past 40 years. The aim of this ambitious project is to let children across Africa film their lives and countries the way they see them.
After workshops providing training in film-making, children (ranging in age from as young as seven to as old as 23) took cameras around their vill...
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- Child rights,
- Colonialism,
- Conflict,
- Culture,
- Economy,
- Education,
- Employment,
- Farming,
- Food,
- Health,
- Industry,
- Play and toys,
- Poverty,
- Religion,
- Tourism
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Just Living
Published
2011
Type
- Film
Teacher's Pack- Website
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This free secondary school teaching resource from UNICEF supports the teaching of Citizenship and PSHE. Based on Article 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – the right to a decent standard of living – the resource explores global citizenship and economic well-being.
Activities explore topical issues relating to money and will help young people make financial cho...
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- Business studies / management,
- Citizenship,
- English,
- Geography,
- Modern studies,
- PSHE / PSE / PSED,
- RE / RS,
- Religious / moral education,
- Social and environmental
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International Women's Day
Published
2009
Type
DVD
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FREE
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This free DVD resource is about the right to education and why girls and women in particular are excluded from enjoying this right. It is produced by Camfed International, a charity which supports girls' education in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Ghana and Malawi.
Using examples from Camfed's work, including film and audio testimonies from women in Zambia, the resource explains how povert...
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