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Make an African brick & clay stove for school - VIDEO
Published
2012
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PDF
Website- Website
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This is a great little sustainable African style brick stove that's easy to make and will last some time (important when there might be vandals). Good for discussing sustainable resource use, fuel-wood crisis, energy and health - 2 million die prematurely every year from smoke from cooking fires! Charles from Uganda makes stoves like these to reduce his use of fuel wood from forests...
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Make a toy car, re-use a plastic bottle African style
Published
2012
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- Website
- Website
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This short video shows how ‘waste’ can be re-used and made into toys like this plastic bottle car. It is typical for young boys like Dennis from Uganda to make their own toys out of recycled materials such as bottles, tyres and plastic bags as there often is little money to buy them.
Why not have acompetition in your class to see who can make...
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Make a recycled plastic bag football
Published
2011
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- PDF
- Website
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These sheets and video give step-by-step instructions to help your pupils make these ‘recycled’ plastic bag footballs - just like thousands of children in African countries. Use the weblink to watch a video of how to make one as well. It’s a great activity for Africa Cup of Nations, links well with recycling project and can be used to discuss the uses of waste materials in the...
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Christmas in East Africa | Kenya, Uganda
Published
2011
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- PDF
- Website
- Website
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Christmas is celebrated in many East African countries, but it can have quite a different feel to celebrations in more western countries. It’s religious emphasis and more limited commercialisation make it a great springboard for discussion and exploration with your children of different values and of what the season is all about. Use the web link for some facts about Christmas...
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- Art and design,
- Background information,
- Craft and design,
- ESD / global citizenship,
- Geography,
- RE / RS,
- Religious / moral education,
- Social and environmental
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100 Small Things to Make a Difference poster
Published
2011
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- PDF
Poster
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This colourful A1 poster from the charity Practical Action gives pupils 90 ideas of small things they can do to make a difference to their global community and environment, with space for them to add 10 ideas of their own.
The ideas are divided into the 6R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Refuse, Rethink). They can be great prompts for classroom discussion on ways to make the wo...
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- Citizenship,
- Craft and design,
- Design and technology,
- Environmental studies,
- ESD / global citizenship,
- Local and global citizens,
- PSHE / PSE / PSED,
- Technology and design
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PARTicipate
Published
2010
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- Website
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The aim of the PARTicipate website is to provide teachers with resources to effectively teach Global Citizenship through Art and Design. It has been developed as a partnership project by Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC) - a Development Edudation Centre based in Reading - and the October Gallery - a charity set up in 1979 to promote an understanding and appreciation of contemporary...
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- Conflict,
- Diversity and Inclusion,
- Global citizenship,
- Globalisation,
- Interdependence,
- Peace,
- Social justice,
- Sustainable development
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- Benin,
- China,
- Iraq,
- New Zealand,
- Nigeria
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Sustainable Fashion
Published
2009
Type
Book- PDF
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£10.00
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While there is much information available about the social and environmental impact of the fashion industry, there is only a small body of materials exploring how to teach about the issues. This handbook from Fashioning an Ethical Industry aims to fill that gap.
It contains 45 contributions, mainly from the USA, UK and Austria, but also from Poland, The Netherlands and Australia, bringi...
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- Art and design,
- Background information,
- Craft and design,
- Design and technology,
- Technology and design
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I Packed This Myself
Published
2008
Type
Film
Image- PDF
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FREE
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This online education pack throws a spotlight on the lives and experience of migrant workers in Cornwall. It aims to encourage understanding about the issues that they face and the lives that they lead.
Too often a lack of understanding leads to migrant workers experiencing prejudice and isolation. The photos in this pack and the activities it suggests aim to overcome this and bring abo...
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Primary Colours Diversity Toolkit
Published
2008
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- Website
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This online toolkit full of lesson plans to support diversity education resulted from Primary Colours' two-year Journeys Project. Over 7,000 children and 300 teachers from 25 schools took part, and each school developed lesson plans, the best of which have been published here.
The lesson plans are for use at Foundation Stage and Key Stages 1 and 2. Each plan includes full curriculum lin...
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- Art and design,
- Citizenship,
- Craft and design,
- Design and technology,
- Drama,
- English,
- Geography,
- History,
- ICT / IS / IT,
- Music,
- PE / dance,
- PSHE / PSE / PSED,
- Science
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The British Sari Story
This education pack was developed and trialled at Barham Primary School in Wembley, and celebrates that wonderful South Asian garment, the sari.
The pack was produced to accompany an exhibition of both traditional and new saris, images of which can be viewed on the Bridging Arts website. The pack is aimed at teachers of all primary-aged school children. It aims to help teachers to work ...
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- Art and design,
- Citizenship,
- Craft and design,
- Design and technology,
- English,
- Geography,
- History,
- Science
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