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Time 2 Think
Published
2012
Type
Website
Price
FREE
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Time 2 Think supports teaching and learning around how we can better understand self, others and the wider world. It has a bank of classroom and CPD resources that you can pick up and use straight away. These are accompanied by support ...
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80:20 Development in an unequal world
Published
2012
Type
Book
DVD- Website
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£17.50
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This popular development education resource was first produced in the early 1980s. It has now been completely revised and updated for its 6th edition.
Its title reflects the fact that over 80% of the world's population lives in the "Developing World" and less than 20% live in the "Developed World", but consume far more of the world's resources. It asserts that such inequalities did not ...
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- Aid,
- Climate change,
- Conflict,
- Development,
- Economy,
- Environment,
- Equality,
- Gender,
- Globalisation,
- HIV/Aids,
- Human rights,
- Participation,
- Population,
- Poverty,
- Social justice,
- Sustainable development,
- Trade
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The UK: Investigating who we are
Published
2011
Type
- Book
CD-ROM
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£16.99
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This book from the Geographical Association helps pupils in years 4–6 (ages 8-11) to explore what it is like to live in the United Kingdom in the first part of the 21st century. Pupils start by developing their locational knowledge of the UK with maps, atlases and photographs before going on to consider issues of identity and the UK’s changing population. These lessons provide varie...
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The Atlas of Human Migration
Published
2010
Type
- Book
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£12.99
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Migration has long provided millions with an escape route from poverty or oppression, ensuring the survival, even prosperity, of individuals and their families. New currents of human migration are appearing all the time and immigration has become a hotly contested issue.
This atlas maps contemporary migration against its economic, social, cultural and demographic contexts, and traces th...
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Collins World Watch
Published
2010
Type
- Book
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£12.99
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This book aims to present a visual guide to the current state of the world's demographic, economic and environmental situation, its trends and future predictions. It draws on statistics from the World Bank's World Development Indicators...
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- Aid,
- Climate change,
- Drought,
- Economy,
- Education,
- Employment,
- Energy,
- Environment,
- Farming,
- Food,
- Health,
- HIV/Aids,
- Millennium Dev Goals,
- Population,
- Poverty,
- Urban,
- Water
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Challenges of Urbanisation: Inequalities in Bangalore
Published
2009
Type
- DVD
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£45.00
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An up-to-date, adaptable and engaging resource for the learning and teaching of development, poverty and inequalities. It takes Bangalore as a case study and looks at the causes and impacts of urban poverty, including the role of urbanisation and push-pull factors of rural to urban migration. The programme then provides positive images of management strategies, including self-help housing and w...
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Collins Keystart World Atlas
Published
2009
Type
- Book
Price
£7.99
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An atlas that is much more than just an atlas, this colourful book brings together masses of historical, geographical and environmental information about the planet we live on and organises it in an engaging way for 7-11 year-olds.
Starting with a brief overview of planet Earth's place in the solar system and the beginnings of life, it then looks at different ways of mapping the globe, ...
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- Climate change,
- Colonialism,
- Conflict,
- Environment,
- Farming,
- Food,
- Language,
- Peace,
- Population,
- Religion,
- Sustainable development,
- Trade
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Population Change: Migration to the UK
Published
2008
Type
- DVD
Price
£40.00
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Made in consultation with the Geographical Association, this DVD looks at the causes, impacts and management of the UK's current period of rapid immigration. It is designed to encourage students to think about migrants' different countries of origin, motivations, intended durations of stay and their socio-economic situation both in the UK and back home.
The DVD features interviews with ...
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SHOW®/World
Published
2008
Type
- Website
Price
FREE
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Mapping Worlds calls itself "a data visualisation and interface design company with a love for maps". It is based in Amsterdam and works with organisations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to make data accessible to different audiences.
SHOW®/World is a Mapping Worlds initiative to provide efficient and comprehensive access to statistical data on world issu...
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- Aid,
- Conflict,
- Economy,
- Education,
- Energy,
- Environment,
- Farming,
- Food,
- Gender,
- Globalisation,
- Government,
- Health,
- HIV/Aids,
- Industry,
- Media,
- Olympics,
- Population,
- Refugees / Asylum,
- Religion,
- Rural,
- Tourism,
- Trade,
- Transport,
- Urban,
- Water
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Focus on St Lucia
Published
2007
Type
- Book
- CD-ROM
Image
Teacher's Pack
Price
£41.99
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Focus on St Lucia shows how the island is changing, with a particular new emphasis on tourism and the environment, and has bright new photographs that show the island in a modern light.
Background information, maps and activities/worksheets related to the photos provide work that teaches geographical knowledge, skills and understanding through a small locality study.
A comprehen...
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- Background information,
- ESD / global citizenship,
- Geography,
- Local and global citizens,
- Social and environmental
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