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Day One: Introduction to World Cup football... and the world

Morning session: World Cup football ... and the world
Key focus
What do we know about World Cup football? What can we learn about the world through it? Where are the countries which are playing in the World Cup finals? What are they like?

Afternoon session: World maps
Key focus
Are all world maps the same? Pupils will consider how different world maps affect our perceptions of the world.

> Background information for teachers

Morning   Afternoon

Four activities: Two activities: > Introduction to the World Cup (20 mins) (154KB pdf) Pupils find out the location of the 32 countries participating in the World Cup final. > Mapping our World (part 2) (1 hour 15 min) (111KB pdf) Further activities from an interactive online resource which develop pupils' ideas about maps and globes > World Cup quiz (25 mins) (151KB pdf) A quiz to stimulate interest in the countries which will be under the World Cup spotlight. > Country research (part 1) (45 min) (93KB pdf) More project work on countries participating in the World Cup. > Country research (introduction) (1 hour) (136KB pdf) Project work for the week. Groups of pupils do research on some of the lesser-known countries participating in the World Cup finals.   > Mapping our World (part 1) (45 mins) (115KB pdf) Activities from an interactive online resource which help pupils to compare flat maps and globes.   Download a pdf of all morning activities with worksheets and information (273KB pdf)   Download a pdf of all afternoon activities with worksheets and information (128KB pdf)

Background information for teachers

Morning
Today's activities introduce pupils to the World Cup and to the 32 countries whose teams have qualified for this year's finals. Pupils will begin to work in small groups ('teams') to generate questions about some of the countries playing in this year's tournament. Much of the emphasis in Bring on the World is on encouraging participation and teamwork, giving pupils the opportunity to work in teams and to reflect on what makes a successful team (and what does not!).

Pupils will use Oxfam's new Mapping Our World online resource in order to become more familiar with the location of different countries. Mapping our World also helps them to understand the relationship between globes and maps and takes a look at how different world maps represent the size, shape and position of countries in different ways. These differences can influence our perceptions of the relative importance of individual countries.

Afternoon
The afternoon's activities allow pupils to work in pairs to explore world maps in more detail. Then, in groups, pupils will begin to find the answers to some of the questions they asked in the morning about countries playing in this year's World Cup.

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