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Weblinks

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> About the World Cup
> Day one
> Day two
> Day three
> Day four
> Day five

About the World Cup

> Official FIFA World Cup website

Unicef and SOS Children's Villages are official sponsors of the World Cup 2006:
> www.unicef.org/football/world/index.html
> www.unicef.org/football/players
> www.6villagesfor2006.org

Day one

Morning: World Cup football... and the world

Activity 1: Introduction to the World Cup
> List of teams playing in the World Cup

Activity 3: Country research (introduction)
Useful websites for pupils to do research:

> Encyclopedia.com
> Country reports.org
> Infoplease
> BBC News

Activity 4: Mapping our World online (part 1)
> Mapping our World book
> Mapping our World online resource
> The Globe Unwrapped
> Find the Right Place

Afternoon: World maps

Activity 1: Mapping our World online (part 2)
> Holey Moley (paired work)
> Chat Show (whole class)
> Map Merging (paired work)
> Walk the Plank (paired work)

Day two

Morning: Football around the world

Activity1: We play football
> Spot the ball
> Change the World in Eight Steps (Oxfam’s poster resource for 7–14 year olds)
   Information about the resource and the Millennium Development Goals
> Activities for Goal 1

More information about the Millennium Development Goals:
> United Nations MDG page
> UN Millennium Campaign
> Oxfam’s Cool Planet for teachers MDG information and activities

Activity 2: A game of empowerment
>Global Express, edition 32 (source for this activity)

Information about Liberian footballer, George Weah
> www.unicef.org/people/people_george_weah.html
> http://www.fifa.com/fifa/pub/magazine/fm2-96.2.html
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/1434214.stm

Activity 3: Introducing goals
> Oxfam's ‘summary’ poster introducing all the Millennium Development Goals
    (from Change the World in Eight Steps: A set of posters and activities for 7–14 year olds investigating the    UN Millennium Development Goals)

Day three

Morning: Football around the world

Activity 1: Girls on the ball
> Global Express, edition 32 (source for this activity)

Further articles and information about women’s/girls’ football can be found at:
> Global Express June 1998
BBC Newsround: articles and chat:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4650000/newsid_4655000/4655085.stm
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4330000/newsid_4334500/4334536.stm
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4610000/newsid_4611200/4611223.stm

Day four

Morning: How sportswear is made

Activity 1: From shopper to worker
> Information about the international sportswear industry and Oxfam’s Looking behind the Logo              (original  source for this activity)

Day five

Morning: Thinking about competition

Activity 3: Evaluation - what have we learnt this week?
> Link back to Day 2 morning, Activity 3, Introducing goals

Activity 2: Further work from Day 1
> Link back to Activity 4: Mapping our World online (part 4)
> Link back to Day 2, Activity 4, The Millennium Development Goals
> Link back to Day 4 webpage (Sportswear)

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