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Comic Relief 2007
Oxfam's Cool Planet contains hundreds of teaching and learning resources, all designed to bring the global dimension into the classroom. In support of Red Nose Day 2007, we've brought together a selection of resources about trade, aid and debt.
You can browse more resources in our online catalogue.
Related resources
Looking Behind the
Logo (Oxfam)
The global supply chain in the sportswear industry.
Looking Behind the Logo helps
players understand how the global supply chain works, and why the
system is so unfair to the workers on the factory floor. Looking
Behind the Logo is designed for use in schools,
but can easily be adapted for other groups. It focuses on the sportswear
industry, but the problems it explores are common to many other
industries.
> Assembly available
online
The Challenge
of Globalisation (Oxfam)
The Challenge of Globalisation
provides a framework through which young people can
gain an understanding of this complex issue. It explores not only
the economic and geographical aspects of globalisation but also
the moral and ethical debates. This book looks at both the positive
and negative sides of globalisation.
The Coffee Chain Game
2005 edition (Oxfam)
An activity on trade for ages 13 and above.
Coffee companies make huge profits, while the farmers
who grow the coffee beans make barely enough to live on. The
Coffee Chain Game is a role-play activity which helps participants
explore why the money made from coffee is so unevenly distributed.
> Find out more and
download sample pages online
Change the World in 8 Steps
(Oxfam)
A set of posters and activities for 7-14 year olds
investigating the UN Millennium Development Goals.
This pack of nine full colour posters is designed to introduce pupils
to the eight Millennium Development Goals, the international targets
set by all UN member states for reducing world poverty by 2015.
Life
after Debt (Oxfam)
This resource consists of three short films which
were shot in Uganda, one of the first countries in Africa to receive
substantial debt relief. They show real improvement in the lives
of poor people in the areas of education, farming, and health. The
video is supported by background information and classroom activities.
Third
World Debt – Drop It! (Jubilee Debt Campaign)
Just what is third world debt and what can young people
do about it?
This short video uses young people's voices to make connections
between personal debts in the UK and international debt. It features
students from Birmingham who were asked to set the annual budget
for a developing country hampered by debt repayments, natural disasters
and unfair international trade rules.
Globalisation:
What's it all about? (Tide-DEC)
Globalisation is one of the most important issues
facing the world in which young people today are growing up. What's
it all about? These new materials include activities and information
aimed at stimulating and supporting classroom work on globalisation
and the questions raised.
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