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Get teaching about Make Poverty History
We have many on- and off-line teaching resources available
to help you tackle the key Make Poverty History issues of trade, aid and debt. For more information, please see our ‘About the Issues’
section.
This page contains information about teaching resources which all relate to Make Poverty History:
Free
online teaching resources
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Curriculum Links |
Description
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| Global express: where to now...to make poverty history? |
8-14 year olds |
Literacy, English, Citizenship, PHSE, PSE, Geography |
New free classroom activities to help pupils think critically about the achievements of Make Poverty History, Live8, and the G8 in 2005. |
| Change the World
in 8 Steps |
7-14 year olds |
Literacy, Citizenship, PSHE, PSE |
A set of posters and activities investigating the UN Millennium
Development Goals. All the goals are worth further investigation but
goal eight in particular focuses on delivering trade, aid and debt reform to help the world’s poorest people. |
| Beyond the Wave: After the Tsunami,
can we make poverty history? |
9 -11 year olds |
Foundation subjects, Geography, PSHE/PSE, ICT, Citizenship, Maths,
Art, English… |
Dip into this week of flexible activities designed to help teachers
look at what has happened in tsunami-affected areas, and make links
between this and Make Poverty History. |
| Milking It! |
13 -16 year olds |
Citizenship, Geography, PSHE/PSE, Modern Studies |
This extensive, interactive resource equips young people with an
understanding of world trade and globalisation. By focusing on the
lives of dairy farmers in Wales and Jamaica, pupils will consider
why world trade rules are the way they are, how this affects farmers
around the world, and how ordinary people can make a difference. |
| Looking Behind
the Logo |
13 -17 year olds |
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This assembly plan, based on our popular role-play resource (see
below), introduces pupils to trade issues by looking at life for factory
workers. |
| Make Poverty
History
Schools Group web links (external site) |
Primary & Secondary |
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The Make Poverty History Schools Group has compiled a list of useful
education websites. |
| Make Poverty
History lessons and assemblies (external
site) |
Primary & Secondary |
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Primary and secondary MPH lesson ideas and assembly
plans from Oxfam Cymru and Christian Aid. |
Printed teaching resources
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| Change the World in Eight Steps |
7-14 year olds |
Literacy, Citizenship, PSHE, PSE |
£15.00 |
A set of posters and activities investigating the UN Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs). These colourful posters and easy-to-use
activities explore the eight MDGs and provoke discussion using case-studies
and photographs.
To order a FREE SUMMARY POSTER explaining the Millennium Development Goals and containing activities for the classroom, email education@oxfam.org.uk or phone 0870 333 2700 and request your free Millennium Development Goals poster for schools. |
| Life
After Debt |
14 years and over |
Geography, Citizenship, PSHE/PSE |
£10.00 |
This video pack consists of three short films about Uganda, one
of the first countries to receive substantial debt relief. The video
shows real improvement in the lives of poor people and is accompanied
by background information and classroom activities. |
| Looking
Behind the Logo |
13 years and over |
Geography, Citizenship, PSHE/PSE; |
£4.95 |
This trade role-play game investigates the global supply chain through
the eyes of different players in the sportswear industry. Looking
Behind the Logo was Highly Commended by the Geographical Association
in 2005. |
| The
Coffee Chain Game (2nd edition) |
13 years and over |
Geography, Citizenship, PSHE/PSE |
£4.50 |
This role-play activity enables young people to explore why money
in the coffee industry is so unevenly distributed. This 2005 edition
includes new case-study material, information about fair trade and
teachers’ notes. |
For the full list of Global Citizenship teaching resources,
please browse our online Catalogue for Schools.
Resources on Cool Planet for Children
Make Poverty History explained for pupils
Our site for children explains the issues, looks at which stars support
the campaign, and has ideas for how young people can get involved.
Fair
trade explained for pupils
Follow the journey of a banana, try our delicious fair trade recipes and
learn more about the issues. Check out our case studies of Fair Trade in
action.
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