Resources

Oxfam's catalogue for schools

Education support for fundraising

Children and diversity

Countries and continents

Disasters and emergencies

Food, trade and globalisation

G8 2007

Our food, our world

Fair Trade Resources

The Coffee Chain Game

Looking behind the logo

The challenge of globalisation

The clothes line

Get global

Go bananas

Making a meal of it

Peace and conflict

Rights and social justice

Sustainability

Water

Welsh language

Food, Trade and Globalisation

In addition to the online resources listed below, we have a wide range of books, videos, posters and games for sale. Please refer to the Theme index on the inside back cover of our catalogue.

Classroom activities

• G8 2007 - teach about this year's G8 summit with our short cut to resources on the important topics.
• Our food, our world - free online resource exploring the lives of two children and the food they eat: Yamini, from India, and Luis, from Mexico. Includes photographs, ready-to-use activities, country information, and recipes. Ideal for ages 5 to 9.
• Resources on Trade and Fair Trade - information and activities that teachers can use to help their students understand trade issues.

• The Coffee Chain Game - a role-play activity which helps participants explore why the money made from coffee is so unevenly distributed (from age 13).

• Looking Behind the Logo - a role-play activity to help young people learn about the unfair deal given to the workers in developing countries who make sportswear (for 13-17 year olds).

• The Clothes Line - online activities looking at clothes, cotton, and trade. Traces the development of a finished garment from the cotton in the field, to a UK shop (for 7-11 year olds).

• Get Global - guide for teachers of 11-16 year olds on how to facilitate and assess active global citizenship.

• Go Bananas! - looking at the farmers who grow bananas in the Caribbean, and the long journey of a banana to the supermarket shelf in the UK (for 7 - 11 year olds).

• Making a Meal of It!  - where does our food come from? Why are people hungry? What can we do about hunger? Activities looking at food and related global issues (for 7 - 11 year olds).

Related pages

	Milking It! - farmers and international trade, based on case studies in Wales and Jamaica (for 13 - 16 year olds).

	Globalisation - lesson plans for under 5's to 11 year olds on Global Citizenship themes, including globalisation.   Foundation stage (England), pre-five (Scotland), early years (Wales) Key stage 1 (England+Wales), P1-3 (Scotland) Key stage 2 (England+Wales), P4-7 (Scotland)

	Pink Carrots – how the lives of small farmers in Guatemala are being improved through growing new types of vegetables for sale abroad . On Cool Planet for children.
	Bonkers about Bananas! - the travels of a banana from the Windward Islands to the British supermarket. On Cool Planet for Children.

	Drought, nomads and the price of peanuts - secondary activities looking at links between land use, trade and poverty. Offers one example of difficulties brought about by a modern agricultural model in circumstances which are ecologically fragile.
	Chokky Bikkies Activity – interactive activities looking at where chocolate biscuits come from. Travel on a virtual journey through Ghana and explore issues of interdependence, Fair Trade and chocolate. Includes teachers notes.

	Make Trade Fair - Oxfam's global campaign is calling for world trade rules to be changed. This website looks at the issues and encourages people to take action.
	Oxfam and Fair Trade - background information and latest news from the main Oxfam website. Including examples of how Fair Trade has improved peoples' lives.