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Muluken
from Ethiopia (top)
1. Muluken,
who lives in Gerba Sefer village in Ethiopia. The village
is high in the mountains in the eastern Highlands. Almost
three-quarters
of Ethiopia's land area is higher than Ben Nevis, the highest
mountain in the UK.
Discussion: What links do pupils in the
class have with Ethiopia? (family living there etc)
2. Muluken and her
family. Muluken lives with her dad, her older sister Esketsenaf,
and her younger sister Mekdes. Her grandmother also lives
with them and takes care of the children while their mother
is away.
Muluken's mother works as a teacher in a school which is
20 kilometres
away. It is difficult to travel so far every day, so she
lives at home at weekends and during the school holidays.
Discussion:
Extended family relationships; who lives at home/away from
home etc.
3. Muluken shares
breakfast with her sister. They share a bowl and it is polite
to eat with the fingers of the right hand. For breakfast Muluken
likes to drink tea and eat bread, and sometimes mekoreni (macaroni).
Italian food in Ethiopia is a legacy of Italy's influence in the
region and its occupation of Ethiopia from 1934-1941.
Discussion: Macaroni is eaten in Ethiopia
- what food do children eat from around the world?
4. Muluken and her
sister wash their faces and hands before breakfast. There
is no running water in the house and so water has to be carried
from the village pump. Luckily it is not too far. The pump is
a good meeting place for the women of the village. One of Muluken's
jobs is fetching water.
Discussion: Children's jobs around the
home. You could relate this photo to number 17, which shows Sasha
fetching water from the well. If Muluken's family carry water
from the pump are they more likely to use water carefully? Do
children in the UK use more water then they need to?
5. Muluken and her
friends playing shop. They find things around the home to
'buy and sell'. Muluken's uncle and his family live next door
so there is always somebody to play with. Zebawork, Muluken's
cousin, is like another big sister.
Discussion: Games children play, who they
play with, friends etc.
6. Muluken sleeps
on her mother's lap. There is no electricity in Gerba Sefer
village, and so the family use a paraffin lamp. At night it can
get cold and it's sometimes frosty in November and December.
Discussion: Do we waste power (eg electricity)
in the North? What can we do to save energy at home?
Cidinha
from Brazil (top)
7. Cidinha in her
hammock. Cidinha's mum Joana wakes her up in the morning.
If she has to go to school then she is woken up at 7 o'clock,
but on other days she get up at about 9. Her mum gets up first
to light the stove, get water from the well, feed the pigs and
chickens and make the coffee. Cidinha helps in the mornings by
fetching water from the well and putting cups on the table.
Discussion: What sort of 'morning routine'
do children in the class have?
8. Cidinha helps
out at home by hanging out the washing. She fetches water
from the well to do the washing. She also helps with other jobs
at home such as feeding the animals. The job Cidinha likes least
is washing the dishes.
Discussion: What jobs do children do at home?
9. Cidinha helps
her mother break babassu nuts. The oil in the nuts is used
to make soap which the villagers sell. Babassu nuts are about
the size of apples and Cidinha breaks about 100 a day. At the
village shop she can exchange the nuts she for a new pencil case
or exercise book.
Discussion: The sort of jobs that children
do in the UK (paper rounds etc); paid and unpaid work.
10. Cidinha and
her friends play a skipping game. It's called elástico.
Ludovico village is very quiet and it is always safe to play in
the street. Cidinha and her friends also enjoy splashing for hours
in the lake by the village.
Discussion: What are children's favourite
games? Are they similar/different? Where are the safe places where
they can play?
11. Cidinha's family
and neighbours watch TV while they have dinner. They are eating
janta, which is made of rice and beans flavoured with spring onion
and coriander which they grow themselves. Sometimes they eat meat
which comes from their own chickens and pigs. Cidinha's father
and brothers catch fish in the lake.
Discussion: Where do children in the
UK get most of their food from (shops); the differences between
buying and growing food.
12. Cidinha dances
with her friends. When she grows up she wants to be a famous
singer and dancer. There are many different types of dance in
Brazil. Forró and maracatu are popular rhythms in the north-east
where Cidinha lives.
Discussion: What music do the children
like? What do they want to be when they grow up?
Sasha
from Russia (top)
13. Sasha is all
dressed up for the winter. His hat is called an oushanka and
it is made out of rabbit fur. The flaps cover his ears and keep
them warm. Before he goes out into the snow, he also has to put
on an extra sweater, padded jacket and trousers, felt boots, mittens
and a scarf. Today the temperature is minus 43ºC.
Discussion: What clothes do we need for
different temperatures and types of weather?
14. Every morning
Sasha helps to dress his younger sister, Yulya. His stepfather
is often away working and Sasha likes to help his mother and babushka
(Russian for grandmother) in every way he can. Christmas is a
very important event in Russia. However, Russians celebrate it
on 7th February, because the Russian Orthodox calendar is used.
Discussion: Brothers and sisters; who
helps who at home; important festivals etc.
15. Sasha helps with
the cooking. He is making batter for pancakes that will be
eaten with jam. Sasha enjoys whipping eggs in the blender.
Discussion: What do children like to
cook?
16. Sasha at school.
He likes to be the first in the classroom to surprise the others
when they arrive. There are fourteen children in his class but
today five have stayed at home because it is so cold outside.
Sasha likes reading best. His favourite games are 'chase' and
'blind man's buff'.
Discussion: Talk about the writing around
the classroom, which is in the Cyrillic alphabet. This is closely
based on the Greek alphabet, with about a dozen additional letters,
and was first written in Russia in the early Middle Ages.
17. Every two days,
Sasha and his brother Vanya collect water from the well. They
borrow a sledge from a neighbour and help each other to pull the
heavy churns. Sasha also helps clear snow from the path and bring
in logs for the fire.
Discussion: Would children like to collect
water on a sledge themselves? What would be the advantages and
disadvantages? You could relate this photo to number 4.
18. Sasha has
made this house out of snow. In the winter, making snow houses
is Sasha's favourite game. He works all day to finish a house.
He makes the walls smooth inside and out and if the snow is damp
and sticky he makes little tables, beds and chairs.
Discussion: What dens and private places
do the children in the class have?
Shakeel
from India (top)
19. Shakeel's mum
helps him get ready for school. He likes wearing new clothes
and looks forward to festival days when he gets clothes as presents.
Discussion: Favourite clothes; the symbolic meaning of some clothes;
clothes for different weathers.
20. Shakeel and
his family have breakfast. They eat parathas, bread fried
in oil, and drink tea. Shakeel likes lots of sugar in his tea!
At 7 o'clock his dad gives him a lift to school in his auto-rickshaw,
a taxi with three wheels. On the way Shakeel sees lots of monkeys.
Discussion: What do the children eat
for breakfast? Healthy eating and the importance of having breakfast.
21. Shakeel's favourite
lesson is craft. He is printing with a vegetable called okra.
He decorates his painting with dried lentils. School gets crowded
and there are about 40 children in his class.
Discussion: Favourite subjects at school.
22. Shakeel plays football
during break time. All the children wear a blue and white
school uniform. Because it's hot and dusty, some children prefer
not to wear shoes. Shakeel has four special friends whom he plays
with.
Discussion: Why are no girls playing
football? Would it be the same in the children's own school?
23. Shakeel's special
job is feeding the goats. He milks them in the morning and
the evening. It is his favourite job because he likes drinking
the milk. Shakeel also helps at home by fetching water and cooking.
He doesn't like dusting because it makes him cough.
Discussion: What relationships do the
children have with animals? Do they have pets? Do they care for
any animals?
24. By 9 o'clock
Shakeel is in bed. He shares a room with his brother Shabeer.
He sleeps with his favourite pillow, which he doesn't like anyone
else using. A cool fan keeps them comfortable until morning.
Discussion: Bedtime routines; special
toys/comforts that children sleep with.
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