Day two

Football around the world ...(is the world a fair place?)

Morning session: Football around the world
Key focus
How is football played around the world - both formally and informally? Pupils challenge stereotypes by looking at photos and asking questions.

Afternoon session: A fair competition?
Key focus
Why do some countries usually do better in the World Cup than others? Is life for people in different countries around the world fair?

Morning

Activity 1: We play football
Pupils compare two photos of children playing football, one taken in Kenya and one in the UK. They discuss them, then learn about life in a shanty town in the suburbs of Nairobi.
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Activity 2: A game of empowerment
Do competitive games help poor people with the problems they face? Case studies from Kenya and Zambia help pupils think about this.
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Activity 3: Introducing goals
Learning about the UN Millennium Development goals.
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Activity 4: The Milennium Development Goals
Pupils think about and discuss the MDGs.
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Afternoon

Activity 1: Country trumps
A version of the popular game, played with statistics from countries participating in the World Cup finals.
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Activity 2: Country research (part 2)
Continued project work about countries participating in the World Cup.
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Day two

Morning

Afternoon

Cool Planet for Children

Oxfam's Catalogue for Schools

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