Global Express is a series of newsletters full of practical ideas for teachers about topical media issues, with the promise is that 'editions reach teachers within 10 days of a high-profile news story'. Past editions have explored contradictory...
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Aid, Conflict, Crime, Debt, Democracy, Development, Environment, Equality, Fair trade, Global citizenship, Human rights, Media, Millennium Dev Goals, Peace, Poverty, Refugees / Asylum, Trade
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This game is designed to help younger children to understand the difficulties of surviving in an economy where there is high unemployment and no social security. It also raises questions about power and the use of the world's resources. The g...
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Debt, Development, Economy, Employment, Equality, Family, Homes and Homelessness, Human rights, Poverty, Social justice, Trade, Waste
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This free online resource for teachers is suitable for those teaching 7 to 11 year olds. It includes a variety of activities based on the theme of water and water shortages which can be used in a number of different subject areas, including Eng...
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This handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the nature and impact of globalisation. Currculum links are made with the requirements of citizenship education and other curriculum areas in England, Scotland and Wales. The book begins with act...
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This pack investigates the nature of the relationship between Europe and Africa with a focus on history, trade patterns, distribution of wealth and visions of the future. It contains several posters for classroom use along with a discussion boo...
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This resource has been written by and for secondary geography teachers with a citizenship emphasis. It contains activities and information to stimulate and support classroom work on globalisation. The book raises questions about the concepts, c...
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Most of us enjoy bananas but how often do we think about where they come from and how they arrive in our shops just ready to eat? Bananas are likely to capture children's interest, but they also lead right to the heart of some difficult tradin...
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This resource explains issues related to global trade, sustainable development and social justice. Using a simulation game for a full class about cocoa producing countries and chocolate producing countries, it highlights the case of chocolate t...
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These six topic packs bring a global dimension to popular themes for young children. Each set includes six A3 posters of images from different parts of the world, a stunning A1 poster with a collage of images, and teacher's notes. The notes i...
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This simulation game will form an excellent centrepiece for a project on food or farming. Initially children explore their ideas about what is a farmer and why people are hungry. The game itself involves making food crops and cash crops by dr...
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Our cotton T-shirts, dresses and trousers are made from a plant grown in countries many thousands of miles away. 'The Clothes Line' investigates who grows cotton, how it is processed, transported and made into the garments we buy in the high s...
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A very good television series giving a realistic but positive picture of India, Bangladesh and Indonesia. 1) Farming and Development is set in Kerala, India where land has been shared with the poorest. 2) Environment and Industry explores sus...
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Aid, Conservation, Development, Employment, Environment, Farming, Fishing, Food, Industry, Poverty, Rural, Trade, Transport, Urban
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The pack consists of case studies, activities and worksheets about a Polish subsistence farm, a cash crop farm in Nicaragua and a local farm. It is factual, informative and user-friendly with stimulating photographs and useful teacher informat...
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Many children find it hard to believe that people in the South live in cities as well as rural areas. This may have been compounded by media images and the rural focus of many locality studies. This pack, which includes 20 photos, seeks to ex...
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This booklet is for teachers from rural primary schools who are concerned about the relationship between schools, the community and the curriculum. It uses 'locality studies' in Peru and India as a vehicle for thinking about the experience of ...
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This is a very impressive website for teachers and children. Teachers can find resources to support a global dimension in a wide range of curriculum areas. Some are interactive offering ready classroom material; for example, there are activit...
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Assembly, Citizenship, Environmental Studies, ESD / Global Citizenship, Geography, ICT / IS / IT, Local and Global Citizens, Modern Studies, Professional Development, Religious/Moral Education, Welsh language
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