Atlas of war and peace
Dan Smith, Earthscan, 2003
Gives a global overview of the causes and consequences of war today and the dynamics of peacemaking. |
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Atlas of women
Joni Seager, Earthscan 2003
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Uses maps and other graphics to explore the current status of women in relation to key issues such as equality, health and work. |
Bangladesh photo-activity pack GA Highly Commended
Manchester DEP 2003
Explores the lives of people in Bangladesh and the UK and highlights common issues and concerns. Key Stage 2. |
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Bintou’s braids Sylviane A Diouf
Picture book set in West Africa, of a little girl who wants braids, just like her older sister. |
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Instead, all she has are four little tufts of hair. After she saves the lives of her two young cousins and is offered a reward, she soon learns that true beauty comes in many different forms. |
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Citizen, state and nation
Geographical Association
One of a series for 16-19 students.
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Encourages students to explore aspects of their daily lives which cast light on the nature of the state, the nation and global change. |
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City Worlds
Routledge
A useful reference for teachers interested in exploring further what we understand by ‘cities’.
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Excuse me is this India?
Anita Leutwiler & Anushka Ravishankar
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A fantastic story of travel through a child’s imagination. The illustrations are put together with fabric collected during the artist’s visit to India. |
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Exploring our world
One World Centre
An ‘active learning resource’ which enables students to develop their understanding of development issues and their roles as global citizens.
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Feeling good about faraway friends Leeds DEC
A photopack for KS1 and 2 which focuses on the daily life of a Maasai family in Kenya. |
Encourages children to feel good about themselves and their peers, to acknowledge and celebrate similarities and differences and to respect and appreciate the Maasai family as their ‘faraway friends’. |
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Global citizenship: A critical reader
Edited by Nigel Dower and John Wiliams, Edinburgh University Press 1999
A beginner’s guide to current debates about global citizenship and the global issues which inspire them. |
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Islamaphobia: issues, challenges and actions
Chaired by Dr Richard Stone, Edited by Robin Richardson, Trentham Books 2004
A report by the Commission on British Muslims and Islamaphobia. |
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Issues ~ The Gender Issue
Independence
One of a series of reference books on various contemporary social issues. A completely new edition of each title, is published every two years. |
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Journey to Jo’burg
Beverley Naidoo
Powerful story set in South Africa, for 7-10 year olds. |
Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen year old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who works there as a maid. |
Ladakh
Geographical Association
Photopack for KS1 and 2 based on the life of a Tibetan refugee community. Focuses particularly on the life and activities of children attending the Tibetan Children’s Village School. |
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Lives in crisis: The African-American slave trade
Hodder Wayland
Explores the issues surrounding the African-American slave trade.
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How did it grow to such massive proportions? What was the impact in Africa? How was it abolished? Also looks at the long shadow that slavery has cast down to the present day. |
Peace Weavers
Julia Jarman, Andersen Press 2004
A teenage girl has to go and live with her father on an American air-base in Suffolk whilst her mother travels to Iraq to protest against the war. |
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Whilst in Suffolk she gets drawn into an archaeological dig and helps excavate the grave of Maethilde, a 6th century peace weaver. "This story is not about Iraq. It’s about emotional intelligence; moral responsibility and the difficulty of making "right" decisions in the real world." |
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Rehearsing our roles
Tide~
A handbook of drama-based activities to support work with children as active citizens.
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The activities are designed to enable children to explore viewpoints in a dynamic, challenging, yet safe way. A must for non-drama specialists. |
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Sustainable human development
Peace Child International
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An international team of young people have used their own words, stories and images to present key information from the United Nations Human Development Reports. |
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The Changing face of South Africa
Rob Bowden and Tony Binns
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South Africa is changing and trying to tackle the problems of the past. It is reinventing itself as the ‘Rainbow Nation’. Meet the people of South Africa and learn about the diversity of their lives. Suitable for KS2/3. |
The Day of Ahmed’s secret
Parry & Gilliland
Picture book set in Cairo. |
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Ahmed has a secret to tell his family, but first he must work hard to sell gas bottles in the city. The illustrations help to evoke a vivid sense of the hustle and bustle of the city. |
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The India File
Channel 4 Schools
Contains a teacher’s book, activity book and video. |
The activities are written around the five, 15 minute programmes: Life in Bombay, Life in the village, Arts and crafts, Struggle for freedom, Celebrations. For KS2.
See also Communities and Change
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The state of the world’s cities 2004/5
Earthscan
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Examines the cultural impact of globalisation on cities – on how they are governed and planned, on the diversity of their population and on the development of their cultures and economies. Contains statistics, case studies and colour photos. |
Throwaway daughter
Ting-Xing Ye, Faber and Faber 2003
Grace is adopted from China and taken to Canada. |
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Watching the Tianenmen Square massacre on television prompts her to explore her Chinese ancestry and she begins to unlock the truth about what really happened to her almost 20 years before. |
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Towards Ubuntu
Tide~
Explores themes related to education for democratic citizenship, using South Africa as a case study.
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Written for students and teachers on initial and in-service teacher education courses who will contribute to teaching citizenship in schools. |
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Understanding global issues - Iraq and the West, The politics of confrontation
UGI 2002
Series of leaflets on various themes such as Global warming, Iraq, Soil erosion, Refugees.
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Urbanization
Hodder Wayland
Part of the Sustainable World series, this book provides a visual, thought provoking and accessible starting point for students’ independent research.
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Village by the sea
Anita Desai
Hari and his sister are the eldest children of an Indian family. Despite the family’s poverty they work together with a passionate aim: to secure a place for their family and their village in a future shot through with change.
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Whose citizenship? ... a teacher’s toolkit
Tide~
A practical handbook for teachers. It offers strategies and approaches to enable young people to explore the wider, global context to their own citizenship.
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See Whose citizenship? ... a teachers toolkit for downloadable material.
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World Issues ~ Human rights
Belitha Press 2002
One of a series of non-fiction books on issues such as human rights, poverty and equal opportunities. |
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Looks first at one person’s experiences and then examines the facts, arguments and opinions from around the globe. |
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80:20 development in an unequal world
Tide~ and 80:20
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A new comprehensive introduction to many of the major development, human rights and justice issues which affect us all. Contains a wealth of statistics, case studies, graphs, web-site information, specially commissioned cartoons and viewpoints from prominent authors.
"There is more to development than aid. Education is the objective of the exercise - helping young people understand the issues and the challenges, and helping them to become citizens of a fast-changing world."
Colm Regan, 80:20 Ireland
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