Useful websites for the global dimension
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Action Aid
A dedicated website where pupils can learn directly from Chembakolli in India.
Anti Slavery International
Continue teaching about the Slave Trade in History using ideas from this site.
British Council
You can enhance your work to build a global dimension in the curriculum by linking
your school with a partner in Africa, Asia, Latin America, The Caribbean or Pacific;
Global School Partnerships provides training, guidance and funding for Reciprocal
Visits and Curriculum Projects.
Christian Aid
A new site for teachers with a range of topics from Fair Trade to Climate change
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Ideas for Community Cohesion:
Discover practical ways for schools in the UK to use school partnerships to find
out about the countries and cultures in our history; work with other schools in
the UK to explore identity and diversity in a global context, and to promote Community
Cohesion, now a duty on schools in England.
Department for International Development
funds the work of the One World Network North East as well as that of major Development
Agencies and others whose work contributes to building awareness of international
development.
Development Education Association
DEA believes that UK education should put learning in a global context, fostering:
- critical and creative thinking;
- self-awareness and open-mindedness towards difference;
- understanding of global issues and power relationships; and
- optimism and action for a better world.
This means changing both what people learn, and also how they learn
The DEA is the umbrella body for a wide range of organisations whose work can
help you to include a global dimension in your school's curriculum.
Fairtrade Schools
Find out how to register and work towards Fairtrade School Status - a newly developed
process with local funding support in every region of the UK. Contact us if you
want to get in touch with your local Fairtrade Town partnership representative.
Oxfam - for Teachers
Find teaching resources, assembly ideas, lesson plans and much more: see Mapping
our World for Whiteboard ideas:
Practical Action - for D&T teaching
Formerly known as Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG)
Offers resources support projects in a range of curriculum areas, including humanities,
science, citizenship and PSHE. However, most of the work is targeted at design
and technology teaching, focusing on issues such as:
- technologies from different cultures
- the local and global impact of design and technology decisions
- the role of appropriate technology in sustainable development
Rights Respecting Schools - UNICEF
This new nationwide award scheme promotes the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child as the basis for enhancing teaching, learning, ethos, attitudes
and behaviour.
Royal Geographical Society
New learning resources for Primary and Secondary Schools exploring the geography
and history of East Africa are now available as well as lots of other ideas for
a global dimension in geography.
Save the Children
Eye to Eye with child labour seeks to bring to life issues around children and
work, through stimulating teaching resources based around the photos and stories
of working children themselves. If you would like to trial some of these materials
and get involved with the team that created them, contact:
Teesside One World Centre
is the only Development Education Centre in the North East and is based in Middlesbrough
(find directions on the website). Members can borrow teaching materials, you can
also buy them there; it runs projects; it has a library of resources.
UKOWLA - UK One World Linking Association
Use this toolkit to help you build sustainable, reciprocal global school partnerships
that enable you to draw on for a global dimension in your school curriculum.
Understanding Slavery
Understanding Slavery encourages teachers, educators and young people to examine
the history and legacies of the transatlantic slave trade through museum artefacts.
Voluntary Service Overseas - VSO
VSO's Global Educators Register can help you find a local contact to come into
your classroom who has lived and worked in a country you are teaching about.
