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Global Eye Secondary
Teachers' Notes Spring 2002
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the
Global Eye website, an online resource based on Global Eye,
the magazine about world development written by Worldaware
for the Department of International Development (DFID).
This website won the Geographical Association's 'Gold Award'
for 2000-2001.
This is the seventh on-line edition, based on Issue 17 of
the magazine. The six previous online editions can be viewed
from the Back Issue Archive
section of the website. In addition, the archive section contains
pdf files for issues 1-10 of the magazine plus teachers' notes
and activity sheets, all of which can be printed out. To search
for information on particular themes or countries, the archive
section also contains an index,
providing hotlinks to the relevant pages in previous issues.
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SUGGESTIONS
FOR SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES & USEFUL WEBSITES
Global Eye Spring 2002
examines some of the contemporary issues concerning the tourism
industry. It is hoped that the issues raised will be relevant
to Economics and Business Studies courses as well as courses
in Geography, Leisure & Tourism and Citizenship.
Eye
on St Lucia
The Geography Online
website has an up-to-date case study of St Lucia as well as
many images that can be downloaded. Visit www.geographyonline.co.uk
The St Lucia Star Newspaper's
website, www.stlucia.star.com
provides detailed articles on issues relating to St Lucia.
www.stats.gov.lc/
is the St Lucia National Statistics Department's website,
providing data on the country's economy, climate, transportation,
educational resources and other statistics.
Visit www.mygale.org/04/schmittg/index_a.html
for a guided tour of St Lucia. There is information and maps
to learn about the island's history, culture, and flora &
fauna.
"Bananas Unpeeled"
(Banana Link 2000) is a 26 minute video for the 13+ age group
that looks at the conditions of banana plantation workers
and farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It also examines
fairtrade as an alternative. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk
(Code V-9) £10.00. The associated Banana Link website,
www.bananalink.org.uk
provides lots of background material and statistics on the
social and environmental issues that affect the banana trade.
Other resources are available
from Banana Link. To purchase these, contact Banana Link at
38-40, Exchange Street, Norwich NR2 1AX; Tel: 01603 765670;
Fax: 01603 761645; Email: [email protected]
"The Truth about
Bananas" (1999) is an activity pack containing information
about banana production and trade, ideas for discussion, role
plays, quizzes and ideas for action. £5.00.
"Which Bananas?"
is a free leaflet looking at Fairtrade, banana companies,
organic production and the Windward Islands.
"Best of the
Bunch: Fairtrade Bananas from Producer to Consumer"
(2001) is a colourful 20 page A4 booklet packed with up-to-date
information about Fairtrade bananas. It looks at the history
of fair trade, the situation in the Windward Islands, how
Fairtrade works, what the benefits are for producers, and
the future challenges for Fairtrade bananas. £2.00.
"The Cost of
Bananas" is a 16 panel A1 sized exhibition for schools
and community use to show how the bananas we eat are produced
and traded, how our choices as consumers in the North affect
workers and farmers in exporting countries, and what we can
do to help them improve their situation. Small hire charge
plus cost of carriage.
"Banana Action
Updates": regular updates or action requests about
companies, Fairtrade and workers' rights violations by post
or email. A donation of ten first class stamps is recommended.
www.cbea.org
is the website of the Caribbean Banana Exporters Association
and has a useful account of the current trade dispute over
bananas.
"Coral Reefs:
Ecosystem in Crisis" by Sue Warn (Field Studies Council
2001) is an excellent 48 page book aimed at the 16+ age group.
It contains a wealth of information on coral reefs, and has
well-developed case studies from the Caribbean, including
St Lucia. The book is part of a project that grew out of the
Rio Summit to develop awareness about coral reef biodiversity
and conservation amongst students in UK and Caribbean schools.
Funded by the Darwin Initiative. £7.50 from the Field
Studies Council, Preston Montford, Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury
SY4 1HW; Tel: 01743 852100 Fax: 01743 852101;
Email: [email protected]
Focus
on Tourism
"The Tourism
Game" is an excellent role play exploring the costs
and benefits of tourism development. There are two versions
available on the 'just Business' website to suit the 16+ age
group and a younger age group. Although the role play is principally
for students of Business Studies, Economics and/or Geography,
it requires no specialist knowledge and may be utilised in
other curriculum areas to explore citizenship issues and to
develop skills of discussion, critical thinking and persuasive
argument. Download the Tourism Game from www.jusbiz.org/resources/tourism.shtml
"Be my Guest"
by Tourism Concern (2000) is a series of photocopiable activity
sheets that explore some of the issues arising from the impact
of tourism in the UK and around the world. Suitable for the
11-16 age group and available from www.worldaware.org.uk (Code
PA-197) £4.99.
"Looking beyond
the Brochure" by Tourism Concern (1999) is a 20 minute
video and 120 pages of photocopiable materials, examining
tourism in The Gambia from the viewpoint of local people,
the tourist industry and tourists themselves. The activities
are suitable for a range of subject areas including English,
Media Studies, Citizenship, Humanities. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk
(code PA-149) £15.75. Also available is "Exploring
Beyond the Brochure", an A5 sized booklet that relates
to the video pack, with ideas for Geography, PSE/Citizenship
lessons, texts and visual source material on sustainable development,
rights and responsibilities. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk
(code PA-134) £8.25.
"Destinations
in Focus" by Tourism Concern (1997) is a resource
pack on tourism and sustainable development geared towards
the 16+ age group. The pack contains photocopiable loose-leaf
sheets with lots of data, activities and in-depth case studies
on the North Pennines, Goa, Barbados, Turkey and Kenya. Available
from www.worldaware.org.uk
(code PA-139) £10.00.
Tourism Concern sells
a range of other useful materials on tourism, including topic
packs on different issues and countries and their quarterly
magazine, 'Tourism in Focus'. The website, www.tourismconcern.org.uk
is also worth a visit. For a catalogue of Tourism Concern
materials, write to Tourism Concern, Stapleton House, 277-281,
Holloway Road, London N7 8HN; Tel: 020 7753 3330; Fax: 020
7753 3331;
Email: [email protected]
"Managing change
in rural environments: tourism case studies in Pembrokeshire
and Zanzibar" (Global Connections 2001) is a resource
pack that provides lively and up-to-date information about
the pressures of growth in tourism on local communities in
Zanzibar and Pembrokeshire. Structured for 16-19 examinations,
it is also useful for 14-16 tourism and leisure courses. Available
from www.worldaware.org.uk
(code PA-249) £11.00.
"Tourism, Leisure
and Recreation" by Garrett Nagle (Nelson 1999) is
a recent edition to the 'Focus on Geography' series for AS,
A level and other post-16 courses. The book offers comprehensive
and in-depth coverage of the impact of tourism on different
people and environments, including case studies on Kenya,
Egypt, Burma, Thailand, Costa Rica, Belize and Nepal. £10.99
from Nelson Publishers, Tel: 01264 342992; Fax: 01264 342788;
Email: [email protected]
or www.nelson.co.uk
"New Departures:
Tourism and Sustainable Development" (CEWC 1998) is a
loose-leaf pack of photocopiable maps, data and activities
geared towards the 16+ age group with a focus on community-centred
tourism in St Lucia, The Gambia, Brazil, Ladakh and parts
of Europe. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk (Code PA-40)
£12.75.
"Global Tourism
Development" by Anne Kenward & Jan Whittington
(Hodder & Stoughton 1999) is a textbook aimed at the 16+
age group that addresses issues such as supply and demand,
development and sustainability, including a detailed case
study of The Gambia. £9.99 from Hodder & Stoughton,
Tel: 01235 827720; Fax: 01235 400454;
Email: [email protected]
Visit the Belize Tourism
Board's website, www.belizetourism.org,
for government policy and statistics on the country's tourism
industry. For more information on the attractions of Belize,
visit www.travelbelize.org,
and www.pactbelize.org
for more information on Belize's protected areas.
You can find the official
website of Zimbabwe's CAMPFIRE project at www.campfire-zimbabwe.org/
Competitions
Competition
1 gives an opportunity to test reading skills, recall
of information and navigation through the website pages. Hopefully,
students will find it fun to do too!
Competition
2 is an interactive exercise that encourages students
to consider the impact of tourism in developing countries,
by using one of the images that feature in this edition's
On Camera.
Please encourage your students to take part! We have prizes
available, and hope that the closing date for entries of June
15th 2002 gives you sufficient time to integrate this activity
into your curriculum plan.
Development
Awareness in Action
The Action
page looks at a school link established between the Little
Flower School in Belfast and the Holy Family School in Fiji.
Although this link was set up independently, the 'Windows
on the World" website, www.wotw.org.uk/northsouth
could help you set up a link between your school and a school
in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Caribbean.
Funded by the Department
for International Development (DFID), the site provides advice
on setting up successful school links, lesson plans and project
ideas, and details of funding opportunities for teacher visits
and curriculum development. The website is part of the North
South School Linking programme managed by The Central Bureau,
part of the Education and Training Group of the British Council.
CREDITS
The Global
Eye Secondary website, Autumn 2001, was written by Simon Scoones
Contributions and assistance
from:
Tricia Barnett, Tourism Concern; Finbarr Carter & Stephen
Fairbrass, Norfolk Education & Action for Development
(NEAD); Caroline Ashley, Overseas Development Institute; Eileen
O'Prey, Little Flower School, Belfast; Dr. Kenneth Lynch,
University of Kingston; Angus Willson, Worldaware.
Photographs: Panos
Pictures, Still Pictures, Rex Features, Popperfoto, Garrett
Nagle, Julia Pickles, Simon Scoones/Worldaware.
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