The Global Teenager Project is an innovative project that uses ICT to enable students to link up and discuss issues with other students in over 30 countries. More than 6,000 students worldwide are already taking part in these �learning circles�. Each �learning circle� takes place twice a year (March-May, Sept-Dec) where groups of 8-12 classes communicate via email. Find out more from www.globalteenager.org.

Eye on Kenya

Shootback (Booth Clibborn Editions 2000) is highly recommended. Photographer Lana Wong first visited Mathare, Nairobi's largest slum, in January 1995. Two years later she launched Shootback, a project that put basic point-and-shoot cameras in the hands of 32 teenage boys and girls from slum families. The book, a collage of pictures and words, takes the reader into the slum without the mediation of the foreign photographer's eye. The photographs speak eloquently of friends, family, football fever and the harsh realities of everyday life in the slums. Like the Shootback project itself, the book is backed by the Ford Foundation, Netherlands Development Assistance (NEDA) and the Stromme Memorial Foundation (Norway). Read a BBC review of the book.
Purchase the book from: www.amazon.co.uk/, from £18.99.

Fairground, CAFOD�s magazine for schools focused on Kenyan cash crops, including useful pages on the flower industry, in Issue 22 (Spring 2002). Fairground is available free of charge from CAFOD. Email [email protected] or phone 020 7326 5571 for details.

The November 2004 edition of Wide World focuses on Kenya. Wide World is a 24 page colour magazine designed for GCSE Geography, available four times a year. Contact Philip Allan Updates, Market Place, Deddington, Oxon OX15 0SE or phone 01869 338652 or visit www.philipallan.co.uk

Cities and Citizenship (TIDE 2004) is a highly practical resource with a variety of lively classroom activities for Citizenship teaching and learning. It features case study examples of Nairobi, Karachi and Bogotá alongside related questions and ideas for classroom discussion. £7.50. Available from TIDE, G04 Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG or phone 0121 202 3290 or email: [email protected]

Let�s work together is a pack including three A2-size colour posters and a number of learning activities based around the Kenyan village, Bomet that explore how villagers work together on a variety of projects to improve their lives. £18.25 + 15% P+P. Available from Schools and Youth, Action Aid, Leach Road, Chard, Somerset TA20 1FR or phone 01460 238000 or email: [email protected] Visit Action Aid for a range of free downloads designed for schools on Kenya.

City by the sea: urban development in Mombasa (Action Aid 1998) is a photo resource pack full of information on the surrounding area, including detailed coverage of life in an informal settlement on the edge of the city. The materials give a clear picture of the challenges many people face as well as the practical ways in which communities attempt to improve their lives. The pack includes 12 high quality A4 colour images and a wide range of activities. In addition, an A1-sized colour wall chart gives information about land-use in the city with information and some mapping activities on the reverse. £14.95 (photo pack) or £9.20 (wall chart).
Available from Schools and Youth, Action Aid, Leach Road, Chard, Somerset TA20 1FR or phone 01460 238000 or email: [email protected]

Kenya: The Final Frontier? (Leeds DEC 1998)
This award-winning CD-Rom is a useful resource for teachers and students at Key Stage 3 looking at the Masai. Five sections explore their life, changes, development, current life challenges and activities. Each section provides factual information about Kenya, the Masai, political and social issues and environmental concerns. It has several interactive activities and uses worksheets, maps, photos, and diagrams that engage students to explore the topics further and related sustainable development issues. £34 +£1.55 P+P (single user) or £89 +£1.55 P+P (multi-user copy). A pack is also available � visit www.leedsdec.org.uk/publications_tff.htm for more information. Available from: Leeds Development Education Centre, 233-237 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS6 1LJ or phone: 0113 380 5655 or email: [email protected]

Speaking for Ourselves, Listening to Others (Leeds DEC 1996)
In a similar vein to Shootback, this pack has a teacher handbook and photographs taken by young people in Nairobi. Through a variety of active learning techniques, pupils are helped to learn about stereotypes; what and how we �know� about other places, and why images are produced; and how to find out about other places from the people who live there and other sources. It provides a meaningful context for the development of speaking and listening skills, and enhances visual literacy skills as well as contributing to the notion of a locality study. £17.50.
Available from: Leeds Development Education Centre, 233-237 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS6 1LJ or www.leedsdec.org.uk or email: [email protected] or phone: 0113 380 5655.

This City Life: Activities and Guide for Youth Groups (Leeds DEC 1999)
This pack (suitable for KS 3) includes a video and activity books to promote understanding and discussion of why young people in three different cities (Leeds, Nairobi and Delhi) have chosen to live on the streets. It has been divided into six sections: why leave home; poverty & inequality; life on the streets; earning a living; surviving; and change. The four activity books include case studies from the three cities with activities using games, charts, maps and images. In addition, there is a board game with cards focusing on the lives of street children. This pack is highly recommended for teachers and students at Key Stage 3. £22.50.
Available from: Leeds Development Education Centre, 233-237 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS6 1LJ or phone: 0113 380 5655 or email: [email protected].

This City Life: Geography (Leeds DEC 1999)
A resource pack for Key Stage Three pupils that includes a teachers handbook full of discussion activities, an information booklet, a video, a map of Nairobi, 16 copies of an A4 photocard and a floppy disk with text versions of the activities in the handbook that can be adapted for different abilities. Activities explore: rural-urban migration, why children live on the streets, life in Nairobi, the contribution of street children in Delhi to the city economy, and the future for street children. The video consists of interviews with children and young people in Leeds, Nairobi and Delhi and is linked to the sections in the teachers� guide. £22.50.
Available from: Leeds Development Education Centre, 233-237 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS6 1LJ or phone: 0113 380 5655 or email: [email protected].

For younger pupils, visit BBC Newsround for an excellent feature on Africa written in 2004. Pages include 360° panoramic images to explore, interactive maps, games, links to video clips, interviews with kids, etc.

www.timeforkids.com/TFK/hh/goplaces/main/0,20344,635503,00.html is another very user-friendly site focusing on Kenya for younger pupils.

BBC coverage on Africa at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/africa/2005/africa/default.stm

www.learnafrica.org.uk for the teachers� support website for the Commission for Africa report including a number of downloadable classroom activities, including a variety covering the issue of governance at www.learningafrica.org.uk/governance_activities.htm.

CREDITS

Global Eye Secondary Autumn 2005 was written by Simon Scoones for the Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers.

Contributions and assistance from:
Jill Hatcher (Bow Boys School, London), Polly George (Mossbourne Community Academy, Hackney), Nicola Johnson (Riddlesdown High School, Croydon), Katharine Logan (Oaks Park High School, Newbury Park), Dee Sandhu (Sharnbrook Upper School, Bedford), Joanna and Daphen @Greenpeace UK, Peter Serry & Bob Munroe, Mathare Youth Soccer Association, Nairobi, Lana Wong.