Global Eye Secondary Teachers' Notes Summer 2002

Introduction/Supplementary Resources & Websites/Reviews/Credits

INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Global Eye website, an on-line resource based on Global Eye, the magazine about world development written by Worldaware for the Department of International Development (DFID).
This is the eighth on-line edition, based on Issue 18 of the magazine.
The website won the Geographical Association's 2000-2001 'Gold Award' for learning resources.

Save on internet access and download time with the CD-ROM of www.globaleye.org.uk! Available now, the CD-ROM allows you to access every edition of www.globaleye.org.uk and the respective teachers' notes up to Spring 2002 on a stand-alone computer or school intranet. Along with Global Eye Secondary, the CD-ROM includes Global Eye Primary that could be used for lower secondary students. Like the website, the 'back issue archive' contains all the earlier editions, an index that allows users to search for Global Eye coverage of a particular developing country or development theme, plus downloadable PDF versions of the first ten editions of Global Eye magazine. The CD-ROM is available for £15 (incl P+P) from http://www.worldaware.org.uk/(catalogue no. PA-171)

Since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo the focus of the population debate amongst policy-makers and academics has shifted towards individual rights and responsibilities. This lends itself well to the new demands of the Citizenship curriculum, and there is greater potential for a more explicit overlap with PHSE programmes of study.

Eye on Brazil
For information on a range of topics written for the 11-16 age group, visit the Brazilian Embassy's website, http://www.brazil.org.uk/and select 'Brazil in the School' from the menu on the left of the page. The secondary section is being updated, and there is also an interactive quiz for students, with a trip to Brazil as the winning prize.

Visit http://www.vivabrazil.com/for a 'virtual tour' with lots of images.

Fala Favela: life in the community of Vila Prudente, Sao Paulo (Trócaire 1999) is a pack including 25 A5 colour photos and a variety of imaginative activities using the photos. The pack also includes stories about people that live in the favela, with discussion questions and activities for each. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk (code PA-175) £6.95.

Visit the 'cities in LEDCs' page of http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/gcsebitesize/geography/cities for a case study on Rio de Janeiro that covers urban morphology, the quality of life in Roçinha, Rio's oldest favela. Also, a comparison of population policies in Kerala and China is featured in the GCSE Bitesize Revision BBC TV programme on 'Population'.

"Brazil - Country Studies" (Heinemann 1998)
Matching syllabus requirements for 14-16 year olds, this contains case studies and structured activities. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk (code B-158) £8.50.

"Brazil Country Fact File" (MacDonald Young Books 1997)
A book suitable for the library containing detailed descriptions of Brazil backed up by facts, figures, diagrams, photographs, maps and graphs. Themes include: natural resources, industrial growth, environmental concerns, the economy, trade and business developments. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk (code B-346) £11.25.

"Brazil: Country Profiles" (Oxfam 2000) Intended for a general audience, this 88 page publication provides useful and interesting background reading for teachers or as a library item for 14-18 year olds. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk (code no. B-155) £6.95.

"Brazil: Advanced Case Studies" (Hodder & Stoughton 1998)
Provides topical, up-to-date and relevant case study material on key human, physical and environmental themes. Subject areas covered include population and urbanisation, resources management, environmental issues, leisure and tourism and trade. The depth of coverage and integrated questions are all suitable for 16-19 year olds. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk (code no. B-143) £13.50.

"In search of Eldorado" (Trócaire 1996)
Background information and activities which examine some of the major social and economic issues in Brazil, including: problems caused by the concentration of land ownership in the hands of a few, the growing level of rural-urban migration and environmental destruction. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk (code no. B-114) £8.50.

On Camera: Street Life
The photographs illustrate the following:

Street children outside a TV shop, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
A boy playing on an escalator, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Home-made shelter in London.
A boy selling a newspaper written and edited by street children, Loja, Ecuador.
Homeless children developing basket weaving skills in the Red Cross Street Children Centre, Maputo, Mozambique.

"Housemate" (Shelter 2001) is an extremely useful and accessible resource pack aimed at Citizenship/PSHE/Geography/English for the 11-16 age group. Written by housing and education specialists, the pack includes a teachers' guide and a 15 minute video, covering issues such as homelessness, housing options and leaving home, supported by background facts and case studies.
Through a range of activities based on individual, pair and group work, the pack brings the issues to life in a dynamic and attractive way.

"Housemate" is available in four versions for each UK jurisdiction, including a Welsh language version. One pack per school is available free of charge (extra copies cost £20 plus £5 P+P) from Shelter. To order a copy, phone 0870 2416084 or visit www.housemate.org.uk

"Developing Rights" (Oxfam 1998): An 80 page handbook that supports teaching about rights and responsibilities to 11-14 year olds, including photocopiable resource pages. It includes an excellent section (Unit 2) on street children in Brazil, and makes connections between their situation and bullying. Strongly recommended. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk (code no. H-55) £12.50.

"Kids have Rights too" is a comic (no. 1-2) written by UNICEF for lower secondary school students. This edition features stories of street children and child labour that would complement the case study on pages 4-5. Copies are available free (code no. 34181) from UNICEF. Tel: 0870 606 3377; Fax: 01245 477394 or write to UNICEF, Unit 1, Rignal's Lane, Chelmsford CM2 8TU.

Materials about street children are available from World Action, including a very user-friendly magazine called "Footnotes" that focuses on their campaigns to help street children. A video and A3 poster entitled, "Streets Apart" is also available. For more details, contact World Action, Methodist Church House, 25 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JR; Tel: 020 7467 5159; Email: [email protected]

Focus on Population
The 2001 World Population Data Sheet contains the latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for 200 countries. You can download the data from the Population Reference Bureau's website, www.prb.org. A wall chart version is available (first copy free to schools, £4 each or £2.50 each for 10 thereafter) from Population Concern, Studio 325, Highgate Studios, 53-79 Highgate Road, London NW5 1TL; Tel: 020 7241 8500.

Visit http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html for population pyramids for any country in any year.

"An Overcrowded World?" by Rob Bowden (Hodder Wayland 2001) is a recent addition to the excellent '21st Century Debates' series that would be a valuable addition to any school library. Using colourful illustrations and photographs, viewpoint panels and debate panels at the end of each chapter, the book is particularly good at examining the population versus resources debate. Available from www.worldaware.org.uk (code no. B-415) £13.00. Other titles in this series available from www.worldaware.org.uk : "Climate Change" (B-414), "Rainforests" (B-573), "Food Supply" (B-416) and "Waste, Recycling & Re-use" (B413).

"Population Growth" edited by Craig Donnellan (Independence 2001) Volume 20 of the "Issues" series geared towards the 16+ age group, this 45 page book features a range of articles on the different issues. £6.45 + P+P with a photocopiable study guide to accompany the book at £1.50 each. Published by Independence, PO Box 295, Cambridge CB1 3XP; Tel: 01223 566130; Fax: 01223 566130 or http://www.independence.co.uk/

The Hampstead School Geography department's web page, http://www.geography.ndo.co.uk/analysingpop.htm includes some very useful ICT-based exercises using spreadsheets of population data, analysis of population pyramids plus a review quiz.

http://www.geohive.com/includes masses of up-to-date data on different countries and development indicators relevant to population issues.

For lower secondary school students, visit http://www.dayof6billion.org/the colourful site written by Population Action International, or http://www.popexpo.net/

http://www.unfpa.org/modules/briefkit/index.htm The Population Issues Briefing Kit 2001 is an excellent overview of population issues including demographic trends by region, the impact and prevention of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health & rights. Written by the UN Population Fund.

For more in-depth material/statistics on reproductive health care and changes in population policies, visit:
http://www.un.org/popin
http://www.popcouncil.org/
http://www.popinfo.org/
http://www.unfpa.org/(choose 'state of world population' from the top menu)

REVIEWS

"The Food We Eat" (Friends of the Earth 2001) is a new resource aimed at the 12-16 age group that explores the local-to-global food debate. Five sections cover a range of issues from agrochemicals to fair-trade and sustainable development. Each section provides background material on the issues, a range of thought-provoking activities and suggestions for follow-up work. Devised and created with a team of teachers and youth workers, the pack has the flexibility to be used in a variety of curriculum areas including geography, citizenship, science and PSHE. Visit http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food/resource/under_16s.html for additional material to supplement the pack. £8.50 (+£1.50 P+P) from Friends of the Earth, 26-28 Underwood Street, London N1 7JQ; Tel: 020 7490 1555; Fax: 020 7490 0881.

CREDITS

The Global Eye Secondary website, Summer 2002, was written by Simon Scoones

Contributions and assistance from:
Jonathan Baldwin (Uckfield Community College); Rob Bowden (EASI Educational Resourcing); Dr. Andrea Cornwall (Institute of Development Studies); Tessa Hibbert & Sarah Sparrow (Shelter); Ruth Hilton (Teacher-Advisor in PSHE, East Sussex, Brighton & Hove LEAs); Cristiane Hirata (Student at Colégio Rio Branco, Brazil); Nelson Lafraia (Brazilian Embassy); Nadine Park (Worldaware); Karen Rosen & Cathy MacMillan (Population Concern); Marie Wernham (Advocacy Officer, Consortium for Street Children); Mary Young, Ros Wade & Hilary Corlett (Oxfam Education).

Photographs: Panos Pictures, Population Concern, Still Pictures, Rex Features, www.brazil.org.uk, Simon Scoones/Worldaware.

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