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News - Natural Disasters For recent information on natural disasters, visit the websites, www.reliefweb.int/ and www.disasterrelief.org For current information on earthquake activity, the US National Earthquake Centre's website, neic.usgs.gov, includes location maps and plenty of detail. www.georesources.co.uk provides case studies on the Kobe earthquake, the volcanic eruptions of Mount Pinatubo and Mount Kilauea, and Hurricane Mitch. Choose 'case studies' from the menu. The February 2001 edition (no. 24) of Global Express provides a much more detailed account of the earthquake in Gujarat, India along with ideas for the classroom. Subscription for Global Express costs �15 for five issues plus an introductory pack, "Tune into the News". For further details, contact Room 63, Development Education Project, 801, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 2QR. SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES AND USEFUL WEBSITESBelow you will find a range of recommended resources that could be used in conjunction with the web pages for the students. These are divided up under headings that fit the sections of Global Eye Secondary. The issues covered in Global Eye Secondary Summer 2001 have a strong emphasis on Citizenship with a Global Dimension, to highlight the contributions geographers can make in meeting these new curriculum requirements. The next edition (Issue 16, Autumn 2001) will focus on 'Food' issues, and will include 'Eye on The Philippines'. At the time of writing, all the recommended websites below were operational. However, as any regular web user will know, some websites can become inaccessible or disappear altogether! Eye on South Africa"South Africa 2000", the BBC Education TV series (1997), covers a range of issues in South Africa. A photocopiable resource pack is also available and the BBC website has supplementary information and activities at www.bbc.co.uk/education/sa2000 Garrett Nagle: "South Africa" in Heinemann's Country Studies series is an excellent resource with a range of activities aimed at KS 3/4. Heinemann 1998 ISBN 0435 356232, �7.25. John Widdowson: "Earthworks 3" is a new KS 3 resource for Geography published by John Murray. Unit 6 provides a specific focus on South Africa. A pupils' book (�8.99) and a teachers' book (�35) containing differentiated worksheets and assessment exercises will be published in May 2001. For more information, visit www.johnmurray.co.uk The
Impact of HIV/AIDS There is potential in debating the issues involved in the current court battle in South Africa over the patent rights of pharmaceutical companies, and could be elaborated through information gathered from recent newspaper articles and news websites. Comparisons could be drawn with the recent Napster court case, which many students will be familiar with. A number of other
resources on HIV/AIDS could be used: Hope HIV have a clear, user-friendly section on the website, www.world-corner.org for definitions, statistics etc on different regions. They are also planning a video on the impact of HIV/AIDS through the eyes of children in Sub-Saharan Africa. For more information, contact Hope HIV at 80, London Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, KT2 6PX, Tel: 020 8288 1196. Hilary Dixon: "Yes, AIDS again" LDA (ISBN 185503168X) provides a good range of well presented classroom activities, looking at risk and attitudes, global statistics. AIDS Education & Research Trust (AVERT): "AIDS: Working with Young People" (ISBN 0951535188) provides useful classroom activities such as gap-fill exercises using cartoon strips. AVERT's website, www.avert.org.uk also contains a section for 'young people'. Sheila White: "Infection Protection" Brook Publications (ISBN 094616813X) is a very good resource for classroom activities for all STD's. The UN Development Programme's webpage on HIV/AIDS, www.undp.org/hiv includes a wealth of information such as a full report on Botswana available in pdf format, suitable for 16+ students. For maps, data and useful links on HIV/AIDS from a global perspective, try the US Census Bureau's website, www.census.gov/ipc/www/hivaids.html Focus on RefugeesBirmingham Development Education Centre (TIDEC) presents ideas and student activities at www.tidec.org/Globalisation/globmain.html. In addition, Ben Ballin, Graham Butt & Lisa James of TIDEC have recently written a 40 page resource, "Globalisation: What's it all about?" that includes activities and information aimed at stimulating and supporting classroom work on globalisation and the many questions it raises. Available from Worldaware (catalogue no. H-100) �7.80. A good introduction to globalisation can be found on the CAFOD website, www.cafod.org.uk, including a 'rough guide' (suitable for 16+) and background on the issues concerning the global fashion industry. "World 2000", BBC/IBT video and resource pack (programme/unit 1) has case studies in Leeds, Indonesia, Bulgaria and Peru to illustrate changing patterns of trade in clothing and textiles. Available from Worldaware, video �22.50 (catalogue no. V-8) and pack �16.99 (catalogue no. PA-144). Monica Philbrick: "Just Trade", a photocopiable resource book to explain how fair trade works and how community development benefits developing countries. Published by Traidcraft Exchange and available from Worldaware, �11 (catalogue no. B-153). "Marketplace: International Trade Game" enables students to come to grips with some of the concepts of international trade, using India, Brazil and the Philippines as examples. Published by Traidcraft Exchange and available from Worldaware, �6 (catalogue no. G-40). "The Trading Game", an excellent simulation that helps demonstrate the implications, risks and benefits of trade and can be adapted to suit any secondary school age group. Published by Christian Aid and available from Worldaware, �3 (catalogue no. G-10). "The Trading Trainers Game": set in an imaginary shanty town in South America, this game raises questions about why some people remain poor even though they work very hard. Published by CAFOD and available from Worldaware, �2 (catalogue no. G-7). The Development Education Association provides a range of materials for teaching and learning about globalisation, and gives links to other relevant organisations. www.dea.org.uk V. Bunce: "World Geography: Case Studies" (pages 131-140) has a case study on the impact of Tate & Lyle on cane producers in Jamaica and sugar refineries in the UK. Available from Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521 456673, �12.95 "Brazil 2000" BBC video series includes a programme called "Farming Big and Small" on changes in work patterns on a sugar cane plantation in Sao Paolo state, and their impact on the plantation's owner and workforce. The case study on The Gap ties in with Unit 18 of the QCA KS3 scheme of work for Geography. To take the issue further: The Gap's website, www.gapinc.com includes their 'code of vendor conduct' and other information about the company. BBC Panorama's programme, "The Gap/Nike: No Sweat" earlier in 2001, investigated allegations of working conditions in factories making The Gap and Nike products in Cambodia. Global Exchange is a US-based pressure group focusing critically on the practices of clothing companies, including The Gap. Their website features anti-Gap posters which could be used to provoke discussion and debate. www.globalexchange.org www.cleanclothes.org/companies and www.textilelink.com are two websites with more detailed information on the practices of individual clothing companies, including The Gap. www.nikeworkers.org for a critical look at Nike and the celebrities that sponsor their products. It also provides links to a lot of other sites that examine the role of Nike. For a relatively light-hearted look at the cultural impacts of globalisation (the power of branding/advertising), have a look at the www.adbusters.org site. The messages behind the 'spoof ads' (choose from the menu at the top of the page) could provoke discussion and also be useful material for a media studies course. Traidcraft's campaign, 'The Labour behind the Label' draws attention to the plight of garment workers around the world, and how their working conditions can be improved. www.traidcraft.co.uk/labour Oxfam's website provides stories from workers in clothing factories around the world, including Dominican Republic and Bangladesh at www.oxfam.org.uk/campaign/clothes/clocodh.htm Save the Children have dedicated one section of their website to the issue of child labour including case studies, press releases and access to pdf documents with more detailed analysis of the issues. www.savethechildren.org.uk Development Awareness in ActionThis edition concentrates on the fund-raising activities of Cobham Hall School, Kent, and the school's links with a neighbourhood on the edge of Johannesburg, South Africa. For more information on how to set up a link with a school in another country, visit the Central Bureau's website, www.centralbureau.org.uk [please put the box/text below in a brightly coloured box to make it stand out]
� The Global Eye Secondary website, Summer 2001, was written by Simon Scoones. Contributions and assistance from: Jessica Barnes (Geography graduate, Oxford University), Jack Dougherty (The Gap, San Francisco, USA), Adrian Gosling (Hope HIV), Ruth Hilton (teacher advisor in PSHE, East Sussex and Brighton & Hove LEA's), Vicki Hird (Sustain), Miranda Lewis (VSO Campaigns), Jeremy Long (Cobham Hall School, Kent). Photographs: Panos Pictures, Still Pictures, Popperfoto/Reuters, Jeremy Long, Worldaware. Global Eye is published by Worldaware for the Department for International Development (DFID). Worldaware Tel: 020 8763 2555 E Mail (General Enquiry):
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