You will need: Topic UKS2 Africa Theme 1a/1b Children’s Rights
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/ You will need to collect… /We will provide…
A list of websites can be obtained by clicking on session 1 resource. * Extra adults needed for this session.1 / We Are All Born Free - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures Published by Francis Lincoln Children’s Books, ISBN 978 1-84507 650 4
Access to internet
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/books_details.asp?BookID=95
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_IvXFEyJo
http://www.unicef.org/videoaudio/video_top_cartoons.html
http://www.unicef.org/crcartoons/ / Weblinks
Some terms we need to understand…
1a / We Are All Born Free - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures Published by Francis Lincoln Children’s Books, ISBN 978 1-84507 650 4
Access to internet
Ball of string / A Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities
The String Game
2 / We Are All Born Free - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures Published by Francis Lincoln Children’s Books, ISBN 978 1-84507 650 4
Access to internet
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/books_details.asp?BookID=95 / UN Children’s Rights
Matching chart
2a / We Are All Born Free - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures Published by Francis Lincoln Children’s Books, ISBN 978 1-84507 650 4
Variety of art supplies: water colours, felt tip pens, charcoal, pencils, crayons, pens, coloured paper, etc, as chosen by chn. Book cover materials. / NONE
3 / Millennium Development Goals written out on separate cards for each group. Access to internet
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/bkgd.shtml / Millennium Development Goals
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
3a / NONE / NONE
You will need: Topic UKS2 Africa Theme 2 Land of Diversity
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* Extra adults needed for this session.1. / Large map of Africa, globe, world map (Peters projection). Paper, scissors, paints – agreed colours
Access to internet
http://www.oddizzi.com/ / Map of Africa
Scaled outlines of all African countries
Weblinks
1a. / Collage map chn produced in session 1. Paint, felt tip pens, etc to add details of lakes & rivers to their collage. Atlases or detailed maps of African countries. Access to internet / NONE
2. / Access to computers and PowerPoint. Access to internet. Non-fiction books about Africa / PowerPoint of landscapes, people & animals
UK/Africa size comparison
Landscape facts
2a. / Access to computers and PowerPoint / NONE
3. / Non-fiction books about African animals. Access to internet
http://www.africaguide.com/wildlife/index.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/rws/ / Fact sheets on some African animals
4. / Incomplete booklets from Session 3. Non-fiction books about African animals. Access to internet
http://www.pbs.org/edens/madagascar/creature3.htm / Chameleon fact sheet
5. / Booklets begun in Session 3. Non-fiction books about African animals. Access to internet / NONE
5a. / Booklets begun in Session 3. Non-fiction books about African animals. Access to internet
www.worldwildlife.org
http://www.bagheera.com/index.htm
http://gowild.wwf.org.uk/gowild/helpout/greentips.asp / NONE
6. / Non-fiction books about early man. Access to internet
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/dino_eras.htm / Prehistory timeline
6a. / Twigs or cocktail sticks. Access to internet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kfqps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnZWMOpmoRk
DVD of Incredible Human Journey ASIN: B001V7P2UE available from http://www.bbcshop.com/History/The-Incredible-Human-Journey-DVD/invt/bbcdvd2937 or Amazon (optional) / Sample family tree
Bob Marley information
7. / NONE / Item of our time
8. / Sticks, flat stones, pieces of flint, twine, leaves, twigs, etc for making tools like those of early man. Access to internet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnZWMOpmoRk
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=23andMe#play/uploads/3/y3sdCHwMWOg / Pictures of early stone tools
How to make a stone age spear
9. / Download some musical clips ready for the session
Access to internet
http://listen.grooveshark.com / Listen to African music
Ethnomusicological Map of Africa
Suggested artists and tracks
Playing a kora9a. / Class set of untuned percussion instruments, djembe or similar drum
Access to internet
www.songsforteaching.com/folk/kyekyekule.htm
www.teachers.tv/video/2558 / Kye Kye Kule lyrics
10. / Any available African musical instruments / List of music clips
Music clips
Pictures of music instruments
10a. / A shekere if available (otherwise use picture from Session 10), plastic bottles, e.g. milk, washing up liquid containers, beads, thin string or embroidery thread, paints mixed with PVA, scissors / Make a Shekere instructions
You will need: UKS2 Africa Theme 3: Water for All
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A list of websites can be obtained by clicking on session 1 resource.1 / One Well by Rochelle Strauss
(A&C Black 978-0-7136-8761-3) – an essential, quality picture book resource for this block / · ‘In My Glass’ poem layout (pdf)
· ‘ONE WELL’ acrostic poem layout (pdf)
1a / Enlarge copy of Water Scarcity map
Coloured pencils to colour-code own maps
Materials on which to compose campaign speeches
Access to internet & IWB essential.
One Well by Rochelle Strauss
(A&C Black 978-0-7136-8761-3). / · Copy of The Water Project ‘Worldwide Levels of Water Scarcity’ map with key (pdf)
· Outline of same map for children to colour-code (pdf)
· Summary of information from Oxfam’s ‘Water for All’ site, relating to reasons for Water Scarcity (Word)
2 / One Well by Rochelle Strauss
(A&C Black 978-0-7136-8761-3)
Access to internet & IWB
Equipment for Water Detectives Introduction: water tank or large container/bucket, measuring jug, ice-cube trays, food colouring or dye, measuring syringe
Equipment for each Clue Station:
· Station 1 - A ‘cistern’ or similar sized container, ‘water displacement hippo bag’ (free from the council), a house brick, 1 litre bottle filled with water, toilet roll
· Station 2 – a toothbrush, toothpaste, beaker
· Station 3 - A shower cap, a rubber duck, shower gel, a shower head / hose
· Station 4 - Model car, car sponge, bucket, hosepipe / piece of hose
· Station 5 - Piece of hose, watering can, umbrella, plant pots (with plants/flowers in if possible!)
· Station 6 - Washing-up bowl, vegetables with soil on (such as potatoes or carrots), washing-up scrubber, plug / · ‘Bucket Chart’ showing water use per person around the world (pdf)
· Detailed teacher guidance sheet for intro activity & carousel of water-saving ‘clue stations’ – includes clue cards & chn’s record sheet (Word)
· Picture inside toilet cisterns (pdf)
· ‘Don’t leave the tap running’ sign (pdf)
· Cartoons of person in shower & bath (pdf)
· Picture of rain and garden water butt (pdf)
· Homework sheet – logging water-use at home (Word)
2a / Our World Of Water by Beatrice Hollyer and in association with Oxfam
(Frances Lincoln 978-1-84507-973-4) – a wonderful resource following the daily lives of 6 children worldwide & their personal experience of water
Photocopies of Khadija’s entry for Easy group to discuss
Photocopies of Gamuchu’s entry for others to have access to information / · ‘Scrapbook’ page formats with simple frames for text & images to assist chn in organising their own comparative entries (Word)
3 / Access to internet & IWB essential
Use of ICT suite useful
Enlarge provided text resources for sharing / · Text from both campaign ads, plus further facts about dirty water in Africa (Word)
· Recording sheet for response to the campaigns (Word)
3a / Access to internet & IWB
Print out info sheet & ‘Problem & solutions’ page from the Learning Africa website / None
4 / Download & print ‘Children and WaterAid’ leaflet from: http://www.globaleye.org.uk/primary_spring07/focuson/wateraid.pdf
- photocopy back-to-back, enough for at least 1 between 2 children / · ‘Children and Water’ photo poster layout to complete (pdf)
· ‘Children and Water’ leaflet format to complete (pdf)
4a / Access to internet & IWB
Equipment for ‘Carrying Water’ activities in the playground:
· Provide (and ask the children to bring in – you may need to put out a plea for people to collect well in advance) a variety of containers, such as large (4pt / 6pt) plastic milk cartons with lids and handles, buckets, large plastic drinks bottles with lids, largest squash containers with swing handles, water containers with spouts used for camping, jugs, small cups for scooping etc.
· Access to water supply – if possible, fill a paddling pool or similar
· Use of playground or field / · Images of girls carrying water in different ways (pdf)
· Teacher guidance sheets on how to explore ‘Carrying Water’ activities on playground (Word)
5 / Water Literate – a printable resource from WaterAid – ‘A Unique Resource for the Literacy Hour’
(see Weblinks for how/where to download)
Access to internet & IWB / · Extract from ‘Water Literate’ – ‘The Long Walk Is Over’ (Word)
· Layout of Amina’s Diary (pdf)
5a / Water Literate – a printable resource from WaterAid – ‘A Unique Resource for the Literacy Hour’
(see Weblinks for how/where to download)
Access to internet & IWB
Selection of tuned & percussive instruments – including some African instruments if possible, such as shakers & drums
An audience! / · Copy of ‘Tap into Life’ poem from Water Literate’s Water Literate text (pdf)
You will need: Topic UKS2 Africa Theme 4 Health
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/ You will need to collect… /We will provide…
A list of websites can be obtained by clicking on session 1 resource. * Extra adults needed for this session.1. / Access to internet
http://www.prb.org/Datafinder/Topic/Bar.aspx?sort=v&order=d&variable=35
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/docs/savethechildrenbingo.pdf Bingo game
http://www.prb.org/Datafinder/Topic/Bar.aspx?sort=v&order=d&variable=28 Another optional activity – look at the infant mortality rate graph which compares the number of infant deaths per country. Print out the graph & explain the term ‘infant mortality’. Discuss the differences between countries: highest, lowest, where is the UK ranked? Why are mortality rates different?
Determinants of Health is taken from Dahlgren, G. & Whitehead, M. (1991) ‘Policies & strategies to promote social equality in health’, Stockholm, Institute of Futures Studies. / Life Chances Game
(will be available soon)
Determinants of Health
Weblinks
1a. / Paper & pens for posters, dressing up clothes (optional for drama sketch), digital camera
Posters & materials free to download from Oxfam on Millennium Development Goals http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/change_the_world_in_eight_steps/?42
Specifically poster on Nigerian proverb on health at http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/beyondwave/downloads/poster5_front.pdf / African Proverbs
2. / A ‘Healthy Box’ containing an apple, bottle of water, a bandage, toilet roll, a £1 coin, chd’s red health book (showing immunisation record), some medicines, picture of a home (UK & African), a teddy, malaria net, etc.
Activity downloaded from:
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/change_the_world_in_eight_steps/files/MDG%206%20Info%20and%20Activities.pdf / NONE
2a. / Mosquito net ( or curtain netting will do), picture of fighting/war zone in Africa context or refugee camp
Access to internet
http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/index.aspx?id=1980 / 2 Photo stories covering:
Chn with disabilities (will be available soon)
Kishe’s story
3. / Download a basic water fact sheet from http://www.water.org/FileUploads/H2OCrisisFactSheet09.pdf
Access to the internet
Link to the useful web-resources list, most specifically for water issues
http://www.wateraid.org/uk/get_involved/community_groups/faith_groups/lent_2011_microsite/9401.asp?cartId=UN0000,11/EA,Comm_FaithGroupAppls,11/EA/V1
http://www.cafod.org.uk/primary/health-and-water
on cholera at
http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/index.aspx?id=1980
Also some great video material from PLAN UK under theme of health and water at
http://www.plan-ed.org/ / Water & Health presentation
3a / Data from the school office on the number of children who are recorded off sick in the school year – perhaps taken from the previous year (information on numbers only). Find out, if the office collects the information (even if anecdotal), what are the most popular reasons why chn are off sick.
Access to internet
http://www.rospa.com/homesafety/adviceandinformation/childsafety/accidents-to-children.aspx
http://www.impsweb.co.uk/ / NONE
4. / Download (for free) the story on Malaria mosquito from the Child to Child web-site at http://www.child-to-child.org/resources.
Download (for free) MDG 6 ‘to combat HIV. Malaria & other diseases’ from the Oxfam website at http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/change_the_world_in_eight_steps/files/MDG%20Goal%206%20Poster.pdf
Access to internet for film footage on malaria:
BBC film on Malaria (the plant that cures malaria) at http://survival.tv/documentaries/malaria.php.
UNICEF footage at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWysmnP6sWQ&feature=related.
Also short BBC clip Children learn about Malaria from the Cameroon available at http://www.plan-edresources.org/resource_center
More detailed background information for teachers on Malaria from UNICEF report, download for free at
http://www.unicef.org.uk/Education/Resources-Overview/
Picture from national geographic at http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/enlarge/anopheles-mosquito.html / Soonam is Hungry story
4a. / Money, mosquito net (or old net curtain) & clothes (optional) for hot-seating, clothes, musical instruments, etc. for drama / NONE
5 / Background material for on UNICEF’s work in the area of AIDS and HIV http://www.unicef.org.uk/UNICEFs-Work/What-we-do/Our-campaigns/Aid-works/HIV-and-AIDS/
General background material for teachers on HIV at http://www.avert.org
Chn from Kenya talking about the effect of AIDs on their lives http://www.steppingstonesfeedback.org/?page_id=1131 / Background info on HIV/AIDs for teachers
Exploding myths
Kishe’s story Background notes for teachers
Questions about Kishe’s story
6 / Oxfam resource on MDGs – are we on target for background information and poster at http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/change_the_world_in_eight_steps/files/MDG%20Are%20we%20on%20target.pdf
Materials for presentations - art materials, audio recorder (for radio broadcast) /digi-blue camera / NONE
You will need: Topic UKS2 Africa Theme 5 School Links
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/ You will need to collect… /We will provide…
A list of websites can be obtained by clicking on session 1 resource. * Extra adults needed for this session.1 / Access to internet
Oxfam posters of Millennium Development Goals free to download from http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/change_the_world_in_eight_steps/?
http://www.undp.org/mdg/basics.shtml
http://kidzzone.cafod.org.uk/hot-topics/millennium-development-goals/
http://www.cafod.org.uk/primary/mdg / Reasons for linking
Website list
1a / Time for Rights, a UNICEF & Save the Children publication, ISBN 1871440246 (optional extra) / Millennium Development Goals
UN Children’s Rights
2 / Maps and or atlases.
Optional books: Isatou, Chloe and You pack available from Wiltshire World Studies Centre, 1a London Road, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1PH. Tel: 01672 514078.
Abu Lives in Kenya by Daniel Sinclair, ISBN 0904379612 or
Ikenna goes to Nigeria by Ifeoma Onyefulu, ISBN: 978-1845079604.
Access to internet
http://earth.google.co.uk/ / Maps of World, UK and Africa
2a / Photos of local facilities & places of interest. Tape recorder & blank tapes or microphone (incorporated in computer?) & writable CD.
A Life like Mine, UNICEF & DK publication, ISBN: 978-1-40531-460-2 (optional book)
Photos of chn in Denu, Ghana available on
http://soundaffects.org.uk/p/worldwide/picture-gallery
Lesson plans will be available on the SoundAffects site from June 2010 – see previews at http://www.soundaffects.org.uk/ / SoundAffects tracks - chn & a geographer describing their town of Denu, Ghana
Photo of child in Denu
3 / Examples of diaries, including well-known ones like Samuel Pepys, Anne Frank, etc.
Isatou, Chloe and You pack (optional)
Access to internet
http://www.cafod.org.uk/primary/day-in-the-life / Daily life notes
Diary pages
3a / OS map of local area. Outline street map of the area around school for Easy group. Access to the internet
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ or http://www.multimap.com/maps/
http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/homeworkhelp.html / NONE
4 / Tape recorder & blank tapes or microphone (incorporated in computer?) & writable CD. Digital camera &/or materials to create self portrait plus scanner. Access to internet
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7bFE60904B-C2A8-4E60-9B05-700DBBC29BBC%7d§ion=playerProfile&teamid=458&bioid=91960
http://www.david-tennant.com/
http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id6.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/lb/presenters/andy/cbbcstars
http://www.doublegold.co.uk/allaboutkelly/sporting-biog
Lesson plans will be available on the SoundAffects site from June 2010 – see previews at http://www.soundaffects.org.uk/ / Personal profile suggestions
My Profile template
SoundAffects tracks – chn from UK & Ghana describing themselves & their families
Help with sound recording
4a / Isatou, Chloe and You pack (optional)
Access to internet
http://www.britroyals.com/windsor.htm /
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5 / * Isatou, Chloe and You pack (Book 2), Abu Lives in Kenya, Ikenna goes to Nigeria, A Life like Mine, UNICEF & DK publication, ISBN: 978-1-40531-460-2 (optional books)Lesson plans will be available on the SoundAffects site from June 2010 – see previews at http://www.soundaffects.org.uk/
Ingredients for chosen meals or dishes, cooking utensils, cooking facilities / SoundAffects tracks – find out about food in Denu, Ghana
6 / Weather measuring instruments, e.g. maximum & minimum thermometer, rain gauge, etc. Access to the internet
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/kids/weather_words_abc.html
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/teachers/latest_weather_data_world.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/ / Weather & climate definitions
Weather chart
7 / A School like Mine, UNICEF & DK publication, ISBN: 978-1-40532-051-1
Digital camera. Access to internet
http://www.hamiltonweblearner.com/
– register beforehand & create home pages for chn in class.
Lesson plans will be available on the SoundAffects site from June 2010 – see previews at http://www.soundaffects.org.uk/ / SoundAffects tracks – child from Denu describing his school, and responding to Welsh chd’s question
8 / * Abu Lives in Kenya (optional book)
Lesson plans will be available on the SoundAffects site from June 2010 – see previews at http://www.soundaffects.org.uk/
Relevant materials & tools for craftwork. / SoundAffects tracks – boy describes how he enjoys playing drums in the school group & description of two playground games
You will need: Topic UKS2 Africa Theme 6 Mandela
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