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Raising Our Voices: Music resources for 7-11 year olds

22/09/2016

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Languages: English

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Inspire and motivate learners to explore the role of music in social change. Focusing on issues of inequality, this resource will enable learners to consider aspects of human rights and equality issues and discover how music has been used to express people’s voices. . Think critically about rights Consider the role of Freedom Songs in […]

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We’re not so different – Let’s Stand as One: Consider what we have in common with refugees

09/09/2016

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Languages: English

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This film is part of Oxfam’s Stand as One campaign which asks the public to stand in solidarity with people forced to flee. Watch the film here. Use it alongside this creative resource for 8-14 years to think about our similarities and what we all need to have a good life. Build empathy with refugees […]

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Your Life My Life: Use film to help learners discover our similarities and differences

02/09/2016

4 documents

Languages: English

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What makes you jump for joy, or laugh out loud? The short films listed below celebrate our love of fun and were filmed in some of the countries Oxfam works in. The accompanying short resource for ages 5-9 uses the films as a springboard for discussion, encouraging learners to identify similarities and respect diversity. Building […]

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Each Picture Tells a Story: English resource for 5-8 year olds with photo stories from Vietnam

13/05/2016

17 documents

Languages: English

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Inspire and develop your learners’ literacy skills using photographs and stories created by children in Vietnam. As part of an innovative project, children from ethnic minority groups in Vietnam were taught to use cameras and asked to capture events from their daily lives. The result is a fascinating collection of photographs and stories which can […]

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A Sporting Chance? Use the Olympics to explore inequality with 9-14 year olds

19/04/2016

20 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

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Consider what factors might affect a country’s chances of winning a medal or participating in an Olympic sport, such as the resources and training facilities. Think about how rules make sports fairer and find out more about Rio de Janeiro, the host city of the 2016 Olympics, where inequality is a huge problem. With separate […]

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A Sporting Chance: Use the Olympics to explore inequality with 9-14 year olds

09/04/2016

22 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

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Consider what factors might affect a country’s chances of winning a medal or participating in an Olympic sport, such as the resources and training facilities. Think about how rules make sports fairer and find out more about Rio de Janeiro, the host city of the 2016 Olympics, where inequality is a huge problem. With separate […]

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Even it Up Poetry Challenge

01/02/2016

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Languages: English

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Oxfam has partnered with the Poetry Society’s Young Poets Network to give young people the opportunity to make their voices heard on global and gender inequality issues. The Even it Up Poetry Challenge is open to young people aged 11-25 working on their own, and to teachers submitting the work of their students. We are […]

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More or Less Equal? English/Welsh resources for ages 11-16

11/01/2016

25 documents

Languages: English

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Bring your English and Welsh lessons to life by exploring how inequality and poverty affect the lives of young people in different parts of the world, including the UK. Created in partnership with Young Lives and with the support of subject associations, More or Less Equal? has separate sessions in Geography, Maths and English which […]

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Making the Change – Female Climate Fighters: Learn how climate change impacts on people’s lives

23/11/2015

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Languages: English

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Climate change is already having a huge impact on millions of people all over the world. These resources for ages 11-16 use a film narrated by poet Roger McGough to look at how women in Bolivia, Philippines, Zimbabwe and the UK have been affected by climate change, and how they are responding. Watch the film […]

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Children’s Rights: Develop English skills with 8-11 year olds

19/06/2015

18 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

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Improve your learners’ English skills while making the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child relevant and interesting. This popular resource for ages 8-11 was revised and updated in June 2015 to support the English curricula in England, Scotland and Wales. These materials include real-life case studies from Syria, Uganda and Sierra Leone, as […]

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