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Explore Africa using these exciting resources. Suitable for all key stages from KS1 to KS5.
Key stage 1
Barnaby Bear goes to Kenya
Take your class on a fascinating journey to Kenya with ActionAid. Travel through a bustling Kenyan town to a friendly rural village and meet the Thoya family.
Mary, Juma and Simba the dog
A mystery story based on bustling city life in Kenya. Follow Mary, Juma and Simba through the busy streets of Ziwa near Mombasa. They must find the missing necklace or Simba is in big trouble.
Key stage 2
Jambo Kenya
An interactive CD Rom that you and your pupils can use to explore Kenya. You can visit the tourist town of Malindi and the village of Soyo Soyo. It's the ideal resource for independent ICT sessions or teacher-led interactive whiteboard use.
Key stage 3/4
Who decides?
Innovative resource looking at the global issues of conflict, peace-building and HIV & AIDS through the eyes of young citizens in Burundi and Uganda. Games, mystery solving and other activities encourage students to explore issues in their own lives and make links with the experiences of young people around the world.
Let’s work together
What do the people of Bomet, Kenya, think are their rights and responsibilities? This resource helps pupils define their views on rights and responsibilities and provides an inspiring case study of community action.
Read about rights
Fascinating case study material from Ethiopia that can be used to introduce pupils to global issues including access to education and causes of hunger. Provides a range of citizenship and English activities including discussion, role-play, writing frames, interviews and story boards.
Living on the line
Focuses on the people, cultures and environments of 8 countries along the zero meridian. Includes extracts from the Channel 4 series featuring journalists Jon Snow and Ekow Eshun.
City by the sea
A case study of urban development looking at urban land use, trade, tourism and rural-urban migration in Mombasa, Kenya.
Key stage 5
Food for thought
Investigates food security globally and in wadla, Ethiopia. Enables students to develop decision-making skills and investigate physical and human factors linked to food security and famine.
Pandemic: global health and HIV
A multimedia resource based on case histories from Actionaid’s work in developing countries which gives a global perspective to the issue of HIV/AIDS. Suitable for citizenship, general studies, PSHE and biology courses.
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