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Bring the global dimension into your classroom. Our teaching resources, school talks and campaigns help learners explore global issues and engage in active global citizenship. Join us to build understanding of global poverty and inspire children and young people to actively contribute to a fair and just world.

Resources

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  • Free teaching resources to download

    Browse our huge library of free teaching resources including lesson ideas, activities, video clips, photographs and case studies for geography and citizenship.

  • New KS3/4 teaching resource: The Work of an NGO

    Audio slideshow and lesson ideas looking at ActionAid’s work and how our approach to development has evolved. Suitable for Geography or Citizenship teaching at KS3-4.

  • Send My Friend to School

    Each year millions of teachers and students remind their leaders of the promise they made to get every child into school by 2015. Help us get 67 million children around the world into education.

  • Uganda after Kony

    ‘Kony 2012’ is an internet sensation and we have resources for you and your learners to explore the controversies surrounding the film.

  • Get Global! Tools for teaching active global citizenship

    Get Global! is a practical teachers’ guide on how to facilitate and assess active global citizenship with learners at key stages three and four.

  • Barnaby Bear

    Join Barnaby Bear on his journey to Brazil and Kenya through our award-winning resources.

Chembakolli

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  • Free Chembakolli downloads

    Download a range of free resources to help you teach about Chembakolli. Great for topic work on ‘A village in India’.

  • Chembakolli slideshows

    View slideshows about life in and around Chembakolli and meet some of the people who live there.

  • About Chembakolli

    Find out about the south Indian village of Chembakolli and the Adivasi people living there.

  • Chembakolli Live blog

    Read regular blog exchanges between the children and staff at Vidyodaya school and schools in the UK.

School talks and workshops

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  • ActionAid talks and workshops

    Bring the world into your classroom with an inspiring talk or workshop. Our unique fusion of global learning tools, artefacts and multimedia resources take learners on extraordinary journeys into the heart of far-away places.

  • Teachers wanted to work with ActionAid

    Do you think you can inspire young people to make a difference? Join our schools outreach network and become one of our regionally based experts delivering talks and workshops in schools.

  • Book an ActionAid visit

    Book your school talk online and use our interactive map to find your nearest visiting teacher.

Teach climate change

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  • PowerDown

    Explore the award-winning PowerDown toolkit for ideas on how to cut energy in your school.

  • Stupid or not: Education for a smarter planet

    ActionAid in partnership with Spanner films has developed Stupid or not: Education for a smarter planet based on The Age of Stupid film. Find out more about this multimedia resource for secondary schools.

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