Section 4 Resourcing the curriculum

The following resources have been selected by the project because they enable teachers to address the issues of citizenship and culture. The resources have been grouped under five headings: Citizenship, Racial Equality, Human Rights, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Interdependence.

If you have used resources that you consider to be good please email us at resources@leedsdec.org.uk FAO citizenship coordinator.

4.1 Resources for Citizenship

A Curriculum for Global Citizenship pub. 1998, Oxfam
Citizenship: the Global Dimension,
Guidance for Key Stage 3 & 4 pub. 2001, DEA
Auditing Citizenship pub. 2002, Development Education Centre, South Yorkshire
Citizenship in Common, Introducing Key
Ideas about the relationship between
Europe and Africa pub. 2003, TIDE
Working Children Worldwide,
(child labour and globalisation) pub. 2003, Save the Children
Participation, Spice it Up pub. 2002, Save the Children
If the World were a Village, pub. 2004, A&C Black Publishers Ltd.
Citizenship for the Future,
A Practical Classroom Guide pub. 2000, WWF UK
Education for Citizenship, Ideas into Action pub. 2002, Routledge Farmer
Local Citizen, Global Citizen pub. 2000, Christian Aid
Get Global pub. 2003, Action Aid
Youth Topics pub. 2002, Christian Aid
Learning to Participate pub. 1996, Birmingham DEC
We are Britain pub. 2003Benjamin Zephaniah
Global Lines, 2004 pub. The Red Cross

4.2 Resources for Human Rights

Human Rights, Issues Series pub. 2002, Independence Education Publishers
Talking Rights , Taking Responsibility pub. 1998, UNICEF
Developing Rights pub. 1997, Oxfam
Human Rights in the Curriculum ; History
: Spanish
: French
: Maths pub. 2002 Amnesty International

4.3 Resources for Race Equality

When Rights are Left : History pub. 2001, Oxfam
A Fight to Belong – Teacher’s Pack , pub. 2000, Save the Children
Why are People Racist, pub. 2002, Cath Senker
Roots of the Future- Ethnic Diversity in the
Making of Britain, pub. 1996, Commission for Racial Equality
Citizenship and Muslim Perspectives,
Teachers sharing Rights pub. 2003, TIDE/ Islamic Relief
Equality Stories Recognition, Respect and
Raising Achievement pub. 2003, Robin Richardson and Berenice Miles
Complementing Teachers, A Practical Guide to promoting Race Equailty in Schools pub. 2003, Oxfam
Show Racism the Red Card, Racism pub. 2003 Chrysalis Children Books

4.4 Resources for teaching about Refugees and Asylum seekers

Immigration and Asylum pub. 2002, Franklin Watts
Refugees, We Left because We Had To pub. 2004, 0xfam
Supporting Refugee Children in
21st Century Britain pub. 2001, Trentham Books

4.5 Resources for Interdependence

Exploring our World pub. 2001, One World Centre for Northern Ireland
The Challenge of Globalisation pub. 2003, Oxfam
Who Rules the World, the UN and
the World Bank pub. 2001, Christian Aid
The Trading Game pub. 2003, Christian Aid

Places to look for resources

• Development Education Association Guidance – the DEA has published a series of booklets which aim to provided guidance about Citizenship and Global. Their website is – www.dea.org.uk
• Subject Associations. Some Subject Associations such as CILT and the Geographical Association have published guidance on the Citizenship or contributed to the DEA guidance documents
• Flicking though resources / resources catalogues, like the Oxfam Catalogue, may help provide ideas and resources
• Resources Services / Bookshops – there are a number of centres and associations offering resources. The YHGSA’s Go-Global service publishes resource lists and has a website www.yhgsa.org.uk or phone 0113 380 5655

4.6 Useful websites:

In addition to the websites listed thoughout this document, you may find the following useful. Websites – the websites of the Development Education Centres, or Aid Agencies like Oxfam, Save the Children, Action Aid (see our list of websites at he end of this guide book )

A European Websites

The European Parliament
http://www.europarl.eu.int/news/public/documents_par_theme/901/default_en.htm

European Union
http://www.europa.eu.int/index_en.htm

Council of Europe
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/Files/Themes/ECD/

B Education Centres and Associations
(For full list visit www.dea.org.uk)

Leeds Development Education Centre
www.leedsdec.org.uk

Sheffield DEC
www.decsy.org.uk/

Centre for Global Education
http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/default.asp?Page_ID=234&Parent_ID=267

Development Education Association
http://www.dea.org.uk

European Development Education Centres & NGOs
(NGO = Non-governmental organisation)

VORMEN (Belgium)
www.vormen.org/e-welcome.htm

Le Partenariat (France - Senegal)
www.partenariat-saint-louis-senegal.org/

Sudwind (Austria)
www.oneworld.at/suedwind.agentur/defaultold.htm

Oikos (Portugal)
www.oikos.pt/

Cesema (Nicaragua)
www.nicaraguasc.org.uk/partners/

C Citizenship & organisations

Citizenship Foundation
http://www.www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/

DfES Citizenship
www.dfes.gov.uk/citizenship/

Citizenship education
http://www.direct.gov.uk/RightsAndResponsibilities/fs/en

Citizenship education – the global dimension
http://www.citizenship-global.org.uk/post16.html

Institute for Citizenship education
www.citizen.org.uk/education.html

Hansard Society
http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/programmes/citizenship_education

Association for Citizenship Teaching
www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/

D Refugees

UNHCR
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home

RETAS
www.education-action.org/retas.asp.htm

Refugee Council
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/

European Council on Refugees and Exiles
www.ecre.org/

E Human Rights

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/index

Centre for Global Education (York)
http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/default.asp?Page_ID=234&Parent_ID=267

Derechos Human Rights
http://www.drechos.org

Multinational Monitor
http://www.essential.org

UNHCR
http://www.ohchr.org/english/

VORMEN (Belgium)
www.vormen.org/e-welcome.htm

F Racial Equality

Britkids
www.britkid.org/

Britkids teachers stuff
www.britkid.org/ts-lesson_plans.html

Artists Against Racism
http://www.vrx.net/aar

Fight Racism
http://wwwoneworld.org/fightracism

Race Relations Institute
www.irr.org.uk/

Leeds Racial Harrassment Project
www.lrhp.org.uk/

Runnymede Trust
www.runnymedetrust.org/

G Interdependence

Oxfam Teachers’ website
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/index.htm

Friends of the Earth
www.foe.co.uk/

Fair Trade
http://www.tradejusticemovement.org.uk/

Stockholme Interantional Peace Research Instittue
http://www.sipri.se

H The Global Dimension in Education & Development issues

UN Human Development Report http://www.undp.org/undp/hdro
Global Dimension teaching http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/
resources
Millenium goals http://www.dfid.gov.uk/mdg/
One World Network http://www.oneworld.net
(independent Info on Development)
Oxfam Teachers’ website http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/index.htm
Fair Trade http://www.tradejusticemovement.org.uk/
Fair Trade Foundation http://www.fairtrade.org.uk
The Grameen Bank http://www.grameen.org
(an example of social justice in action)

Rough Guide to a better world
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/rough-guide/better-world.pdf

Info on Brandt Report
http://www.brandt21forum.info/
http://www.stwr.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8
http://www.bwbs.de/bwbs_biografie/index.php?l=en&m=2&p=wb&id=416

Country Profiles http://www.dfid.gov.uk/countries/allcountries.asp?view=region

YHGSA http://www.yhgsa.org.uk
(Yorkshire and Humber Global Schools Association)

Guidance Document

Section 1 - The project

Section 2 - Overview of the European Union and its relationship to the UK

Section 3 - Training for schools