NEW Pre-school and lower primary unit - free resource for teachers
Use the 41 images contained in this power point presentation to start your children talking about similarities and differences across cultures, and the impact that these might have on the environments around us.
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NEW Social Studies Units - Level 1 - 5 - free resource for teachers
Trade Aid is focussing on environmental justice for 2008/9 and Trade Aid shops will be organising local community events for you and your students to get involved with. Use these newly produced lesson plans and then get involved in your community and support the environmental justice message.
Teaching unit 1 This unit centres around the question: 'Do your toys have a good or bad effect on the people who make them and on their environment?' and 'What can you do?'
Teaching unit 2 This unit centres around the question: 'Why does being rich or poor make a difference to the way you may be impacted on by environmental degradation?'
Both units cover similar themes but unit 2 takes a bigger picture approach incorporating climate change and carbon footprints. Extension activities incorporated into both units are aimed at extending the scope of the topic and encouraging deeper thinking for older or more advanced students.
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Children of the World - a global education resource - free for teachers
		Published by: Trade Aid Target audience: Teacher of year 7/8 students but able to be adapted up and down. Cost: Free Included with the resource: 18 min DVD which explains the fair trading relationship as conducted by Trade Aid. It includes interviews with and footage of producers, Trade Aid staff, volunteers and customers. CD with word documents for easy editing of all activities and worksheets.
The 4 subject areas covered are: Human and Children's rights Poverty Global Trade India - a case study Children of the World uses activities, stories, facts, poems, and recipes to introduce useful and interesting ways to teach global education issues to students. It attempts to make a connection between students in NZ and children of a similar age in developing countries using information directly from Trade Aid producer partners. Order free from Trade Aid today
Why not have a speaker come to your school? A Trade Aid speaker can bring product from a range of different countries, they can talk about the impact of fair trade on the producers we trade with and provide answers to your student's questions about fair trade. Request a speaker here   A "sweet" deal... fundraising at your school Whether you are a school, church or youth group - raising funds through selling chocolate is an excellent way to achieve your goals. Now - Trade Aid is offering you a chance to achieve your goals while taking into consideration the environment, trade justice and community development in developing countries. Its a win-win situation! Trade Aid chocolate is high quality, exploitation free chocolate available at competitive prices.  Find out more here about fundraising at your school with Trade Aid's delicious chocolate. Go Global There are excellent education resources produced by many other NGOs around New Zealand teaching a range of global topics. Check out the excellent 'go global' website which allows you to search across organisations, ages and topics.