Country & Locality Studies
AFRICA - ASIA
- LATIN AMERICA - THE CARIBBEAN
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WorldFocus Series Beginning with an introduction to the geography, politics, industry and culture of the country in question, the books go on to focus on particular communities to draw children into the lives of real people around the world and encourage comparison with their own lives. Titles available are: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Senegal, South Africa, Vietnam. KS2 Oxfam £5.00 each |
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Feeling Good About Faraway Friends: Daily life of a Maasai family in Kenya Using self-esteem work, a positive foundation is laid for pupils to explore their lives in comparison with the lives of members of a Maasai family in Kenya, aiming to enable pupils to celebrate difference within the classroom and beyond. Topics covered include: daily life, food, clothes, houses & homes, change. The pack includes 35 A4 colour photos. KS1/2 Leeds DEC £17.00 |
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Baricho: a village in Kenya Case study of a village in central Kenya with information and activities on the village and the life of an individual family, together with background information on Kenya. Includes charts, maps, activity sheets & 16 colour photos. KS2 Warwickshire WSC £13.50 |
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A Week With a Family in Kenya Based around the same village, and using the same colour photos as Baricho: a village in Kenya (above), this pack follows, through story, a week in the life of an imaginary family. Many aspects of life in the village are introduced: homes, food, work, travel, buying and selling, the daily lives of young school children. Ideas for comparison with the local area are suggested. KS1 Warwickshire WSC £9.00 |
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Nairobi: Kenyan city life 30 A4 colour photos show different scenes, lifestyles and activities of wealth and poverty in the city of Nairobi. The work of an adult literacy officer provides a link between the extremes, and activities range from determining the city's quality of life to identifying its main features. KS2/3 ActionAid £17.25 |
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Kapsokwony: rural Kenya Life in Kapsokwony, a rural region in the west of Kenya, is explored, with a particular focus on the activities of a farming family. Includes 30 A4 colour photos and can be used alongside the pack above to compare and contrast rural and city life in Kenya. KS2/3 ActionAid £17.25 |
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Kaptalamwa: a village in Kenya Kaptalamwa is a village in the Cherangani Hills, close to the Equator, with a population of 1,500. Using both colour and black & white photos of the area alongside maps and activity sheets, the pack is an invaluable resource for understanding the lifestyles of the villagers, their customs and how they cope in relation to their environment. Background information on Kenya is included. KS1/2 Geographical Association £21.00 |
| See also: Animal Health Care in Kenya | |
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Doing It Ourselves Provides an excellent source of case study material from Kenya showing grassroots development; or as standalone material for a study on the theme of self-reliance. KS3/4 Warwickshire WSC £7.50 |
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The Final Frontier? Land, environment and pastoralism in Kenya Global issues about land use, economic and human development, and environmental degradation are explored from the perspective of how they affect the lives of Kenya's Maasai pastoralists. KS3 (Geography) Leeds DEC £12.00 |
The Final Frontier? Land, environment and pastoralism in Kenya The CD-Rom complements and enhances the paper-based resource above by including additional images, text and data together with audio commentary from Oxfam's pastoralist programme officer in Kenya. It also offers teachers the chance to diversify their teaching style and incorporate Information Technology. KS3 Leeds DEC Multi-user site copy £89.00; extra library copy (only if buying or possessing site copy) £34.00 |
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New Journeys: Teaching about other places/learning from Kenya and Tanzania Suggests practical ways of teaching and learning about other places building upon pupils' own experiences and skills. A wide range of practical activities support children's exploration of key concepts and issues, leading into an examination of the themes of tourism, self-reliance and land use, all key concerns for Kenya and Tanzania. KS2 Birmingham DEC £14.25 |
| See also: Read All About It - get your non-fiction texts on Kenya here! | |
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A Special Kind of Strength Designed to meet the needs of students who find reading and writing difficult, a 50 minute video, divided into 10 stories, introduces a Tanzanian woman, her family, and some of the day-to-day activities which take place in Sanawari, north Tanzania. A teacher's handbook contains creative ideas for active learning, fulfilling many NC requirements in core and foundation subjects. The materials recognise the need for differentiation and extension work within the classroom and will enable students with special educational needs to value their own knowledge and experience while learning about a distant locality. KS1/2/3/Special Needs Leeds DEC £23.75 |
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Tanzanian Village Life: A special kind of strength With a plan of Sanawari as a starting point, individual pupils can use this interactive CD-Rom to freely move around the locality. By watching the sequenced stories, listening to the spoken description, reading the structured text and participating in differentiated activities, pupils will make discoveries about the working lives of real Tanzanian women and men. Pupils can also 'visit' the nearby town of Arusha to put the village of Sanawari into the context of its surroundings. KS1/2/Special Needs Leeds DEC Site licence £89.00; single user licence £55.00 (Requires an A series Acorn or RISC PC, 4Mb RAM, 256 colour monitor, CD-Rom drive) |
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This is Ethiopia Ethiopia tends to evoke images of famine and suffering for the majority of people in this country. This pack shows another side of the country, looking at the richness of Ethiopian culture to challenge the commonly held stereotyped views. Includes photocopiable teaching materials for classroom use and a slide set. KS2 CAFOD £7.00 |
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Triumph of Hope: Eritrea's struggle for development Eritrea provides a stirring example of what people can do to change their lives. The pack consists of a range of activities, including photographs and a role play, based on Eritrea's struggle for development and drawing on the experiences of the Eritrean people. 16/+ Leeds DEC £5.95 |
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Eritrea: Africa's Newest Country Although deeply affected by events such as drought, war and poverty, many people in countries like Eritrea continue to live ordinary lives. This pack focuses on two localities - one where the people speak Tigrinya and are predominantly Christian, and one where the people speak Tigre and are predominantly Moslem - with material on other parts of Eritrea to give a wider picture of the country. The story book, Daniel and the Mischief Boy (below), complements the pack. KS2 Christian Aid £12.10 |
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Daniel and the Mischief Boy Daniel and his family live high in the mountains of Eritrea. Daniel is 12; his brother, Kudos, is 10 and nicknamed 'the mischief boy' because he is always in trouble. Four stories give an idea of what life is really like in Eritrea. KS1/2/+ Christian Aid/Fount £5.99 |
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AYIDA: Change and development in Nigeria Pupils' existing knowledge and opinions provide the starting point for learning about the impact of development on a small Nigerian village, Osoroko-Lekki. Using case studies, development is shown to be a concept that is as real to people in Britain as to people in Nigeria. Students are encouraged to investigate and analyse information, look at new ideas and perspectives, and exchange views and opinions. KS3 Oxfam £13.95 |
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Developing Geography: Ghana Ghana is presented as a real and living society where the day-to-day concerns of ordinary people are similar to those of people living in Britain. The pack - a series of 3 books: 2 student textbooks and a teacher's pack with photos - seeks to promote empathetic understanding and a sense of common experience of the issues which face us all: Issues & Enquiry: teaching about a nation (Teachers' pack: £14.20) Kumasi & Beyond: urban development and enterprise (Students' book: £5.45) Land & Life: rural development and primary production (Students' book: £5.45) KS3/4 Birmingham DEC All 3 units: £25.10 |
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Dream Flight: Life in the Sahel A close-up portrait of daily life in a cattle herding community in Mali, drawing out comparisons between family life in Mali and the UK. A 25-minute video is supported by a full colour magazine and teacher's handbook with activity sheets for photocopying. Themes explored include lifestyle and environment, basic needs for water, food, shelter and homes, and rights of the child. People featured in the pack are also portrayed in a photopack, Where Camels are Better than Cars (see below). |
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Where Camels are Better than Cars: A locality study in Mali, West Africa A unique insight is offered into the lives of four different but interdependent individuals living in a town in Mali, West Africa. KS2 Birmingham DEC £16.00 |
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Isatou, Chloe and You This imaginative resource makes links between the lives and environment of three children: Isatou in The Gambia, Chloe in the UK and the child working with the pack. The video brings Isatou's compound and Gunjur village to life, and shows wider scenes of food production and the fishing industry. Includes a cassette tape of village sounds. KS1/2 Wiltshire WSC £38.00 |
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Cairo: four children & their city Through the eyes, words and activities of four Egyptian children, pupils are introduced to issues such as Islamic culture, conflicts over space in a city, the role gender plays in defining lifestyles, and the impact of traffic and modes of travel in a city. KS2/3 Oxfam £27.50 |