Toys, trade, social justice teaching units

Here are some resources related to trade aid fortnight in May 2008 (but are applicable beyond that). A sample plan on toys is attached as a file.

Around the 2008 theme for Fair Trade Fortnight, Environmental Justice, Trade Aid NZ have developed a number of resources with help from teachers of various age levels. These resources are new and will be useful to teachers who have an interest in teaching global topics. They fit perfectly within the new teaching curriculum, focussing on developing several key competencies.

Many schools already have a focus on the environment or sustainability and using the theme Environmental Justice will add a new and interesting angle to these very important subject areas.

We have developed these resources in the context of our Fair Trade Fortnight programme to enable schools to join in, but environmental justice and sustainability are of course themes with a long term focus. Therefore these resources will also be useful in years to come, and we will update them, based on feedback we get from teachers, to further improve our support to classroom activities in schools.

Schools programme - a pre-school programme and teaching units
suitable for levels 1 - 5 social studies looking at subjects such as
'where my toys come from' and 'what is their impact' and researching the
different impacts of environmental degradation on rich and poor
communities. Incorporating climate change and our carbon footprints.
Read more..
<http://www.tradeaid.co.nz/Fair%20Trade%20Fortnight%202008%20%283%20-%20
18%20May%29/School%20Programmes/Teacher%20resource%20page> The units
are available online and are designed for the new curriculum. We also
have various resources we are more than willing to provide teachers
with.
Trade Aid - posted by Roger Waddell.