Get Connected: Child Rights
This issue helps students understand the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child and explores a range of child rights issues around the world. It highlights a case study of child labour in India. The DVD includes an overview of child rights and personal stories from child labourers. This issue also looks at supply chains and the ways […]
Get Connected: Food Security
This resource explores issues of food insecurity and how global citizens respond to these challenges. Inside you’ll find up-to-date case studies from Bangladesh and Timor-Leste, a debate on genetically modified crops and a food supply chain. This resource also features written and digital texts, photographs, a climate graph, map reading and cloze activities that help […]
Get Connected: Climate Change
This issue looks at how humans interact with the physical environment, with a focus on greenhouse emissions and deforestation. How does climate change impact those living in developing countries and how is the world responding? This issue includes a DVD and explores natural disasters, water and health, agriculture, migration and biodiversity. It uses case studies […]
Get Connected: Migration – People on the move
This issue explores voluntary and forced migration, including push/pull factors. Using personal stories, factual information and activities, students examine different types of migration with a particular focus on refugees. This includes considering their journey, the conventions and treaties that seek to protect refugees, and the role of government and non-government organisations (NGOs).
Get Connected: Global Inequalities
We live in an unequal world. This issue helps students understand the nature of global inequality in wealth, food, education, health and access to water and sanitation. It examines East Timor (Timor-Leste) as a case study and includes a DVD that explores the inequalities between Australia and our nearest international neighbour. This issues includes engaging visual […]
Geography of human well-being: a diverse and connected world
Includes six animations with related worksheets and addresses key inquiry questions for both Year 6 and Year 10 Geography.
Examining Child Labour photo kit
Students are introduced to the topic of child labour through a series of worksheets and accompanying photos exploring the questions:
Lucy’s Story
Students learn about the life of a girl living in rural Uganda. They consider the differences and similarities between their own lives and Lucy’s, and between living conditions in Australia compared with Uganda. Students develop their listening, recall, and storytelling skills by recreating Lucy’s Story as a picture book.
Aid: What are the different types?
This activity explains the differences between bilateral, non-government, and multilateral aid. Students also consider why people make donations and provide aid towards overseas development.
Campaign for Australian Aid
Oxfam Australia proudly supports the Campaign for Australian Aid, a joint initiative of the Make Poverty History and Micah Challenge coalitions – for all Australians who believe we can and should do more as a nation to end extreme poverty around the world. The Campaign for Australia has produced a range of informative posters and […]
