You’ll find lots of material to support your work at www.comicrelief.com
Students are encouraged to use ICT to find out more about the people they are learning about. The following websites will be helpful:
Ghana, development, teaching ideas
www.comicrelief.com
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet
www.graphic.com.gh - Ghanaian newspapers on-line
www.christian-aid.org.uk
www.cafod.org.uk
www.actionaid.org
Fairtrade
www.dubble.co.uk
www.divinechocolate.com
www.fairtrade.org.uk
www.twin.org.uk
www.ifat.org
www.bafts.org.uk
www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/fairtrade/oxfam_and_ft.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/citizenx/internat/
global/animation.shtml
Chocolate and cocoa
www.dubble.co.uk
www.divinechocolate.com
www.kuapakokoo.com
International Cocoa Organisation – excellent on chocolate and cocoa, with good links
Cocoa Market Report
The Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Association – The UK trade association for manufacturers of these products.
Healthy eating
www.food.gov.uk/healthiereating www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/cat.php?catid=886 www.galaxy-h.gov.uk www.lifebytes.gov.uk/eating/eat_menu.html news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/healthy_eating/ British Nutrition Foundation
Further resources
Oxfam - Activities, role plays and ideas for action students can take around trade and Fairtrade.
Oxfam for students - Information, activities and games for students about trade, Fairtrade and Ghana
Christian Aid - Click on Schools and Simulation for several games and activities about trade and Fairtrade
CAFOD - Assembly, resource pack, information, game, play and worksheet about trade and Fairtrade
ActionAid - Downloads and catalogues of resources about trade and Fairtrade
Global Dimension site - Provides full list of teaching resources to bring a global dimension into your lesson planning and teaching.
Other resources
www.newint.org - The New Internationalist, no. 304 (August 1998) ‘The Cocoa Chain’
www.divinechocolate.com/creation.htm - Pauline Tiffen, The Story of Kuapa Kokoo
Fairworld Cookbook, Oxfam, 1997, intro by Sophie Grigson |