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Global Youth Work: Activities for Global Citizenship Year of publication: 2014 Author: Kate Allen | Charlotte Dwyer Corporate author: Scotdec | European Union (EU) | Government of Scotland This resource has been designed for youth workers and other professionals working with young people to promote global youth work as a mainstream practice across Scotland. Each chapter contains practical activities, background information and resources aimed at encouraging young people to think about their own lives and how they connect with others. Examining these topics within the framework of social justice, human rights and sustainable development enables young people to reflect on how their behaviour and actions impact on people and issues locally and globally. 
Pants to Poverty: A Global Citizenship Resource for Primary Schools Year of publication: 2018 Author: Stephanie Brown | Jennifer McMillan Corporate author: Smalls for All | Scotdec | International Development Education Association Scotland (IDEAS) With a focus on the right to an education, this series of 9 lessons explores issues affecting children living in poverty and encourages young people to take action for positive change. This resource aims to develop children’s awareness of their connections to and understanding of some of the issues affecting children living in poverty. There is a particular focus on the importance of education and its impact on our life chances. 
Issue to Action: English; Teaching Toolkit for a Fairer World Year of publication: 2020 Author: Stephanie Flett | Lesley Bloomer Corporate author: Scotdec | European Union (EU) These materials were created by English teachers in Scotland. The first activity introduces the need to hear multiple stories of the world and our place in it. There then follows three units with a focus on climate change, refugees and how we engage with the ‘other’. They include short introductory activities as well as a series of lessons exploring the topics in more detail. A range of stimuli is included – poetry, biography, images and film clips. All activities are mapped to Curriculum for Excellence benchmarks and reference the relevant SDG. 
Our Forest, Our Future Corporate author: Scotdec This material helps teachers and pupils to explore the interdependence of people and forests and the vital role forests play in sustaining our environment – in the past, the present and hopefully the future. The Scots Pine forests in Scotland and the Congo Basin rainforest in Africa provide case studies through which pupils will begin to understand why our forests are under threat and the implications for our planet.In making connections between consumerism, people and the environment, pupils will be encouraged to see how they and their actions have an impact on the lives of others globally. It encourages reflection on the possible futures of the world's forests and ways of taking positive actions for a future where people and forests co-exist in a sustainable way. The resource is structured around a global citizenship framework devised by Oxfam. 
Youth Activist Toolkit: A Digital Guide Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Scotdec | European Union (EU) This toolkit is designed to empower young people to campaign for positive change around local and global issues and to use the learning to form social media actions for change. 
Issue to Action: Modern Languages; Teaching Toolkit for a Fairer World Year of publication: 2020 Author: Megan Clark | Irina Gancheva | Laura Morris | Peigi Morrison Corporate author: Scotdec | European Union (EU) Global Citizenship Education is essential in enabling young people to access and participate in shaping modern society. All teachers and subjects have a role to play in educating young people to enable them to participate as fully as possible in building a fair and just world for all. A Global Citizenship approach to Modern Languages enable young people to gain insights into other ways of thinking and other views of the world. With a focus on diversity and equality, the many and varied Spanish and French speaking cultures in Africa and South America, can provide a rich learning context. The materials in this resource have been written by Modern Languages teachers and tested in Scottish classrooms. They provide an opportunity to learn common vocabulary in new contexts and consider global issues such as migration and gender equality from different perspectives. 
Inscool: Activities Booklet; Practical Classroom Approaches to Rights-Based Learning Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Scotdec | European Union (EU) | Erasmus+ This toolkit is designed to guide you flexibly, in ways that suit your primary school, through the start of a journey towards including more pupils in learning and life at school. A key point to remember about this journey is that it does not have a final destination. Rather, it is about cumulative change that has, at its heart, a continuous focus on improving their access to and participation in quality, inclusive education. 
Issue to Action: Mathematics; Teaching Toolkit for a Fairer World Year of publication: 2021 Author: Corinne Angier Corporate author: Scotdec | European Union (EU) Current global issues provide a rich and real life context for applying what is learned in Maths. How can we hold informed issues on such issues as inequality, climate change or migration without critically engaging with the statistics behind them? Maths has a key role to play in helping us to analyse the numbers, but also to understand how and why these numbers can be manipulated to suit different agendas.The materials in this resource have been tested in Scottish classrooms. They focus on climate change, gender equality and migration. 
Issue to Action: Science; Teaching Toolkit for a Fairer World Year of publication: 2020 Author: Tracey Shaw | Claire Tatar | Krissie Davis Corporate author: Scotdec | European Union (EU) Global Citizenship Education is essential in enabling young people to access and participate in shaping modern society. All teachers and subjects have a role to play in educating young people to enable them to participate as fully as possible in building a fair and just world for all. Global Citizenship provides a wealth of real-life contexts for learning Science. By using relevant and meaningful topics, young people are more motivated to learn and understand the key role Science plays in driving change for a more sustainable future. The materials in this resource have been written by Science teachers and tested in Scottish classrooms. They focus on sustainability, plastic waste, health and wellbeing and women in Science.