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Division of Resources : Our Footprints in O ur World. Action Aid Workshop Lesson Plan – Group 6 ICKFELK HLIOS Age Group : 10 – 12 years of age. Objectives/ Goals. The children will be enabled to… Recognise that the world resources are not divided equally among nations
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DivisionofResources: OurFootprintsinOurWorld ActionAid Workshop LessonPlan – Group 6 ICKFELK HLIOS Age Group: 10 – 12 yearsof age
Objectives/Goals Thechildrenwillbeenabled to… • Recognisethattheworldresources are notdividedequallyamongnations • Discusscriticallythefoodandotherresourcesthatthey (as partof a certainsociety) consume andtheimpactthatthishas for the global community
Organisation • Thechildren are splitintounequalgroups, e.g. of 4, 6, 8 and 12 • Eachgroupisgiven a certainnumberofsheetsonwhichthereis a pictureof a footprint. • Some ofthesheetsofpaper are inplastic (laminated)
Whathappens?... • Thegroupsofchildrenlineupbehind a lineononesideoftheclassroomorplayground etc. • Theywillhave to use thefootprints to gettheirgroup to theothersideoftheclassroomwheretherewillbe a secondline. • Thechildrenmayonlywalkonthesheetsandiftheyfall off thefootprint(evenonestep) theirwholegroupwillhave to startagain.
TheChallenge…. • Thefootprints are divided UNEQUALLY amongthegroups. • E.g.thegroupwith 12 willonlyhave 3 sheets, whilethegroupwithonly 4 peoplewillhave 10 sheets. • THEREFORE… • For some itisreally EASY to crosstheroom • For othersitisalmost IMPOSSIBLE!
Afterthechildrenhavetriedthistaskandexperiencedthedifficultiestheywill stop anddiscusshowtheymightchangetheirapproachsothatthewholeclasscanmakeitacrosstheroom • Theytesttheirideas • Afterwardstheydiscusshowtheactivityhasgoneandtheobservationstheyhavemade
NB: Itisup to thestudents to maketheconnectionbetweenthisactivityandthedivisionofworldresources