Being good with money - resources

[Boyd Roberts]

Being good with money

Here we are looking at resources directed to young people trying to be good with money.

Have a look at a blog post from Anna, who completed her bronze IGC Award in 2010 at Bali International School.

http://annaliokouras-igcaward-part2.blogspot.com/2010/04/being-good...

 

The resources deal specifically with

Fair Trade

Clothes and sportswear

Electronic goods

Food

The links are all in the attached Word document, also posted to the Award Ning. The document was too large to include in the body of this message.

There are many resources on these topics available for teachers to use in the class context - and a few are given on being good with money are given below. But the links in the attached document are mainly for resources specifically designed for young people or students to use directly and on their own.  The resources are all for students of secondary age. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but rather a selected collection of resources I found in a couple of days surfing the net and thought would be useful in the Award context. Many of them are from UK organisations – partly because there is a very well established tradition of work in this area in the UK, and partly because when working in the UK Google turns up more UK websites.

Some other important points:

1. Many of the resources are developed by NGOs or campaigning organisations, and students need to bear this in mind. It seems important in the spirit of the IGC Award and developing effective global citizenship that students become aware that organisations can be partisan – and attempt to look at things from different angles. An interesting exercise might be for groups of Award students to look at an issue from the point of view of the manufacturer, like Adidas or Nike, or from that of a campaigning organisation. They would then report to each other and discuss the different perspectives offered by the organisations.
2. Many of the resources relate to one specific national context, and refer to organisations and the educational context in that country. Hopefully, students will be able to pick out general points that are not country-specific.
3. All the resources are in English – although a few are also available in other languages too. Unfortunately, my languages are simply not good enough to assess materials in languages other than English.

If you or students find other websites that offer good resources, then please post them to the Ning or let me know and I’ll incorporate them into the list and post it to the Ning.

Resources for teachers

1. Attached are two worksheets produced by Kerry Dyke of the International School of Bangkok

 

       What’s in my lunch?

       What do I consume each day?

 

1. Here are just a few sources of good classroom resources for teachers to use in work on being good with money (Thanks to Rebecca Crean for suggestions). (These are links specifically to educational resources for teachers).

Global Education (searchable UK website giving links to many resources)

Oxfam Education

CAFOD (the UK Catholic aid agency)

Compassion in World Farming concerning food production

Playfair concerned with sportswear, with some specific resources associated with Olympics 2012

Labour behind the label - a campaign that supports garment workers' efforts worldwide to improve their working conditions, through awareness raising, information provision and encouraging international solidarity between workers and consumers.

Fairtrade Foundation

Traidcraft for schools Traidcraft fights poverty through trade, helping people in developing countries to transform their lives. This is its schools site.

SweatFree Communities - a campaign of the International Labor Rights Forum, assists sweatshop workers globally in their struggles to improve working conditions and form strong, independent unions.