Young people in their own words - some possible resources for understanding other cultures and outlooks

[Boyd Roberts]

Young people in their own words

Some coordinators have reported that they find the Award section “Understanding other cultures and outlooks” to be particularly challenging.

In a quick web search I came across the following that nay be of interest and use in helping students to find out about other outlooks. All include accounts by young people themselves of lives lived in very different circumstances.

Do share any resources you have found helpful in working on this area with participants.

Girls in their own words

http://www.headliners.org/storylibrary/stories/2003/girlsintheirownwords

Five girls from the UK talk about their lives and concerns. Forms part of a website “Headliners” with journalism articles written by young people.

 

http://clubtnt.org/in_their_own_words.htm#Action includes accounts of the some of the young people involved in the civil rights struggle in the USA in the 1960s. They talk about segregation and how it affected their lives.

 

Afghanistan refugees in their own words

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/218615/126875985977.htm

 

Poverty in America

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/218615/126875985977.htm

 

Thai teenagers today

http://former.asiaeducation.edu.au/thailand/teeninfo.htm#teen2

 

A film about Asperger’s syndrome, made by young people with the condition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePlX0zUZktU

 

Perhaps I can also commend two books produced by former IB teacher Kasia Parham. Kasia worked with young people in Tanzania to produce books in which they tell their stories.

Dogodogo tells the stories of young men from the Dogodogo centre for former street children in Tanzania.

In Emusoi - Maasai girls describe their quests to get a school education.

For further details visit Kasia’s website at Teach Africa