International oganisations and the global dimension
Many NGOs can contribute to pupils' awareness of the global dimension, particularly those charities and campaigning organisations involved in fighting poverty or campaigning on environmental, sustainable development, human rights and globalisation issues. Many international institutions and organisations are involved in a wide range of global issues, such as the United Nations and the World Bank. Government departments are also involved in such issues, in particular the Department for International Development (DfID) and the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra). Now complete the activity on the right.
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Activity
There are two websites to visit in this activity. You will be able to explore approaches to teaching about globalisation which can incorporate information, policies and campaigns from governmental organisations and NGOs.
- Go to the 'Secondary Schools' section of the CAFOD website: CAFOD
- Click on the 'Globalisation' menu item.
- Read the content on globalisation, which draws on ideas from a wide range of governmental organisations and NGOs.
- Now go to the 'Current projects' section of the Tide Development Education Centre website: Tide Development Education Centre
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on 'Project titles (A-Z)'.
- Scroll down and click on 'Globalisation project'.
- Scroll down again and find the contents list.
- Click on and look at 'Teaching unit: Globalisation and the world cup '98'. (You may also like to click on the 'Getting involved' link from this contents list, at the end of this activity.)
- Use the information in these two websites to help you plan a teaching programme on globalisation which focuses particularly on helping pupils develop an understanding of the role that different governmental organisations and NGOs play in the process of globalisation. Ask your pupils to consider the following questions.
- Who appears to be driving forward the process of globalisation?
- What are their motives?
- Who appears to be resisting globalisation?
- What are their motives?
- Try your programme out with pupils. As a form of evaluation, you could consider the questions raised by the Tide Development Education Centre in the 'Getting involved' link mentioned above.
