Schools Activity Group: Ottawa Local Committee Resources This is a list of resources which our volunteers can use when giving school presentations.

• Other than the websites indicated, the resources are in printed format. They can be photocopied (not borrowed!) by Oxfam Canada volunteers (not members of the general public).
• The resources are located in the Oxfam Canada National Office, open 9-5 Monday to Friday. The office is located at 880Wellington Street, Suite 400, Ottawa.
• The resources are kept in the Ottawa Local Committee's storage shelves. These shelves have two sections, labeled as "Schools Group" and "Workshops". These correspond to the two working groups within the Ottawa Local Committee.

Ottawa Local Committee Resources

Poverty | Human Rights | Disaster Relief | Fair Trade | Globalization | Sweatshops | Health | Hunger/Food | Water | Refugees | Education | Technology | Workshop Facilitator Resources

Poverty

• "In the Name of Development" - information brochure with good 'facts' lists.
  In: Workshop Files - Development Ed. Miscellaneous Folder (red)
• "Development is...." - 90 minute workshop plan.
  In: Workshop Files - Development Ed. Miscellaneous Folder (red)
• "The Debt Game" - Game using price cards
  In: Workshop Files - Development Ed. Miscellaneous Folder (red)
• "Oxfam Canada's Activist Guide" - Info quiz p 12-13.
  In: Workshop Files - Development Ed. Miscellaneous Folder (red)
• "Journee Mondial de l'Alimentation" (in French) - Hunger/Poverty Kit
  In: School Groups Files - Poverty
• "Help Stamp out Poverty" brochure - Stamp collection to raise money - school activity
  In: School Groups Files - Poverty. Multiple copies at Oxfam office.
• "Hungry for Change" - Organizer's Guide (Oxfam Canada)
  In: School Groups Files - Hunger
• "Reality Check: Global Action Against Poverty" - Quiz and poster.
  In: School Groups Files - Poverty
  

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Human Rights

• Human Rights - Fact sheet
  In: School Groups Files - WIAM - Youth Information Kit
• UN International Bill of Human Rights & article "Human Rights Don't Depend on Culture".
  In: Workshops Files - Human Rights Folder
• "Droits Humains Fundamentaux" (in French)
  "Basic Human Rights Kit" (in English) - Info kit from Oxfam campaign
  In: School Groups Files - Human Rights
• "Developing Rights" Activities - series of activities for teaching about human rights issues.
  Online at: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers/developingrights/devactivity.htm
• "Ok, Not Ok? Human Rights and Wrongs" - general introduction activity for human rights issues. Online at: http://www.osearth.com/teachers/ok.shtml
• "Stand Up For Your Rights" - Oxfam poster
  In: School Groups Files - Human Rights
• "Global Charter for Basic Human Rights" - Oxfam poster
  In: School Groups Files - Human Rights
  

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Disaster Relief

• "Disasters and Development" - what happens after a natural disaster - from Oxfam UK (ages 11-13) In: school group files / disaster relief folder

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Fair Trade

• "TransFair Canada Package" - brochures, comics, reference material in: school groups files - fair trade folder
• Fair Trade fact sheet, resource sheet and action sheet in: WIAM Youth Information Kit
• Oxfam Canada's Activist Guide - Fair Trade coffee, p. 14-16 in: OLC Dev. Ed. Folder (misc)
• "Business of Food" (multiple copies for handout - teachers) - "A World in Jeopardy" (game, 30 minutes) in: school groups files - fair trade folder **Jeopardy game is also in "Putting Food on the Table"
• "Putting Food on the Global Table" (multiple copies for handouts) - "The Ethical Dilemma" (flashcard game, high-school, 40 minutes) in: school groups files - fair trade folder
• Website: www.oxfam.uk/COOLPLANET/kidsweb/active8/getreal/fairtrade/fairtrade.htm -- cocoa farmers in Ghana benefit from fair trade
• "Fair Trade in the Classroom" (ideal for presentations / activities) in: school groups folder - fair trade issues
• "The Clothes Line Activity" (Cool Planet for teachers) in: school groups files - fair trade folder
• "Fair Trade Coffee: A Facilitator's Guide and Workshop" (Oxfam Vancouver Fair Trade Coffee Network) in: school groups files - fair trade folder
• "Old Bridgehead Poster" in school groups files - fair trade folder
• "Do You Know About Fair Trade" (Transfair Fact Sheet / Poster) in school groups files - fair trade folder
• Website: "Fair Trade in the Classroom" www.fairtrade.org.uk
• Website: www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers
• Website: BC Teachers' Federation www.global-ed.org/resources.htm

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Globalization

• "The Story of Two Donkeys" - primary / junior activity - 15 minute activity on interdependence in: WIAM "Building Peace - Teachers' Kit". 6ii2
• "What's a Fair Earthshare?" (Ecological Footprint) - 20-40 minutes, calculate your ecological footprint / compare with other countries in: WIAM "Building Peace Teachers' Kit"
• "Debt Fact Sheet, Action Sheet" in: WIAM "Youth Information Kit"
• "What is Globalization?" approximately 50 posters with definitions and questions regarding globalization issues (high school and up) in: OLC Dev. Ed Folders - Globalization
• "The MAI Inquiry" 4 group activities in: School Group folder - globalization
• Canadian Perspectives, Winter Summer 1998 - Globaldygook Q&A (10 questions) in: OLC Dev. Ed folders - Globalization
• Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 1998 --- 2 quiz activities in: OLC Dev. Ed Folders - Globalization
• "Challenging Corporate Rule" (workbook - small white box) globalization activities in: school groups files - globalization folder
• "Let's Harness Trade for Development" teachers' resource in: school groups files - globalization folder
• "Business of Food" (multiple copies for handouts - teachers); Game: "A World in Jeopardy" in school groups files - fair trade folder
• "Putting Food on the Global Table" (multiple copies for handouts); "The Ethical Dilemma" - flashcard game (highschool - 40 minutes) in: school groups files - fair trade folder
• Free Trade Action Kit: free trade Bingo (10-15 minutes, adult), discussion activities for adult groups in: school groups files - globalization folder
• "Global Grab Bag" Activity (Oxfam) in: school groups files - globalization folder
• "Debt and Structural Adjustment" small group exercise in: school groups files - globalization folder
• "Canadian Corporation and Social Responsibility" North South Report 1998 in: school groups files - globalization folder
  

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Sweatshops

• Sweatshop and Living Wage - Fact Sheet
  In: School Groups Files - WIAM - Youth Information Kit
• "Child Labour" - Fact sheet, action sheet & resource sheet
  In: School Groups Files - WIAM - Youth Information Kit
• "Child Bonded Labor - Shackled Saga" - short story about child labour, simple language.
  In: Workshop Files - Children's Rights (missing)
• UN Child Labour Quiz
  In: Workshop Files - Children's Rights (missing)
• "Sweatshops: the Canadian Connection" - Fact sheet
  In: School Groups Files - Sweatshops
• "Stop Pulling the Wool Over Our Eyes" - Fact sheet & campaign card
  In: School Groups Files - Sweatshops
  Online at: http://www.maquildasolidarity.org/nosweat
• "No Sweat Organizer's Guide" By: Maquila Solidarity Network - Booklet for students (high school), 12-page Action Guide
  In: School Groups Files - Sweatshops
• "The Campaigner: Special Issue on Sweatshops" - Oxfam Canada magazine
  In: School Groups files - Sweatshops
• "The Clothes Line Activities" from Oxfam UK - For 11-13-year olds
  India and cotton manufacture
  In: School Groups files - Sweatshops
• 3 world maps, different designs, from 1986, 1989, and 1989
  In: School Groups files - Sweatshops
• "Stop Sweatshops: An Education/Action Kit" By: Maquila Solidarity Network - 24 pages, Fact Sheet, Activity Guide, and Handbook
  In: School Groups files - Sweatshops
• "Exploitation is never in fashion" - Oxfam poster
  In: School Groups files - Sweatshops
• "Across Borders: The CLC International Development Program"
  In: School Groups files - Sweatshops
• "Developing World: Agenda for Sweatshops" - Includes discussion questions, website links, and fashion show script
  In: School Groups files - Sweatshops
• "Stop sweatshop abuses" - Poster
  In: School Groups files - Sweatshops
• "Challenging Child Labour" - CLC - An activist's guide, 30 pages
  In: School Groups files - Sweatshops
• "A fairer banana" - handout
  Available online: www.web.net/fairfruit
  In: School Groups files - Sweatshops
  

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Health

• "Health & Self & Determination: Choices a Community in Need" - 60 minute activity In: School group folder
• "Facts on children underweight by region" - colored paper In: OLC children's rights folder
  

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Hunger / Food

• "The Story of Two Donkeys" - primary / junior activity - 15 minute activity on interdependence in: WIAM Building Peace - Teacher's Kit. 6ii2
• "Hunger Fact Sheet" in: WIAM Youth Information Kit
• "Hungry for Change" organizer's guide - Hunger Banquet in: OLC Workshop Files - Food Security Folder
• "Supermarket Tour" (60 minutes) in: OLC Workshop Files - Food Security Folder
• "List of Consumer Actions" in: OLC Workshop Files - Food Security Folder
• "Food for Thought" fact sheet in: OLC Workshop Files - Food Security Folder
• "1994 World Food Update" - p.2 crossword puzzle, word scramble, Jeopardy game in: OLC Workshop Files - Food Security Folder
• "Action for Africa project" - 90 minute workshop plan in: Dev. Ed. Binder (blue)
• "Journée Mondial de l'Alimentation" (French only) - hunger / poverty fact kit in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• "Food is a Basic Right" - World Food Day activity kit (French only) in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• "The Hand That Feeds the World" - Women's Role in Global Food Security (activities) in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• (1) "A World in Jeopardy" - game (30 minutes) (2) Info kit and quizzes (multiple copies can be left in schools) in: Fair Trade Folder - The Business of Food **game is also in "Putting Food on the Global Table"
• "Making a Meal of It" - interactive games with support materials for ages 7-11 from Oxfam UK in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• "Basic Rights and Daily Life" - Oxfam Australia; "Water and Food Rights" - complete teacher's kit with activities in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• "Hunger Banquet Planning Kit" - Oxfam America (an adapted version could be done for high school) in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• "Ideas for FAST events" - Oxfam America (miscellaneous activities to promote FAST (re: hunger) campaign) in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• "Putting Food on the Table" - Oxfam activities and info (also includes Fair Trade) in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• "Unequal Harvest" (ICFHRDD) - trade, farming and food issues booklet in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• Articles on Biotech - several copies in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• "World Continents Game" - Oxfam America in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• "Irrigation can Lead to Good Health" - U.N. article in: school groups files - hunger / food folder
• "Food is a Basic Right" - World Food Day Activity Kit - English in: school groups files, food folder
• "Fast for a World Harvest" Guide to Advocacy and Action (has some good pop-eds) in: school groups files, food folder
• "Journée Mondiale de l'Alimentation" activity kit (French) in: school groups files, food folder
  

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Water

• "Agenda From Oxfam Dev. Workshop" - includes 50 minute discussion questions in: Water folder

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Refugees

• Canadian cartoon - short article in: school groups files - Refugee folder
• Eight sets of responses to common questions and some comics in: school groups files - Refugee folder
• Three undocumented but interesting activities - Immigration, emigration and foreign character set (Arabic) - Roleplay and exploration in: school groups files - Refugee folder
  

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Education

• "Oxfam Campaigner - Special Issue on Education" Fall 1999 - multiple copies in: school groups folder - Education issues
• "Le temps d'agir!" - Global campaign for education brochure (in French) -- multiple copies in: school groups folder - Education issues
• "When will we learn" - Oxfam Canada - info brochure and postcard to send to minister - multiple copies in: school groups folder - Education issues
• "Broken Promises" - from Oxfam UK I and II - for ages 11-13, scenes/skits re: education in: school groups folder - Education issues
• "Basic education kit for schools" - Oxfam Australia - grades 5-8 - complete for teachers in: school groups folder - Education issues
• "Oxfam Canada: A Developing World" - quiz on education and girls in: school groups folder - Education issues
• "Education Now" - Oxfam Poster in: school groups folder - Education issues
• "Broken Promises II" - Cool Planet for Teachers (insert link) - grades 6-8 in: school groups folder - Education issues
• "Basic Education: kit for schools" - Oxfam Community Aid Abroad (insert link) in: school groups folder - Education issues
• "Globe in a Box" - cut and paste from other index in: school groups folder - Education issues

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Technology

• Technology Discussion - issues based question and answer material for groups.
  In: School Groups Files - Miscellaneous
  Online at: http://www.oxnet.org/volunteer/deved/DEpopeds.htm
  

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Workshop Facilitator Resources

• Icebreakers - various
  Online at: http://www.flora.org/mike/poped/icebreakers.html
• How to Create Your Own Workshops: Sample Workshop
  Online at: http://www.oxnet.org/volunteer/deved/Ottawa/DEottint.htm
• "Development Education: Basics and Tools" - info on running workshops, lots of intro activities, generally adult but can be adapted for kids.
  In: School Groups Files - Workshop Facilitators' Resources
• "Do It Justice" - Guide to Youth Organizing
  In: School Groups Files - Workshop Facilitators' Resources
  

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