Send my friend to school
What’s in this kit?
- Section 1: Activities and resources exploring the importance of education.
- Section 2: Activities and resources exploring education and global poverty.
- Section 3: Activities and resources for students to respond to the issues they’ve encountered. Students will decorate and write personal messages on a cut-out ‘friend’ – emphasising the importance of access to basic education and asking our leaders to help ‘Send My Friend To School’.
Download the kit –
Send my friend to school (1.5 MiB)Section 1: Activities and resources exploring the importance of education. Section 2: Activities and resources exploring education and global poverty. Section 3: Activities and resources for students to respond to the issues they’ve encountered. Students will decorate and write personal messages on a cut-out 'friend' – emphasising the importance of access to basic education and asking our leaders to help 'Send My Friend To School'.
Visiting the PM and MPs
Encourage young people to participate in our democratic system.
For information and ideas go to www.anglicord.org.au or download this Guide for Visiting Parliamentarians
Guide for Visiting Parliamentarians (81.4 KiB)Writing letters to PM and MPs
Students can also write to their local MP and to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. A letter writing guide is available to download:
Letter writing guide:
Writing letters to PM and MPs (128.4 KiB)Simulation Games & Activities
There are lots of resources available online for teachers wanting to explore social responsibility and sustainable development with students.
There are also resources for student action groups to run lunch-time activities and simulation games.
Australian Volunteers International
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
The “Trading Trainers”
Global Gang
Oxfam
Tear
World Vision
Interact
STIR – Stir is an online community for youth activists. It’s a space to work with like-minded people on creative campaigns that tackle big issues such as child exploitation, unfair trade, HIV/AIDS and poverty. So don’t just sit there: tell us what stirs you in The Blender forum and meet other Stirrers. Channel your creative energy into our Art4Aid competitions.
3things is a platform that connects you to the issues you care about and to people creating a more equitable and sustainable world. You can sit back and browse our news section, get involved with different projects, or add your own and tell the rest of us how we can help.
Millennium Development Goals resources
Play the Main Game
Learn more about the issues tackled in the Millennium Development Goals with this World Vision resource.
Caritas has produced a 10 minute DVD/video on the Millennium Development Goals.
Related links for students on poverty
Resources from Make Poverty History members:
Australian Volunteers International – Games and Activities
Caritas – Education resources for primary and secondary students
Doctors Without Borders – Resources for students
Oaktree – A youth aid and development organisation driven by young people under the age of 26.
Oxfam – Teaching materials adaptable for students of a variety of ages
TEAR – Kids 4 Kids is designed for Australian parents and teachers
United Nations Youth Association of Australia
World Vision
Resources by other international organisations:
Facing the Future – An Exploration of Population Issues for Students and Teachers.
Global Citizens for Change – learning modules, personal stories, activity-based lesson plans for students and teachers
Global Virtual Classroom
World Bank – You Think!
UN Millennium Development Goals
UNICEF – Resources for Students and Teachers from the United Nations
The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) – the face of the UN in Australia and the South Pacific
Australian Government:
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade student kits on foreign and trade policy
Global Education – an initiative of AusAID
Global Education – Organisations in global education
Related links for teachers on poverty
Resources from Make Poverty History members:
CARE – Global education
Caritas – Education resources for primary and secondary students
Doctors Without Borders – Resources for teachers
Oxfam – Teaching materials adaptable for students of a variety of ages
Plan – For teachers
World Vision
Resources by other organisations:
Facing the Future – An Exploration of Population Issues for Students and Teachers.
Global Citizens for Change – learning modules, personal stories, activity-based lesson plans for students and teachers
Directory of Development Organizations – lists 51,500 development organisations
Australian Government:
AusAID Global Education for Teachers
Global Education – an initiative of AusAID
