Primary School Resources
Identity & Culture
Children of Bethlehem
http://learn.christianaid.org.uk
An assembly for primary schools exploring the lives of children in Bethlehem.
Far from Home
http://learn.christianaid.org.uk
An assembly about refugees for use in primary schools.
Water Water Everywhere
http://learn.christianaid.org.uk
An assembly on access to water in Bangladesh for primary schools.
An RE Curriculum for Global Citizenship: Equality and Diversity (a unit of work
for special schools)
http://learn.christianaid.org.uk
Suitable for ages 7-14.
Beliefs and Actions in the World
http://learn.christianaid.org.uk
RE unit of work investigating the work of Christian Aid and Islamic Relief,
suitable for ages 9-11.
Rooted: Journeys and roots of religions around the world
http://learn.christianaid.org.uk
Video teaching resource on cultural and spiritual identity for ages 7-11.
Diversity – A lesson plan
www.traidcraft.co.uk
This lesson plan aims to encourage children to understand that the world is
diverse but that what we do can affect those in other parts of the world,
suitable for KS1 and 2.
Turning the World Upside Down
www.cafod.org.uk
A primary school assembly, focussing on refugees.
Credit to the Nation
http://www.amnesty.org.uk
A set of playing cards commemorating the major contribution to UK society
made by the hundreds of thousands of refugees who come here to seek
asylum, for ages 8+.
Seeking Safety
www.amnesty.org.uk
A selection of activities for primary classes to explore asylum and refugee
issues in a participatory way.
Educate Together Gender Programme
www.plan-edresources.org
5 lesson primary syllabus on Gender.
Together TV
www.togethertv.org
Video stories from people in the developing world in their own words.
Exploring stereotypes
www.redcross.org.uk
Ideas for exploring stereotypes.
Jet Ski Challenge
www.redcross.org.uk
This class act lesson plan is based around a man called Graham Hicks who
enjoys extreme sports. At first, the lesson gets students thinking about risk
taking, and encourages them to imagine what it might be like to be someone
else. As the story develops, and students find out that the initial scenario
really happened, the discussion will move onto an entirely different topic –
disability, for use with children 7+.
Stop the Traffik Primary School Lessons
www.stopthetraffik.org
Lessons exploring the issues of trafficking.
Equality Pack
www.woodcraft.org.uk
Activities for use with 10-12 year olds.
Culture Pack
www.woodcraft.org.uk
Information and activities for use with 10-12 year olds.
Desert Voices (Welsh)
www.woodcraft.org.uk
A resource to help educate young people about the lives of the Saharawi
people.
Desert Voices (English)
www.woodcraft.org.uk
A resource to help educate young people about the lives of the Saharawi
people.
Culture and Community in the Primary School
www.citized.info
8 lessons plans exploring culture and democracy.
Remembering the Holocaust
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Based on material from the Holocaust Educational Trust.
Religious Festivals and Diversity
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Lesson plan for use with KS2-3.
Ramadan – Living in a Diverse World
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Death Penalty Debate
http://news.bbc.co.uk
A lesson looking at Human Rights and Saddam Hussein.
What rights do they need?
www.unicef.org.uk
A classroom activity for 9-13 year olds. 'What rights do they need?' focuses
on the story of a boy in Brazil and a related card activity. The objective is for
pupils to see that all children, without exception, have all rights.
Britkid
www.britkid.org
Comic relief sponsored site, suitable for KS2 upwards.
St. David
www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk
Activities are differentiated at various levels. They include an electronic
version of St David’s story, wordsearches, matching and sequencing
activities, information book, multiple choice question games, create pictures,
matching pairs games and jigsaws.
Wales and Lesotho
www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk
A term's lesson plans that includes photograph resources worksheets and
interactive white-board activities for Early Years and for Key Stage 1.Activities
that support children in comparing and contrasting places and features
beyond their local area ,namely Wales and Lesotho.
Our School Community
www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk
This Foundation Phase resource gives pupils the opportunity to look at the
various roles and responsibilities of adults in a school and why each one is
important. There are several thinking skill activities for class or group
discussions which could lead into role play activities or discussions about the
adults in your own school.
Comparing and contrasting aspects of Ecuador and Wales
www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk
This resource will allow children to compare and contrast two countries
(Ecuador and Wales).The countries are compared using the following topics:
rainforest / woodland, houses and lifestyles and recycling. This resource
covers many aspects across the seven ESDGC themes.
Christmas Traditions around the World
www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk
This resource acts as a virtual Advent calendar and could be used with the
accompanying Word documents as a standalone lesson or for a few minutes
each day in December to introduce and explore Christmas traditions around
the World, both old and new. This resource covers aspects of the Identity and
Culture theme in the ESDGC Common Understanding document for KS2.
Time Capsule
www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk
This thinking skill resource asks pupils to start questioning stereotypes in
Wales, discuss positive and negative features of their local area and develop
thoughts for the future. This resource covers aspects of the Identity and
Culture, Natural Environment and Choices and Decisions themes in ESDGC.
Looking at Welsh Customs
www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk
This resource is intended to support elements of the new Curriculum orders
for Music and History in KS2. It provides a number of opportunities to deliver
Curriculum Cymraeg and ESDGC Identity and Culture themes through a
focus on Welsh Customs and traditional song and dance.