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The Animated Universal Declaration of Human Rights
DVD £20 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
Content: 15 minutes - 30 articles
Suitability: 11-18 years, PSHE, RE, Citizenship
This richly animated DVD, is an accessible and enjoyable introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (UDHR).
What does the Universal Declaration say?
Although it is part of our political vocabulary, few people actually know what it says. Amnesty International have produced ths 'youth version' of the UDHR which avoids the legalese and jargon and expresses the 30 articles in clear and simple language.
What can I use the DVD for?
The DVD comes with a copy of the youth version of the UDHR plus a printable pdf file also on the DVD, that wil allow you to print off as many copies as you want.
This resource should be a key part of the Citizenship curriculum.
The animated sequences were made specially for Amnesty International by the world's top animators. The words and music were provided by Impington Village College in Cambridge.
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Your MP
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
Content: 68 minutes in 9 units indexed for easy access with stop / start discussion points
Activity sheets: 40 printable worksheets on DVD
Suitability: Key Stage 4-5, Politics / Citizenship / PSHE / Modern Studies
Your MP is a unique insight into the role and responsibility of a Member of Parliament. This unit based resource is specially designed to introduce students to the importance of the democratic process. John McDonnell MP provided unrestricted access to his election campaign, his work in Parliament and his constituency. It includes issues of representation, accountability and the democratic mandate.
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The Energy Debate
DVD 29.99 ex Vat + £2.50 postage
Content: 60 minutes in 6 units
Activity sheets: 14 viewable/printable pages on DVD
Suitability: Key Stage 4-5
This debate should be part of every school curriculum.
What is our energy future?
What are the options?
Is nuclear power the answer?
Will we have a say?
T
he Six DVD units are:
- Energy Crisis
- Nuclear or Not?
- Clean Coal
- Renewables
- Zero Carbon
- Energy Efficiency
In The Energy Debate the basic facts and different viewpoints are presented clearly and concisely by people directly involved in the energy sector. It was shot on location in the UK.
- Can renewables like wind, wave and thermal power deliver?
- Can fossil fuels be cleaned up and made more efficient?
- Surely nuclear with it’s low carbon output is just what we need?
- Couldn’t we use a lot less energy? Are we ready?
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Why Civil Liberties?
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
☞ view clip ☞
Content: 73 minutes in 7 units
Activity sheets: 58 page Activities and Briefings on DVD
Suitability: Key Stages 4-5, PSHE, RE, Citizenship
Using documentary, news footage and drama, this exciting DVD pack introduces 14-18 year olds to the topic of rights and civil liberties. It explores issues such as racism, sexual harassment, miscarriages of justice, disability, sexuality and freedom of expression. The pack includes 80 photocopiable activity sheets.
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Citizenship
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
Content: Eighteen 5-6 minute units indexed for easy access with stop / start discussion points
Activity sheets: 40 printable pages on DVD
Suitability: Key Stage 4-5, Citizenship / PSHE
What is good Citizenship? 12 British citizens and a political refugee give their diverse views on this important topic. Questions include: What rights does a citizen have? Are there ever times when a citizen should break the law ? Can a citizen ever be too powerful? This challenging resource encourages students to listen to and understand a diverse range of views. Transcribed sections of the interviews allows students to carefully compare and analyse arguments.
It will engage students from different backgrounds and with differing abilities to consider their rights and responsibilities in the adult world.
Download The Citizenship leaflet / order form
Crime and Punishment
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
Content: 60 minutes in 10 units
Activity sheets: 40 printable pages on DVD
Suitability: 14-18 years and Youth Offending Teams, PSHE, RE, Citizenship
Should we get tough with offenders? Is punishment a deterrent? Can offending behaviour be changed? What's it like inside? This DVD examines our diverse and often contradictory attitudes towards crime and punishment. Victims, criminals, prison staff, police and politicians discuss their views, drawing out the social, moral and political issues. The pack includes 30 activity sheets.
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Money & Morality
DVD £29.99 ex vat +£2.50 p&p
Content: 24 Questions in 6 units indexed for easy access with stop/start discussion points
Activity sheets: 40 Printable pages on DVD
Suitability: Key Stage 4-5, Critical Thinking / RE and Moral Studies / Business Studies
This is a lively and provocative DVD resource for students to consider and reconsider their attitudes towards money. It looks at the moral and ethical implications of what we earn, the taxes we pay, the investments we make, what we lend and borrow.
A diverse range of views are presented, including those from former Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont, Bruce Kent and stand-up comedian Mark Thomas, as well as experts from the world of finance and religion; christian, jewish and muslim.
Questions include:
- Can someone earn too much money?
- What are ethical investments?
- When does interest become usury?
- What is a moral or ethical taxation system?
- What are the moral implications of inheriting wealth?
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Resolving Conflict
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
Content: 95 minutes in 9 units
Activity sheets: 55 printable pages on DVD
Suitability: Key Stages 4-5, PSHE, RE, Citizenship
Learning to resolve conflict is a challenge for all young people. Using a series of real-life case studies, this pack examines how conflict is caused and how it is resolved. It looks at issues such as road rage, bullying at school, domestic violence, communities at war, using mediation and restorative justice. A 55-page workbook suggests activities that enable students to test out and evaluate the different ways of responding to conflict.
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Why Human Rights?
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
Content: 65 minutes in 9 units
Activity sheets: 75 printable pages on DVD
Suitability: Key Stages 4-5, PSHE, RE, Citizenship
An introduction to human rights for the classroom. This DVD pack examines key issues such as the death penalty, freedom of expression, genocide, disappearances, torture, refugees, street children and prisoners of conscience. It encourages the understanding and discussion of the broader issues of tolerance, persecution, censorship and the work of human rights organisations.
This pack comes with 60 activity sheets and full briefings on all the issues from the Amnesty International research index.
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Why Morality?
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
Content: 60 minutes in 9 units
Workbook: 40 printable pages on DVD
Suitability: Key Stage 4/5, RE, PSHE, Citizenship
A lively DVD pack which stimulates debate on nine major moral and ethical issues, including abortion, corporal punishment, morality and the press, the purpose of religion and "doing the right thing". It includes interviews with a wide range of people from The Bishop of Oxford, Max Clifford and the editor of The Sun, to miners' wives, an atheist, a humanist and environmental protesters. The pack includes 40 activity sheets. Video Resource Pack 9 units 70 mins.
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Why Refugees?
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £4.50 p&p
Content: 55 minutes in 11 units indexed for easy access with stop / start discussion points
Activity sheets: Separate 40 page Workbook with briefings and activities with DVD
Suitability: Key Stage 4-5, Citizenship / RE and Moral Studies / Critical Thinking / Modern Studies
Why Refugees is a DVD resource in 11 units. A group of 6th form students investigate why there are refugees, why they come to the United Kingdom and what happens to them when they arrive. The students investigate the role of the media, the law and the position of the political parties. They talk to politicians, lobby organisations, lawyers, journalists, historians and refugees themselves. The questions they ask include;
- Why come to Britain?
- How do they get here?
- How long have refugees been coming to Britain?
- What benefits do they receive?
- Are they asylum-seekers or economic migrants?
It is a comprehensive investigation that unearths the facts, challenges the myths and provides a wide range of views that will stimulate research, writing and debate.
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The Animal Debate
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
☞ view clip ☞
Content: 3 x 45 minute debates in 23 units indexed for easy access with stop / start discussion points
Activity sheets: 85 printable pages on DVD
Suitability: Key Stage 4-5, Critical Thinking / RE and Moral Studies / PSHE
Three major debates designed to stimulate critical thinking on these key moral arguments. Fox hunting, Intensive farming, Medical experiments on animals. All three debates are specially segmented to allow stop-start after each argument,
- The case for fox-hunting is made by the Master of the Warwickshire Hunt, the case against is made by the League Against cruel Sports.
- The case for intensive farming is made by the National Farmers’ Union, the case against by Compassion in World Farming.
- The case for the use of animals in medical experiments is made by Professor Colin Blakemore, the case against by Professor Chris Atterwell.
Students ask all the questions.
"This is a really excellent package, at once accurate, fair and thoughtfully produced. It addresses issues which most young people feel are vitally important"
Times Educational Supplement
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The Interview - How To Make The Most Out Of It
DVD £29.99 ex Vat. + £2.50 p&p.
Content: 7 6-10 minute films
Briefing: 20 printable pages on DVD
Suitability: Work Experience & Citizenship (for 14 to 18 year olds)
"If in your job you have anything to do with preparing students for interviews, then buy this DVD"
Teaching Citizenship
* Work Experience placement
* Part-time job,
* Full-time job
* University application
Based on real experiences these dramatic reconstructions raise the issues of:
* Self-presentation
* Being prepared
* Questions to ask
* Rights at work
* Avoiding pit falls
* Dealing with the unethical interviewer
All seven films come with twenty pages of linked briefings and activity sheets. Download The Interview / order form