School resources

African stories

Traditional Ethiopian tales.

You can also find a much wider range of stories with accompanying Learning Outcomes and ideas over on the Ethiopian English Readers website, which has dozens of stories from across Ethiopia, with accompanying learning aims and ‘morals’ to consider.

An Ethiopian House

A tour of an Ethiopian house and a family meal

An Ethiopian Market

Here are some photos of market life from Link Ethiopia’s archive and a few activity ideas to help pupils to think more deeply about a photograph and what they are learning from it, and to challenge stereotyping.

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An Interview with Taidor

Students read an interview from an athlete taking part in the Ethiopian Higher Education Sports Festival and write their own answers to the same questions. They consider similarities and differences between themselves and the athlete.

Art and Ownership: Ethiopian Treasures in England (KS 1-2)

A resource encouraging students to evaluate the symbolism of art, how it was acquired and general questions of ownership. Available as KS 1-2 and KS 3-4 resource.

Art and Ownership: Ethiopian Treasures in England (KS 3-4)

A resource encouraging students to evaluate the symbolism of art, how it was acquired and general questions of ownership. Available as KS 1-2 and KS 3-4 resource.

British Council – Teaching and Learning

This document highlights some of the global dimension work that is happening in partnership classrooms. The guide has dozens of ideas for linking activtivies for various subjects.

Campaigning

Campaigning can be a great way to get your whole school involved in an important issue. Campaigning could take the form of raising awareness or writing to MPs and businesses. There are dozens of campaigns you could get involved in on a range of issues such as education, climate change and children’s rights.

Send My Friend is an international campaign highlighting the plight of millions of children around the world who are denied an education and calling on governments to keep their promise to guarantee every child an education. Learn about the issues and then create your own message to send to your local government representative. The Send My Friend website has free videos, photos and lesson plans to help you explore the issues.

Carbon Emissions

Students analyse data in a table comparing carbon dioxide emissions from different countries in order to draw conclusions. Through this, they will gain a global awareness of different countries’ contributions to atmospheric CO2.

Cholera

This resource examines the history of cholera in the UK and explores the issue of cholera that many developing countries still face today. They will learn what cholera is, how it is spread and the situation with cholera today, whilst also understanding the connection between the spread of cholera and inadequate access to water and sanitation. Students will investigate maps and data to draw conclusions and understand how maps can be used to plot the progress of a disease and uncover its source.