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“I feel indebted to the writers for doing so much work to make my job easier”

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“A very attractive candidate for all primary and secondary school libraries.”

Books for Keeps.

 

DECSY has developed a variety of educational resources. These may all be ordered using the order form. New for Black History Month

 

Who Am I? DVD

KS2-4  Cross-curricular

Made with young people from Sheffield’s Somali community, Who Am I? sets out to discover how tradition, culture and history impact on who we are and how we see ourselves.

DEC(SY), 2008, £30
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Who Am I?

Whole School Development and the Global Dimension

CPD  All

Whole School Development and the Global Dimension - Capturing models of practice across the UK is a research report aimed at Development Educators and others who wish not only to support schools in incorporating a global dimension across the curriculum, but also throughout the life of the school.

DEC(SY), 2008, £0
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Whole School Development and the Global Dimension Report (image)

Developing Global Learners

EY/FS  Cross-curricular

Supports the global dimension in Early Years and Foundation Stage settings. Practical activities, EYFS links, support for inclusive practice on cultural diversity

DEC(SY), 2007, £5
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Developing Global Learners

Olaudah Equiano in Sheffield: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, The Slave Trade and Its Abolition

Key Stages 2 and 3  Citizenship History English

An interactive teaching activity pack which explores Sheffield's connection with the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition.

DEC(SY), 2007, £5
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Olaudah Equiano in Sheffield

Moving Here - The Refugee Experience

Key Stages 2-4  English and Citizenship

'Moving Here: The Refugee Experience', a teaching activity book which accompanies an interactive exhibition of the same name.

DEC(SY), 2004, £7.5
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Moving Here

Timanyane - Making the most of school visits by artists from Africa and around the world

Key Stage 2  Cross-curricular

The publication offers practical guidance on how to go about working with an artist/educator from countries of the 'South'. It gives 10 examples of activities for use before, during and after the visit of the artist.

DEC(SY), 2004, £5
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Timanyane

Pakistan - Extended Visit Workbook

Key Stage 2  

This full-colour pupil workbook has been developed to recognise and record the learning experiences of Key Stage 2 pupils who are on extended holiday in Pakistan.

Oldham EMSS, Sandwell EMAP, Sheffield EMAS, DEC(SY), 2003, £8
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Pakistan Extended Visit Workbook

Auditing Citizenship KS 1 - 2

Key Stages 1 and 2  Citizenship

Supplements the toolkit. Ensures coverage of National Curriculum requirements and much more.

DEC(SY), 2002, £5
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Auditing Citizenship KS 1 - 2

Auditing Citizenship KS 3 - 4

Key Stages 3 and 4  Citizenship

Supplements the toolkit. Ensures coverage of National Curriculum requirements and much more.

DEC(SY), 2002, £5
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Auditing Citizenship KS 3 - 4

Global Citizenship and PSHE Toolkit

Key Stages 1-2 and 3-4  Citizenship

Brings together several valuable resources to help schools to plan for citizenship and PSHE in its widest sense through the curriculum and whole school development.

DEC(SY), 2002, £17
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Global Citizenship and PSHE Toolkit

The Nine Silly Brothers

Key Stages 2 and 3  English and cross curricular

A lively collection of folk stories from Eritrea with notes and teaching ideas.

DEC(SY), 1998, £3.5
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Nine Silly Brothers

Mangla Supplementary Materials

Key Stages 2 and 3  Geography, English

A short section of teachers' notes and nine pupil sheets to supplement the Mangla pack (see above).

DEC(SY), 1998, £1.5
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Mangla Supplementary Materials

How Do you Say Hello?

Key Stages 2 and 3  English

A booklet of ideas providing practical advice about how to make best use of an overseas visitor within secondary English lessons.

DEC(SY), 1998, £1.75
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How Do You Say Hello?

"It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child"- A Handbook for Rural Primary School Teachers and Governors.

Key Stage 2  Geography

Aims to explore and identify the common issues and themes relevant to rural communities across the world and highlights opportunities for learning from 'Countries of the South'.

DEC(SY), 1996, £3.5
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It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child

The Community Game

Key Stages 3 and 4, adult, youth  Geography, Drama, English

A co-operative simulation game, designed to focus attention on the basic requirements for a sustainable community.

DEC(SY), 1995, £0.35
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The Community Game

Mangla - A study of change and development in Mirpur, 'Azad' Jammu Kashmir and Pakistan.

Key Stage 3  Geography, English, History

A colour photopack about the 'Azad' Kashmir region of Pakistan, the area from which the majority of the British Pakistani community originate.

DEC(SY), 1995, £15
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Front cover of the Mangla pack.

Imaginative Leaps

Key Stages 3 and 4, adult, youth  Art, Craft, Music

This booklet, aimed at school, youth and community arts groups, outlines ways in which issues of sustainable development can be used as stimuli for the creative work in art, drama, dance, music or design.

DEC(SY), 1995, £2.5
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Imaginative Leaps

Rural Links; Rural Lives

Key Stage 2  Geography

A booklet and colour poster produced as part of our Rural Communities Project.

DEC(SY), 1993, £1.75
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Rural Links; Rural Lives

What Do You Think You're Playing At? Learning through play - a Development Education approach

Key Stages 1 and 2  Personal and Social Education

An inspiring and innovative approach to developing play with 5-11 year olds. It looks at play as a vehicle for acquiring skills and knowledge and for exploring attitudes and concepts to enable children to participate fully in their world and society.

DEC(SY), 1993, £6.95
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What Do You ThinkYou're Playing At?

Colonialism, Slavery and the Industrial Revolution: The Empire in South Yorkshire

Key Stage 3  History and FE/Adult classes

Using South Yorkshire as a case study, the pack draws together documentary evidence illustrating the process of colonialism in the economic, political and cultural development of Britain.

DEC(SY), 1992, £15
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Colonialism, Slavery and the Industrial Revolution


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