Sport
Sport is an activity that brings people together from around the globe.
It offers many opportunities to learn about global issues throughout the world;
Fairtrade, Child Labour, Sustainability, Children’s Rights and Equality.
Olympism has a number of shared values that relate directly to Global Learning; fair play, friendship, respect and excellence.
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NEW: FAIR'S FAIR Life and rights in the Global Sports Industry An interactive, cross-curriculum resource for 9 to 14 year olds. |
Listed below are sources of information and materials to enable teachers and young people alike to explore Sport and the Olympics through Global Learning.
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Global Dimension website
A guide to books, films, posters and web resources, which support global, intercultural and environmental understanding.
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Show Racism the Red Card
Offers resources, guidance and workshops with young people from year 5 upwards tackling general issues surrounding racism, or more specifically on asylum seekers and refugees, travellers and Islamophobia.
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Play Fair 2012
Campaigns for a sweat free Olympics, includes a quiz, a game, posters, action cards, stickers, case studies and E-Action online.
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Sport against trafficking
“There are more people in slavery in the world TODAY than in the entire 350 year history of the slave trade. 1 in 8 are in Europe and 10,000 are in the UK. Over 1000 are children.” UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficking
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Ethical Clothing: Clean Clothes Campaign
CCC is dedicated to improving working conditions and supporting the empowerment of workers in the global garment and sportswear industries. Include: Working Conditions, Corporate Accountability and Gender.
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London 2012
Sustainability plans and reports from the London 2012 official site. Focuses on Climate change, Waste, Biodiversity, Inclusion and Healthy living.
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Fashioning an ethical industry
Looks at working conditions and workers rights in the garment industry.
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Commission for a Sustainable London 2012
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Labour behind the label
LBL is a campaign that supports garment workers' efforts worldwide to improve their working conditions, includes the hidden face of football: Child Labour.
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TES online
Offers lessons and PowerPoints. Search Sustainability, and then Sustainable Development.
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Trade & Fairtrade
Our own Fairtrade section explains how International trade rules are rigged, where rich countries dump subsidised produce on developing countries, driving down prices. Also includes step by step guidance on how your school couldbecome a Fairtrade School.
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Oxfam
Sustainability Resources.
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Olympism - What is it?
Fair play, friendship, respect and excellence. Exploring the values of the Olympics.
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Olympics Legacy: International Inspiration
Aims to deliver on the Games' bid promise to 'reach young people all over the world and connect them to the inspirational power of the Games, so they are inspired to choose sport'
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Right to Play
Committed to every child’s right to play. Helping create social change in communities affected by war, poverty and disease.
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Paralympics
Including Sustainability and Citizenship
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Sport for Peace
S4P is dedicated to improving the quality and availability of sporting opportunities for girls and women around the world.
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Ability v Ability
Website on the Paralympic movement for schools, in partnership with ParalympicsGB and NASUWT. Lesson plans and resources. This resource will help you to:
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TRAID
A charity working to make the nations unwanted clothes matter. Using recycling banks, they resell the best clothes. Profits support projects fighting inequality and exploitation in the global textile supply chain, and projects establishing environmental sustainability in some of the world's poorest communities.
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ParalympicsGB
Find out about the British Paralympic Association called ParalympicsGB, Paralympians, or hear stories from those wanting to become Paralympians.
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Linking: Global Gateway
UK schools can request a partner school in any of the 16 Olympic host countries.
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Ethical Consumer's guide to Premiership football clubs
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BSI sustainable development Lesson plan: the 2012 gamesActivities sheets and resources around the Olympics and Paralympics from the British Standards Institution |
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