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Animal Aid Teacher Information pack


A free pack detailing school talks available, resources for both teachers and students and videos to buy or hire.


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Publisher: Animal Aid
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Format: Teaching Pack
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Animal Aid
Address: Education Department, The Old Chapel, Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1AW
Tel. No.: 01732 364546
Fax: 01732 366533
Email: goods@animalaid.org.uk
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Animal Issues: Citizenship


A free pack containing ideas, case studies and activities for the new citizenship programme of study at Key Stage 3. Includes background information, factsheets, worksheets and posters and examines such topics as decision maiking by RSPCA inspectors, animals and the lkaw and the welfare of broiler chickens.


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Publisher: RSPCA Education
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Format: Leaflet
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Age range: Secondary
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Address: Wilberforce Way, Southwater, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 9RS
Tel. No.: 0870 3335 999
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Email: education@rspca.org.uk
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Campaigns for Farm Animal Welfare


This free booklet is targeted at the Citizenship Curriculum for KS3 and KS4, particularly the part which refers to:

the opportunities for individuals and voluntary groups to bring about social change locally, nationally, in Europe and internationally

The booklet uses examples of CIWF and ECFA campaigns to illustrate this including:

the campaign against the sow stall as an example of a national campaign

the campaign against the battery cage as an example of an EU campaign

the campaign to reform the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to take account of animal welfare as an example of an international campaign.

20 copies available free to schools.


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Publisher: Compassion in World Farming Trust
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Format: Booklet
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Age range: KS3, KS4
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Order from: Compassion in World Farming Trust
Address: Education department, 5A Charles Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3EH
Tel. No.: 01730 268070
Fax: 01730 260791
Email: ciwftrust@ciwf.co.uk
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Campaigns for Farm Animal Welfare - Teachers notes


The free Teachers' Notes which accompany this booklet contain ideas for covering a range of topics in the Citizenship curriculum, and also contain material appropriate for English, Science, Geography and Religious Studies for schools which teach Citizenship across the curriculum. Ideas include: discussions and debates about farm animal welfare issues; research into campaign methods and campaigning groups; campaign groups and the media - a study of press releases using the internet; writing letters to politicians (including how to use the internet to find out who your MP and MEPs are.


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Publisher: Compassion in World Farming Trust
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Age range: KS3, KS4
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Order from: Compassion in World Farming Trust
Address: Education department, 5A Charles Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3EH
Tel. No.: 01730 268070
Fax: 01730 260791
Email: ciwftrust@ciwf.co.uk
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Citizenship through secondary geography


Reveals the potential of geography to engage with citizenship, providing a critique of the discipline and the pitfalls to avoid. Offers practical teaching suggestions and a number of inset acticities. Includes chapters on ESD and global citizenship.


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Publisher: Taylor and Francis Books Limited
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Age range: Secondary
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Address: ITPS, Cheriton House, North Way, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 5BE
Tel. No.: 01264 342 926
Fax: 01264 343 005
Email: book.orders@tandf.co.uk
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Price:  £17.99



Compassionate Farming


Packed with activities, facts and discussion points and liberally illustrated with dozens of photographs, this book is suitable for all secondary school pupils. It describes the facts about intensive farming and challenges them to weigh up ethical issues against economic and political reality.


Author(s): Cath Laing
Publisher: Forbes Publications
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Year of publication: 1998
Format: Book
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: CIWF
Address: Education Department, 5A Charles Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3EH
Tel. No.: 01730 268070
Fax: 01730 260791
Email: ciwftrust@ciwf.co.uk
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Price:  £5.95



Consuming Passions


A free KS4 teacher resource exploring the consumer strand of citizenship. Designed to encourage pupils to think beyond everyday purchases to explore how consumer issues touch on social, environmental and political concerns at local, national and global levels.


Author(s): Jeremy Hayward, Martin Coppack and Juliet Wells
Publisher: Institute for Citizenship
ISBN: 1 902482 15 8
Year of publication: 2002
Format: Teaching Pack
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Age range: KS4
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Order from: Institute for Citizenship
Address: 62 Marylebone High Street
Tel. No.: 020 7935 4777
Fax: 020 7486 9212
Email: info@citizen.org.uk
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Ethical Shopping


How ethical are Sainsbury’s, Nokia, Gap, Nike and The Body Shop? This handbook lists hundreds of companies and information on whether they have developed socially responsible codes of conduct for their suppliers.


Author(s): William Young & Richard Welford
Publisher: Fusion Press
ISBN: 1 904132 08 1
Year of publication: 2002
Format: Book
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Age range: KS4
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Order from: Vision Paperbacks
Address: 101 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0JF
Tel. No.: 020 7928 5599
Fax: 020 7928 8822
Email: info@visionpaperbacks.co.uk
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Price:  £6.99



Questioning the food you eat


Questioning the food you eat has been produced by Farming and Countryside Education in partnership with The Environment Agency to support the teaching of geography, science and citizenship at Key Stages 2 and 3.

It consists of short clips featuring experts who have diverse opinions about food and farming issues. These can be used individually or together to stimulate discussion within the classroom. Free.


Author(s):
Publisher: Farming and Countryside Education (FACE)
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Year of publication: 2004
Format: DVD
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Age range: KS2, KS3
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Order from: FACE
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Tel. No.: 024 7685 8261
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Email: face@rase.org.uk
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle


What do you do with your old mobile phone? Where can you take your old medicines? Which plastic is recyclable? What happens to the stuff you recycle?

This easy to use guide has the answers to all your recycling questions. Use its A-Z listing of everyday household items to see how you can recycle most of your unwanted things, do your bit for the planet, and maybe make a bit of money while you’re at it.


Author(s): Nicky Scott
Publisher: Green Books
ISBN: 1 903998 40 9
Year of publication: 2004
Format: Book
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Green Books
Address: Foxhole, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EB
Tel. No.: 01803 863260
Fax: 01803 863843
Email:
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Price:  £3.95



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