DOCUMENT RESUME ED 329 429 SE 051 950 AUTHOR Fien, John, Ed. TITLE Living in a Global Environment. Classroom Activities in Development Education. INSTITUTION Australian Geography Teachers' Association, Inc., Brisbane. REPORT NO ISBN-0-86856-785 PUB DATE 89 NOTE 224p.; Contains some photographs which may not reproduce well. AVAILABLE FROMAustralian Geography Teachers' Association, Inc., 464B Glenhuntly Road, Melbourne, Australia ($A15.00). PUB TYPE Guides - Classroom Use - Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Agricultural Production; Conservation (Environment); Cultural Awareness; Developing Nations; Ecology; *Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; *Global Approach; Health Education; Intermediate Grades; International Cooperation; International Trade; Junior High Schools; Natural Resources; Population Growth; Resource Materials; *Science Activities; Science Education; Secondary Education; *Secondary School Science; Water Pollution; World Affairs; World Problems IDENTIFIERS *Australia ABSTRACT Forty classroom c.ctivities selected from New Internationalist Calendars published between 1984-1989 were collected. Each activity is presented in the form of a short story about a real-life person and a graphic spread of data consisting of maps, tables, photographs, diagrams, text, and student exercises. These activities have been written to achieve the following objectives for development education: (1) to present knowledge about development issues to students in an attractive format;(2) to develop basic reading, comprehension, graph and picture interpretation and writing skills; (3) to promote critical thinking skills through the analysis and evaluation of a variety of types of information; (4) to promote an understanding of the development problems facing people in Third World councries, and empathy with people from different social, economic and cultural backgrounds; (5) to develop an appreciation of the interdependence between the lives of people in Australia and people facing a variety of similar and different development problems in other countries; (6) to develop decision making skills through the consideration of alternative approaches to development; and (7) to promote a willingness to become involved in seeking solutions to development problems. Topics include international trade, the global economic system, work, population growth, the family, health, food production, pesticides, water, ecology, tourism, urban drift, conservation, environmental issues, and technology. (KR) IIIIWYJ Isams 111;%,1%,1.4,1;.Ii ,N; irrt I;. II t. Classroom Activities in Development Education U I DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Othce of Educational Research and improvement EDU TIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER tERICt TIne document has been reDrOdtsCee IS Edited by John Fien received from the person or Organization Originating it Australian Geography Teachers Association Inc. r Minor (manes have been made improve reproduction quality Points ot vie* or opinions slated ri this dOCu ment do not neCeSSerily represent official OE RI POSition or policy /114.--1.-- 41PgLr IC.: "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS eelle.. MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY -,7 _ 41. tLI -.wow 2=maaelmMIIMIM. 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Living inaGlobal Environment Classroom Activities in Development Education Edited by John Fien Australian Geography Teachers Association Inc. 1989 Living in a Global Environment Clessroom Activities in DevelopmemEducation Inc. which A publication of the Living in a GlobalEnvimment Project of the Australian Geography Teachers Association Inc., the New was sponsored by the Stateand Territory affiliates of the Australian Geography Teachers' Association Intemationalistoffice in Australia, and the Australian InternationalDevelopment Assistance Bureau. 4 Activities - Australian GeographyTeachers' Association Inc., 1989 © Text passages and graphic spreads -New Internationalist Publications Pty Ltd, 1989 Permission is granted to teachers and schools whopurchase this publication to photocopy resources and activities for classroom use only. All other rights reserved. No partof this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, otherwise, or be used for or transmitted in any otherform or by any other means, electronic, photocopying, r3cording or commedal purposes of any type without the priorwritten permission of both copyright holders. Typeset by Airosa Ply Ltd, Brisbane Artwork by Vivienne Wilson and Diane Brims, AVServices, Brisbane College of Advanced Education Printed by Watson and Ferguson, Brisbane, with theassistance of The Jacaranda Press Cataloguing -in-Publication data: Living in a global environment : Classroom activities in development education ISBN 0 86856 785 1. Anthropo-geography 2. Development education I. Fien, John, 1951 II. Australian Geography Teachers' Association Inc. 338.9 The viewpoints expressed in these resources andactivities are those of the artists and authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor, the Australian GeographyTeachers' Association Inc. and it affiliated State and Territory members, New Internationalist Publications Pty Ltd or theAustralian International Development Assistance Bureau. Further copies of this book are available from the AustralianGeography lead iers' Association and its Slate and Territory affiliates. 6 Contents Preface Introduction 1. Facts of Life: Spaceship Earth - Kristin Black 1 2. The Global Economic System: The Modem Parable - Julie Dyer 3 3. Global Food Connections: One Link in the Chain - Ros Hall 5 4. Barriers to Independence: Why Don't They Help Themselves - Ian Kelly 7 5. International Trade: Tricks of the Trade - Stephen Codrington 9 6. High Risks: Running the Gauntlet - Julie Smith, Marilyn Wiber and Magdeline Wong 11 7. The Informal Sector - Wort Barefoot Business - Margaret Calder and Roger Smith 13 8. Population: An Athenian FableWarren Holloway 15 9. The Family: The Shrinking Circle - Sandra Hardwick 17 10. Counting on Children: Looking ForwardWarlOck Wilson 19 11. Children's Health: Reaching for Growth - Margaret Robertson 21 12. Children at Wort Earning Their Keep - Harwood Lockton 23 13. Old People: The Greying of Nations - Mike Dove 25 14. Female Labour: Women Hold Up Half the Sky - Chris Corrigan 27 15. Working Mothers: Mrs Jana's Day - Suzanne Hollands and Jacinta Kerley 29 16. Women Farmers: Africa, My Africa - Nan Gallagher 31 17. Women in Africa: Caring for a Continent - Malcolm Cox 33 18. How to Feed the World: A Quiet Hunger Robin Hall 35 19. Green Revolution: An Empty Revolution Graham White 37 20. The Dwindling Seedbank: Terraces of DiversityAndrew Hamson 39 21. PesticidesTheir Use and Abuse: Harvesting Poison - Chris Dunbar 41 22. Wood: Fire on Their Backs - Stephen Robinson 43 23. Water: A Precious Burden - Suzanne Hollands and Jacinta Kerley 45 24. Water: Drawers of Water Peter Cullen 47 25. iaigation: The Blue RevolutionBruce Chadwick 49 26. Big Dam Projects: Walls of Water - Nick Hutchinson 51 27. Schistosomiases: Mustapha and his Donkey - Brian Maye 53 28. The Fragile Earth: Life on the BrinkMark Manuel 55 29. Fragile Environments: Shifting Sands Darren Lawrance and Chris Dunbar 57 30. Poisoned Air: The Land is Sacred Jenny Ryan 59 31. Urban Drift: Children of Old Delhi Greg Hayden and Penny Hume 61 32. Shelter: Living on StiltsStephen Codrington 63 33. Land: Justice by NightStephen Brown 65 34. Tourism: The Camera's Special Effects - Joanne Macdonald and Anne Darcy 67 35. Appropriate Technology: The Right Machine for the Job Nick Hutchinson 69 36. Tools for Change: The Disappearing Middle - Susan Anderson, Bev Schultz and Kylie Scott 71 37. Aid: Brick by BrickJulie Smith and Marilyn Wiber 73 38. Landmarks for Change: Going with an Empty Hand - Bill Coppinger 75 39. Alternative Trading: Partnership - Toh Swee-Hin 77 40. Peace on Earth: In the Year 2000 Don Gobbett 79 Preface A curriculum development project which produces a book of classroom resources and activibes such as Living in a Global Environment depends upon many individuals and organisations for its success. The Australian Geography Teachers' Association Inc. wishes to thank all who assisted the project in any way, especially: The New Internationalist office in Australia and Ann Jennyson for their cooperation at all times and for permission to reprint the stories and graphic spreads upon which the activities are based. The State and Territory affiliates of the Austral ian G eography Teachers' Association Inc. and the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau who provided the funding which made the process of curriculum development and the production of this book possible. The living in a Global Environment Project teams of coordinators and authors around Australia who actually did the hard wort of writing, trailling, editing and re-writing the activities. Lesley Cassidy, Jennifer Burnett, and Made Cooke who know the activities better than anyone because they word- processed them so often and finally told the Editor *no more changes, please*. Special blanks are extended to Lesley for her patience with the Editor