How the World Works 2: a resource for teachers

This resource is aimed at transition year students, with relevance to economics, history, geography and religious education. It is full of activities divided into four sections:

• The first section has eleven activities and is called ‘the shape of our world’ which paints a picture of various aspects of the world today.
• The second section of twelve activities examines causes and consequences of global inequality.
• The third section is named ‘another world is possible’ and the focus of the four activities here is on the values and ethical questions surrounding prescribing the ‘world we want.’
• The final section has activities to facilitate young people taking action

The core ideas of thee resource are to:

• promote awareness about the causes of global inequalities
• create an understanding of how individuals and organisations can bring about change through their actions
• cultivate empathy towards people in the Global South linked to a sense of responsibility towards working to support justice

A key strength of this resource is that it is a collection of diverse activities (making use of quiz sheets, games, role play, case studies etc) which are easy to follow and highly engaging for students.