Photo Credit: Toby Adamson / Oxfam
Global Food Strategies
We have discussed the strategies that people in the UK adopt to cope with rising food prices. It is clear that the problem for many people in other parts of the world is considerably more challenging than for us. As a consequence, people in other locations outside the UK are faced with the problem of adopting strategies that are likely to be far less 'palatable' than the previous set of strategies that were discussed
One area to consider here is how to connect the young people in these distant locations (often called 'unseen others') with the daily experiences of students.
Just take a few minutes to think about how you would do that in a classroom.
What language might you use to explore the connections that students have with these children in other places?
How could you begin to develop empathy for the lives of people that students will never meet personally?
What are the possible simplifications that might creep into an exploration of this issue?
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Activity 1: Global food strategies
The following PowerPoint contains examples of strategies for securing food that are used in locations around the world.
Download PowerPoint: Global Food Strategies
Using the same traffic lighting method described in Local Food Strategies, turn the slides into cards, or view on the screen, and consider whether students would be happy to use this second set of strategies.
All of these strategies would be used at some time, in some parts of the world.
What are the potential problems with suggesting to students that people in other parts of the world use these strategies with any regularity?
Which strategies would meet with total 'thumbs down' or 'red traffic lights'? - in this case, consider the alternative...
Activity 2: Food stories
Oxfam LIFE is a project focused on Malambo and its neighbouring villages in the Ngorongoro region in Tanzania. Supporters of the project get regular updates about the lives of the people in the village. The website contains year by year updates that we can all view, as well as photos of the villagers.
This is a good way to explore some of the individual stories which lie beneath the global scale, as, inevitably, global issues arise from numerous individual stories.
How have Oxfam helped the village improve the 'security' of their food supply?
Activity 3: Introducing Oxfam
One focus of this course is on the work of Oxfam.
What do you know about the work of Oxfam?
Who would you consider to be 'similar' to Oxfam in the way that they work?
How does the work of Oxfam compare with the work of other similar organisations?
Do some research and to write down four things that you discover from the OXFAM website that you did not previously know about the work of Oxfam and which you think would be of use to you in the classroom.
Course Units
 Introduction |
 Getting Started |
 Supermarket Shock |
 Local Food Strategies |
 Global Food Strategies |
 The Perfect Storm? |
 Food Aid |
 Getting the Message Across |
 Making a meal of it |
 Pedagogy and Thinking |
 Plenary |
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