Possible project topics/themes that could be addressed are listed below.  Neither the pool of topics nor the list of activities are intended to be prescriptive.  We hope that this approach will allow for maximum creativity and flexibility.  Presentation Education Office will be happy to facilitate schools networking with Presentation schools abroad and will help with accessing of resources and with linking with relevant aid agencies and NGOs. 

CATEGORY

SUGGESTED TOPICS

SUB-TOPICS

POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES

Human Rights/

Justice

 

 

Justice

·       Human Rights

·       Rights and Responsibilities

·       Homelessness

·       Poverty

·       Fair Trials

·       Displace Persons

·       War and Conflict

Research

Local case study

Voter Education

Fair Trade Fair

Debt Campaign

Guest Speakers

E-mail correspondence

Advocacy campaigns Letter writing

Comparative study

Intercultural festivals

Food fairs

Posters/art/tee-shirts

Flags/banners

Blog

Puppetry

Role-play

Simulation games

Dance and Drama

Animation

Poetry

Music

‘Twinning’ of classes

Surveys/questionnaires

Composting/Recyling

 

Millennium Development Goals

·       Right to Education

·       Child Prostitution

·       Human Trafficking

·       Health Issues

·       Poverty

·       Gender Equality

·       Child Mortality

·       HIV/Aids and other diseases

 

Fair Trade

 

·       Exploitation

·       Workers’ Issues

·       Women’s Issues

·       Child Labour/Child Soldiers

 

 

 

Interculturalism

 

 

 

 

Racism

 

·       Discrimination/Equality of treatment

·       Perceptions/ Prejudice

·       Integration

 

 

Celebrating Diversity

·       Cultural awareness and dialogue

·       Cross-cultural inclusion, celebration and integration

·       Customs and festivals

·       Diverse cultures

·       Ethnic minority groups

 

 

 

 

Sustainability / Care of the Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Threats to our Global Environment

 

Models of Sustainable Living

 into the

Future

 

Sustainable 

Development

Goals

 

·       Water, Air, Noise, Pollution

·       Global warming

·       Destruction of rainforests

·       Replacement of subsistence, indigenous crops with cash crops/ genetically modified crops

·       Impact of world trade practices on farming

·       Renewable energy

·       Impact of mining, fishing, oil exploration, logging on resources in developing countries

·       Impact of tourism on developing world

·       Nuclear energy

·       Dumping our waste on others

·       Shanty towns and their implications

·       Honouring international agreements

·       Impact of Climate Change on those most vulnerable





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