Global Inequalities and the Climate Crisis (Geographical Association)

• About this resource

  Global Inequalities and the Climate Crisis (GICC) is a curriculum resource that supports geography teachers to explore the relationships between global inequality and the climate crisis with Key Stage 3 classes, using the country of Cameroon as a case study.

  The resource was produced in partnership with the Decolonising Education for Peace in Africa (DEPA) project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council’s Global Challenges Research Fund as well as Impact Accelerator Account funding from the University of Lancaster.

  Drawing closely on research from these academic projects enables the resources to foreground the voices and lived experiences of Cameroonian people themselves, at the same time as situating these experiences in a global context. By developing a detailed case study of one country, informed by ethnographic narratives of lived experiences drawn from residents of that country, the resource seeks to support teachers of geography in providing more sensitive, anti-racist representations of Africa in their classrooms.

  GICC consists of materials for five lessons, including lesson PowerPoints, worksheets, and suggested lesson plans. 

• Testimonies from educators

  This website was sourced by the research team, rather than recommended by an educator taking part in the research. However, educators talked about the importance of teaching resources that highlight the agency of individuals and communities living with climate change across the world. As a resource that endeavours to support an agency and empathy-led approach, we would love to hear how educators find using it (if you are able, please leave a comment in the box below).

  
  “And again, I think empathy is - it's talked about in quite a woolly, abstract sort of fashion, I think, but to genuinely feel empathy, say with, you know the peoples of the Amazon, or, you know, say, peoples in the Congo or Ghana…It's a really difficult thing to do, and it's really difficult to do without, you know, going down the white saviour route like, “Oh, look! Those poor cocoa farms in Ghana and, you know, their lives are miserable and yada, yada… but thank goodness, I got my bar of chocolate at the end”. You know?” Retired Dublin-based primary educator

  As a resource that endeavours to support an agency and empathy-led approach, we would love to hear how educators find using it (if you are able, please leave a comment in the box below).