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Should I Donate? 

Explore what pupils think about charity locally and globally, and their attitudes towards different approaches to poverty alleviation. Find out whether pupils feel they have a responsibility to participate and to what extent they are able to critically evaluate options for charitable giving.

Charity or Justice? 

Discover pupils’ attitudes and understanding in relation to charitable activities. Are they able to critically evaluate charitable activities, in which they themselves may have made a significant investment?

Why are people poor?

Pupils’ attitudes towards poverty, its causes and consequences, and whether it is inevitable.

Why are people hungry?

What pupils know and think about the causes and consequences of hunger around the world and what can be done about it.

Which brand is best?  

The criteria pupils use to assess a range of companies, producers and organisations whose products or services they may buy.

What would make most difference?

To what extent pupils understand their potential power as consumers and as agents for change – individually or as part of a bigger group; whether they consider the consequences of their actions and whether they are motivated enough by injustice to take action.

What questions can you ask? 

Find out what pupils know and think about water security, climate change and the importance of water conservation, and how that knowledge impacts on their own behaviour.

Fair or Unfair?

What pupils understand by the term ‘fair’ and how developed their understanding of justice is. Do they think injustice is inevitable?