Teaching pack: What does it mean to be rich or poor?

Staged many times in Switzerland, the exhibition has always stimulated a great deal of interest in schools, which led Enfants du Monde to design a supplementary teaching pack for use in the classroom with 9-15 year olds.

Using 34 photographs taken and commented on by children from developed and developing countries, pupils tackle the notions of wealth, poverty and the future. These teaching materials can be used in French, Human and Social Sciences, Media Studies and Citizenship Education.

The pack includes:

  • 34 captions written by the children. In two languages (the children's own language and French).
  • texts with comments to help pupils develop their ideas. Fables, articles, personal accounts, songs, etc. are used to help pupils get beyond their first impressions and broaden their understanding of the concepts of wealth and poverty.

 

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The exhibition on wooden boards, aluminium boards and plastic netting

 

The exhibition has been produced with wooden stands (in french) and with aluminium stands (in german), for use mainly indoors in classrooms, community centres and other exhibition venues, as well as with plastic stands (in french) so that it can be displayed outdoors.

 

 

 

With financial support and teaching input from the Fondation Education et Développement (Education and Development Foundation)

With financial support from the Fédération Genevoise de Coopération and the Geneva public authorities; and from the Loterie Romande (Lottery of French-Speaking Switzerland).