The Millennium Development Goals Aim of activity: To understand the needs of people across the globe and put them in order. To introduce the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) To understand the necessity of the MDG’s. To critically reflect on the progress of the MDG’S. Resources: Whiteboard/Flipchart Markers Pieces of paper/post it notes and Projector The Guardian – Note: It is a good idea to familiarise yourself with the interactive statistics on the Guardian website before proceeding with the lesson. Time: 40 minutes Instructions: Go around the class and ask each student to name something they need to be healthy e.g. food, medical care etc. Go the opposite way around the class and ask each student to name a global problem e.g. war, climate change, malaria etc. Arrange the into groups of four. Ask each group to think of 8 requirements they think everyone in the world should have and to decide which 3 they think are the most important. Note: Emphasis the idea of goals. Ask the group to list the three requirements they think are most important on a piece of card/post-it note Ask each to read out the 3 they think are most important and place them on a flip chart. Ask the class to rank the chosen requirements that they think are most important by arranging them in a diamond shape, with the most important statement at the top, two statements of equal but lesser importance in the second row, three statements of moderate importance in the third row, two statements of relatively little importance in the fourth row, and the least important statement at the bottom. Read the text below on the MDGs. In September 2000, world leaders came together at United Nations Headquarters in New York to adopt the United Nations Millennium Declaration. They committed their nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and set out a series of time bound
The Millennium Development Goals Aim of activity: To understand the needs of people across the globe and put them in order. To introduce the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) To understand the necessity of the MDG’s. To critically reflect on the progress of the MDG’S. Resources: Whiteboard/Flipchart Markers Pieces of paper/post it notes and Projector – The Guardian Note: It is a good idea to familiarise yourself with the interactive statistics on the Guardian website before proceeding with the lesson. Time: 40 minutes Instructions: Go around the class and ask each student to name something they need to be healthy e.g. food, medical care etc. Go the opposite way around the class and ask each student to name a global problem e.g. war, climate change, malaria etc. Arrange the into groups of four. Ask each group to think of 8 requirements they think everyone in the world should have and to decide which 3 they think are the most important. Note: Emphasis the idea of goals. Ask the group to list the three requirements they think are most important on a piece of card/post-it note Ask each to read out the 3 they think are most important and place them on a flip chart. Ask the class to rank the chosen requirements that they think are most important by arranging them in a diamond shape, with the most important statement at the top, two statements of equal but lesser importance in the second row, three statements of moderate importance in the third row, two statements of relatively little importance in the fourth row, and the least important statement at the bottom. Read the text below on the MDGs. In September 2000, world leaders came together at United Nations Headquarters in New York to adopt the United Nations Millennium Declaration. They committed their nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and set out a series of time bound
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