Cool Planet for teachers

http://oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/index.htm

Authors/Editors

Cool Planet - as is pointed out in the "About us"-section - is primarily intended for teachers and their students (you can find material for childs as well as preteens and adolescents). It aims to bring the global dimension to the classroom, using the concept of Global Citizenship. The site is edited by Development Education teams in England, Scotland and Wales. Experienced teachers are involved in this work, so you can be confident concerning its quality.

How to navigate the site

Navigating through the site is straightforward. The horizontal nagivation bar which can be seen on the screenshot above provides easy access to the main sections: "home", "about us", "global citizenship" etc.

Dropdown-fields on the homepage (like on the screenshot on the left side) and an extensive alphabetical index offer additional ways to quickly and easily finding the materials you need and that meet your requirements.

Description of Contents

The homepage of the site is organised in three sections: "Latest News", "Current Highlights" and "Resources for Teachers", the latter being the most interesting for us. Two screenshots of its homepage will help us to get an impression of the contents.

The left one is showing the table of contents, the right one a clip of the free resources. That is, Cool Planet is offering a mixture of free and commercial resources, the prices of the latter however being really very modest, especially if one takes into account its high quality! To sum up: The Cool Planet website undoubtedly constitutes one of the outstanding resources for all teachers and educators of EDC who want to familiarize their students with the concept of global citizenship and vividly show them that global citizenship really is and must be part of their everday life.