This is a card sort or diamond 9 activity designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons for giving aid to LEDCs. As an extension, students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for for giving aid to LEDCs, and think of examples where aid hads been given. More able students can explain problems of giving aid. They might need prompting with the idea of LEDCs becoming dependent on aid. Categories could include, but not be limited to: Helping children Helping adults Helping businesses / government

his is a card sort or diamond 9 activity designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise the ways that people can influence the local council. Students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on what are more / less effective ways to influence the local council. More able students can make a judgement on how important it is to be able to influence the local council Categories could include, but not be limited to: influencing in person Influencing from a distance Scrutinising council actions As an extension, students can choose a local issue, and prepare a speech or letter to the council to address it.

This is a card sort or diamond 9 activity designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise the impact of different influences on people’s voting habits. Students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the better and worse influences on people’s voting habits. More able students can explain whether it is important to vote, and why. Categories could include, but not be limited to: social / family and friends demographics character / personality of those being elected Parties / party policy

A card sort and written task on the positive and negative aspects of TNCs. There are two versions of the activities, for higher- and lower-ability students. Students classify the impacts as to whether they are positive and negative. Students then arrange them into categories such as job creation, job loss, effect on richer/poorer countries, money, environment. Students complete a scaffolded written task to describe and explain the best and worst impacts of TNCs. They finish by examining whether a boycott of TNCs such as Nike would have a positive or negative effect. A list of key words is provided on the lower-ability resource.

This is a card sort for students to look at working conditions and explain why they cause problems in LEDCs. Students can explain judgements on the biggest problems. More able students are invited to explain how to overcome these problems to improve working conditions, and what barriers to change exist.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise reasons for their food shopping habits. They can explain why they have these food shopping habits. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the morality of food miles. The card sort can be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

This is a card sort for students to match up laws and groups to their definitions. Students can explain what is the more important of these laws and organisations.

This is a card sort for students to categorise workers’ rights and responsibilities. Students can explain what is the more important of their rights, and of their responsibilities.