Children claim their rights in Bangladesh Teacher's Notes Case Study Student Activities Overview In Bangladesh's Tangail District, a development project has been focusing on rural and working children over the last four years. The project aims to increase children's access to education, health services and enjoyment of childhood while enhancing their self-confidence, self esteem and their communication and negotiation skills. Level Secondary Links with nationally developed statements and profiles Studies of society and environment: Place and space: Features of places, People and places, Care of places Resources: Use of resources, People and work, Management and enterprise Process: Investigation, communication and participation. Objectives Students will: learn that cooperation at local, national and international levels is necessary to bring about positive, long term change gain knowledge about the problems faced by rural and working children in Bangladesh and ways people are working to overcome them develop empathy with and positive attitudes towards people in developing countries. Preparation multiple copies of case study seven overhead transparencies with pre-written titles seven overhead transparency pens. Procedure Teachers need to undertake the following preparation prior to the activities: obtain atlases and world maps which show Bangladesh, or allow access to Internet sources gather resources about Bangladesh. Resources For up to date AusAID resources contact: Canberra Mailing PO Box 650 Fyshwick ACT 2609 Ph: 02 6269 1230 Fax: 02 6269 1229 Email: books@ausaid.gov.au Other resources may be obtained from the following: Save the Children Fund PO Box 1281 Collingwood VIC 3066 Ph: 03 94177662 Fax: 03 94199518 Email: scfa@scfa.asn.au http://www.savethechildrenaustralia.com/ UNICEF Australia PO Box N616 Grosvenor Place NSW 2001 http://www.unicef.org.au/ Community Aid Abroad 156 George Street Fitzroy VIC 3065 Ph: 03 92899444 Email: enquire@caa.org.au http://www.caa.org.au/index.html World Vision GPO Box 9944 Melbourne 3001 Customer Service Centre Ph: 133240       03 9287 2427 Email: csc@wva.org.au http://www.worldvision.com.au/ Useful web links AusAID's website has a country profile on Bangladesh, including information on the amount of Australian aid that goes to Bangladesh as well as key country statistics such as economic growth and population. http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryId=10 Save the Children Fund has more information on the project described in this case study as well as other educational resources. Go to their website, then click on 'Where we operate', click on 'Bangladesh', then scroll down and click on 'Bangladesh program'. http://www.savethechildrenaustralia.com/ UNICEF's teachers site provides various forums for discussion as well as teaching resources with a focus on children's rights. http://www.unicef.org/teachers/ World Vision has a series of fact sheets on a variety of development topics including child exploitation and child labour. Go the World Vision website, click on 'Educating Australians', then follow the on-line resources. http://www.worldvision.com.au/ * Further information and resources can be obtained from the Professional Development Providers. Top © Commonwealth of Australia