Debt - the Facts

Suggested age range: 11 - 15 years
Estimated time required: approx 30 minutes
Format: PowerPoint Presentation

Details: A simple presentation using lots of images and keywords to quickly highlight the key features of the debt situation. Starts from a consideration of the question "What is debt?" before running through a brief history of the international debt crisis through to present day campaigns and issues. Updated to include reference to the achievements of Make Poverty History. Speaker's notes to come.


Publisher: Jubilee Scotland, 2005; revised by Jubilee Debt Campaign, 2006
Cost: free

Curriculum Links include:
Citizenship -
Key Stage 3: 1i, 2a
Key Stage 4: 1j, 2a