Games and Activities

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The Sticker Game
Suggested age range: 7 - 10 years
A fun and simple teacher-led game introducing the concept of debt at a basic level. Suitable for younger primary-aged children.

Debt Word Search
Suggested age range: 9 - 13 years
A word search using words and terms commonly used when discussing the international debt crisis.

Sudoku
Suggested age range: 14 - 16 years
A sudoku puzzle introducing some basic debt facts and statistics.

Pity For Poor Africans
Suggested age range: 12 - 15 years
An extract from a poem written in 1788 by William Cowper, with questions for group discussion or to be done as a comprehension.

I was hungry
Suggested age range: 11 - 15 years
Questions based on a poem by an anonymous inhabitant of a poor country; contrasts are drawn between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' of the world, and what some people are doing without so that others can live in luxury.

The Snake Pits of Debt
Suggested age range: 10 - 13 years
A game, based on snakes and ladders, illustrating the difficulty countries can have trying to break out of the debt crisis.

Debt Diamond
Suggested age range: 13 - 16 years
A discussion activity helping pupils to define and question their own and each other's views on debts in principle and in practice, in relation to the third world debt crisis.

Debt Busters
Suggested age range: 12 - 16 years
A game dealing with realistic scenarios involving poor country debt and the World Bank.

Forgive Us Our Debts
Suggested age range: 12 - 16 years
A group discussion activity leading pupils to debate the moral and practical answers to the debt crisis from different perspectives from within both debtor and creditor countries.

World Debt - What Should Be Done?
Suggested age range: 13 - 16 years
A guide for older students about preparing a debt-based assembly for their younger peers.

Global Bingo
Suggested age range: 11 - 13 years
A quick and interactive way for students to test their knowledge of the facts surrounding global debt.

President For a Day
Suggested age range: 15 - 16 years
A CD ROM where students are asked to step into the shoes of President Nulagi, leader of a fictional African country. They are then asked to make decisions based on information given by their governmental advisors.

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