President For a Day

Suggested age range: 15 - 16 years
Estimated time required: variable
Format: CD ROM (also available as an Activity Day)

Details: An engaging and interesting CD ROM that offers many opportunities for group discussion and cross-curricular study.

Supported by excellent on-line materials, this resource gives a good background to the debt crisis and looks at some of the more complex issues, including conditionality. 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.

An excellent tool for engaging students on the debt issue, this resource also links the simulation to the real life situation in Zambia.

Publisher: Ethos Games; Damaris
Cost: Demo version available for free; £13 for personal version, plus £45 if a site license is required (allows the game to be played on any number of computers on one networked site)

Curriculum Links include:
Citizenship -
Key Stage 3: 1c, i; 2a, b, c; 3a, b, c
Key Stage 4: 1e, f, j; 2a, b, c