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Education Kit

Mountains are crucial to all life on earth. By declaring 2002 the International Year of Mountains, the United Nations affirmed the importance of mountains to all the world's people. The educational materials available on these pages have been prepared by the International Year of Mountains Coordination Unit at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, along with its many partners, to help educators throughout the world impart to children and youth some of the knowledge and skills that they will need to understand and address mountain issues.

Please consult the Guide to the Education Kit .

All the materials are in electronic "ready-to-print" formats. Copyright for the materials is held by the organizations and individuals that created them. You are free to use the materials for not-for-profit purposes to educate children regarding mountain environments and issues. As a user of the materials, you do not have the right to issue copyright to third parties.

The materials are available in two archive formats: STUFFIT for Mac and ZIP for Windows. Click on the corresponding icon to download the material.


International Year of Mountains Educational Materials


Discovering the Natural Resources of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region

This package was produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development . It includes a cartoon book and a teacher's guide.

Focus: Environmental issues in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region

Languages: English

Target ages: 10 to 14 years

Time: 9 to 18 reading sessions, plus 13 activity sessions. The materials may require an entire school term to implement

Resources: A copy of the 56-page booklet for each participating child and a 34-page teacher's guide for each educator

Skills: Does not require any preparation or special skills on the part of the educator. Materials can be implemented by reading and following the instructions in the teacher's guide.

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Document 1-16

Document 17-32

Document 33-48

Document 49-64

Document 65-80

Document Teacher's Guide

Excerpts from 'Mountains Forever'

This package contains three excerpted stories written by children from the 'Mountains Forever' project, run by Spiny Babbler with the support of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development and Helvetas . The stories are 'Poets, Painters, Mountains, and Me' by Kim Dima from Kazakhstan; 'The Mountain of the Holy Footprin' by Dulanjalee Seneviratne from Sri Lanka; and 'Mountains are Forever' Chandhi Goonasekera from Sri Lanka.
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Focus: Sacredness of mountains, how mountains inspire art, the importance of nature in mountains and the connection between mountains and water.

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish

Target ages: Children and youth aged 12 years and over

Time: Flexible

Resources: A copy of the 56-page booklet for each participating child and a 34-page teacher's guide for each educator

Skills: Educators do not require special skills.

 

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English stuffitzip

Arabic stuffitzip

Chinese stuffitzip

Italian stuffitzip

Russianstuffitzip

Volcano Daily

This package was produced by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction . It includes a short illustrated colour booklet entitled Volcano Daily, information sheets and a poster. Various components are available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.



Focus: The dangers that volcanoes represent, and measures that can be undertaken to prevent and protect against volcanic disaster
Languages: Volcano Daily is available in English, French and Spanish

Target ages: Volcano Daily is simple but does contain some difficult vocabulary. It is most appropriate for children aged 12 and over
Time: One class session

Resources: a blackboard and chalk, and writing instruments for the participating children

Skills: Does not require any preparation or special skills on the part of the educator. Volcano Daily can be provided to children to read.

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Document Booklet & info sheets

Document Poster

Lesson Plans

The International Year of Mountains Coordination Unit has prepared six simple lesson plans to introduce some of the main themes of the Year.



Focus: Water, biodiversity, food, sacred mountains

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish

Target ages: 8 to 12 years

Time: Five 50-minute sessions, with additional activities if desired

Resources: A blackboard, chalk, paper, pens or pencils

Skills: Educators do not require special skills

Download:

English stuffitzip

Arabic stuffitzip

Chinese stuffitzip

Italian stuffitzip

Russianstuffitzip