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We are producing a series of resources based on the expeditions. These will appear below as they are developed and registered users will be kept informed by email.
Journey to the UK 2011
For Offscreen’s most recent expedition bringing 10 young Saudi artists to the UK to work with creative industries and gain key skills, five films will be made documenting their creative and cultural journey. Each of these mini-documentaries focuses on themes important to arts and educational contexts in order to promote cultural understanding and creative expression.
These films will exemplify young people and industries from Saudi and the UK learning from each other, in order to explore why creativity is important to society, both socially through positively influencing negative stereotypes and economically.
Exploring comparatives between Saudi Arabia and the UK through the eyes of young people, these films are especially useful for use in schools and universities, tying in with a number of curriculum/module themes as well as sharing a wider and deeper view of Saudi Arabia. These films promote Offscreen’s goal of peer-to-peer education and the importance of face-to-face communication in order to understand differing perspectives and create a deeper understanding between the UK and Islamic world.
The films will be available here for free download in August 2011.
Journey to Pakistan 2010 Assembly & Form Activities
Use the resources below so that your school can follow the expedition in the classroom. Each set of resources, videos and teaching ideas focuses on a topic that the team investigated.
01: What is my idea of Pakistan?
This first set of resources looks at the issues of preconceptions and where they come from. The video and presentation is also helpful to introduce the expedition to pupils.
Key words: Citizenship, English, ICT
Assembly & Lesson Activities - What is my idea of Pakistan? (PDF, 149KB)
Video - What is my idea of Pakistan? (ZIP, 118MB)
Teaching Resources - What is my idea of Pakistan? (ZIP, 11MB)
02: Can we trust the media?
This film and resources looks at the role of the media in forming how we think about things. Can young people get an accurate view of a country from the media?
Key words: Citizenship, Media, English
Assembly & Lesson Activities - Can we trust the media? (PDF, 2MB)
Video - Can we trust the media? (ZIP, 79MB)
Teaching Resources - Can we trust the media? (ZIP, 21MB)
03: What does art mean to you?
This day was really an excuse to explore the Pakistani tradition of truck art. The resources contain templates and presentations for all you need to make and decorate model trucks.
Key words: Art, Identity
Assembly & Lesson Activities - What does art mean to you? (PDF, 636KB)
Video - What does art mean to you? (ZIP, 114MB)
Teaching Resources - What does art mean to you? (ZIP, 27MB)
04: How do we view our past?
The team discovered how a Buddhist civilization flourished in Pakistan before the arrival of Islam. Use the resources to look at local history and how if affects how we view ourselves.
Key words: History, Religious Education, Identity
Assembly & Lesson Activities - How do we view our past? (PDF, 264KB)
Video - How do we view our past? (ZIP, 79MB)
Teaching Resources - How do we view our past? (ZIP, 22MB)
05: What does faith mean now?
Faith can be a contentious issue. Use the meeting with an Islamic scholar and a workshop with young Pakistanis as the basis for a discussion around faith and religious tolerance.
Key words: Religious Education, Identity
Assembly & Lesson Activities - What does faith mean now? (PDF, 147KB)
Video - What does faith mean now? (ZIP, 123MB)
Teaching Resources - What does faith mean now? (ZIP, 8MB)
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