Tigers - Educational Materials Index

Section 1: UGANDA AND POVERTY ISSUES

Uganda Quiz
Description: A quick quiz about Uganda and poverty issues
File name: PowerPoint version (Tigersquizppt) or paper version (Tigersquizpaper)
Age range: Suitable for all ages and abilities.
Time: 15 minutes
Subject Links: Citizenship, Geography, PSHE

What is Poverty?
Description: An activity encouraging young people to consider what poverty is and compare classifications of poverty in UK and in Uganda. Groups are given cards with statements on which they have to categorise as “comfortable”, “poor”, and “absolute poverty.”
File name: Poverty issues
Age range: 7-16
Time: 20-30 mins.
Subject Links: Citizenship, Geography, PSHE

Section 2: STREET CHILDREN ISSUES

But Why?…And Then?…
Description: A brainstorming activity looking into the reasons why children are on the streets and then looking at the methods that can be used to reintegrate street children into community life again.
File name: BUT WHY (word file) and But whyppt (PowerPoint file)
Age range: 11-18
Time: 30-60 mins.
Subject Links: Citizenship, Geography, PSHE, English, Art, Drama

Why run to the streets?
Description: An activity looking at the reasons that children in Uganda and the UK end up on the streets. Young people brainstorm “good and bad reasons for being at home and on the street” and then compare their lists with Tigers boys from the Learning Centre in Uganda. Reasons for Uganda and UK children are then compared.
File name: Why run to the streets
Age range: 11-18
Time: 30 mins.
Subject Links: Citizenship, Geography, PSHE, English

Street Children Role plays
Description: Two role plays, highlighting issues related to life on the streets.
Role play 1: Looking for a job: prejudice and closed doors
Role play 2:Desperate for money—crime and poverty
File name: Street children role plays
Age range: 11-16
Time: 20 mins. each.
Subject Links: Citizenship, Geography, PSHE, English, Drama

Tower Game
Description: A game to explore how street children feel and the difficulties they face in gaining opportunities in life.
File name: Tower Game
Age range: 7-16
Time: 25 mins.
Subject Links: Citizenship, Geography, PSHE

Section 3: TIGERS CLUB

My Story
Description: An activity looking the lives of street children through a “timeline” tool used in counselling sessions with the boys. Activity 1 looks at real timelines drawn by two Tigers boys. Activity 2 involves children drawing their own timelines and comparing them to the timelines of Tigers boys. Activity 3 asks the children to complete the stories of the boys in activity 1 either through drama, art, hot-seating or extended writing.
Activity comes with a worksheet and timeline resources.
File name: My story
Age range: 7-16
Time: 20-60 mins. depending on how many activities are used.
Subject Links: Citizenship, Geography, PSHE, English, Art, Drama

START Role Play/Case Studies
Description: This activity can either be done as a role-play or as a discussion in groups. It gives three stories of street children who have to present their case to a Tigers Club Project social worker who only has money to accept one of the boys onto the S.T.A.R.T. (Specially Targeted and Resourced Tigers) Programme this term. Young people have to decide which one should be selected.
File name: START Role-plays
Age range: 9-18
Time: 15 mins.
Subject Links: Citizenship, Geography, PSHE, Drama

Section 4: STREET CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Designing a street children project
Description: An activity to make pupils consider some of the issues facing projects working with street children and to think about the principles of a good development project. Young people are read out a series of statements and are asked to indicate to what extent they agree or disagree with the statements. It raises issues of
File name: Designing a street children project
Age range: 13-18
Time: 15 mins.
Subject Links: Citizenship, Geography, PSHE

Section 5: The Tigers Experience

The Tigers Experience
Description: An interactive activity that enables participants to experience life at the Tigers Clubhouse. 5 different sections: Education, Football, Medical Programme, Feeding Programme, Counselling which have information and questions about each section the project together with a challenge for the “street children” to complete. Challenges include showing coach Bogere your football skills, whilst wearing flip flops; Completing a health and hygiene lesson with Nurse Juliana and eating a Tigers meal! The aim of the simulation is for the young people to complete all of the activities at the “clubhouse” and by doing so, qualify for to become a START boy (Specially Targeted and Resourced Tiger).
The posters can be used as a source of research for pupils and a simplified version of the activity done without the “Tigers Challenges”
File name: See files in “Tigers Experience” folder
Age range: 7-adult!
Time: 1 hour.
Subject Links: Citizenship, PSHE

Section 6: Presentations

Imagine a world…
Description: 7 minute automatic powerpoint presentation with images, text and set to music. Describes some of the background of the street children issue and a brief overview of the Tigers Club project. Ideal for assemblies or fundraising events.
File name: Imagine a world…
Age range: KS 7- adult
Time: 7 mins.

Bashir PowerPoint
Description: PowerPoint presentation telling the story of Bashir and Stevie, two former street boys who have been helped by Tigers to start a new life. The presentation is followed by a short multiple-choice quiz suitable for primary children.
File name: Bashir and Stevie ppt (powerpoint) and Bashir Powerpoint Text (word document)
Age range: 5-11 (could be adapted for 11-16 and used without the quiz)
Time: 20 mins. (with quiz)

PRESENTATION: Tigers short PowerPoint
Description: 15 minute powerpoint presentation with script and video clips which explains the work of Tigers Club in detail.
File name: Tigers PowerPoint (powerpoint) and Tigers PowerPoint Text (word file)
Age range: 11- adult
Time: 15 mins.