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1. Great Britain
2. England
3. Wales
4. Scotland
5. Ireland
6. The United States of America
7. Canada
8. The West Indies
9. Australia
10. New Zealand
11. Asia
12. Africa
How many languages are there in the world?
» The World’s Languages Page 9
Find out all about flags.
» The World Flag Database Page 9
What does the British Government do for young people?
» The Department for Children, Schools and Families Page 10
Would you like to go to school in Britain?
» The British School System Page 12
What do you know about British food?
» Try our great Food Quiz! Page 15
Read a great interview with Alice Bailie.
» Alice Bailie and the UKYP Page 16
Do you know your rights?
» UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Page 17
What do you know about the European Union?
» The European Union Page 20
Check out all the icons and suggest some of your own.
» Icons – a portrait of England Page 22
What’s your favourite English football team?
» The Premier League Page 27
Read a scene from Clifford Oliver’s Kicking Out.
» Kicking Out Page 27
Do you like reading? Choose or review a book.
» Cool-reads Page 28
Are you a bookworm? Do our fun quiz!
» Book Quiz Page 28
How far is it from your town to New York? Or from London to Bombay?
» Distance Calulator Page 29
Find out more about projects that link and twin schools.
» School Twinning Page 31
Download these great Fairtrade Stickers
» Fair Trade Stickers Page 31
Watch Rory Hoy’s great film Autism and Me.
» Autism and Me Page 33
» Read an article about Rory from the BBC website
Do you like music? Check out these cool Welsh bands.
» Welsh Music Page 36
Everyone loves a good story. Watch these moving video stories.
» Digital Storytelling Page 37
Check out this rich bibliography of sport in literature
» Sport in Literature Page 40
Would you like to be a clothes designer?
» Create a Tartan Page 45
There’s no place for racism in Scotland.
» One Scotland Anti-racism Campaign Page 45
There’s no doubt about it: Paolo rocks!
» Paolo Nutini Page 45
Scottish singers say NO to racism.
» ROAR (Rock against Racism) Page 45
Are you always forgetting your homework or can you remember everything you’ve ever done?
» Memory Quiz Page 47
Do your know your way around the world?
» Country Name Quiz Page 52
Find out more about the people who helped make Ireland independent.
» The people behind the Easter Rising Page 53
What do you know about the world’s nomadic people?
» Nomad Quiz Page 57
The lives, problems and stories of Ireland’s travelling people.
» Irish Travellers Page 57
Learn more about social, cultural and political events throughout American history.
» American History Timeline Page 66
Find out all about the American national anthem.
» The Star-Spangled Banner Page 67
Are you an Oscar-winner, a supporting actor or a B-movie buff?
» Film Quiz Page 70
Discover more about the native people of America.
» Native American History Page 72
The Native Americans were the first environmentalists…
» Chief Seattle’s letter to the US President Page 73
Calculate how much carbon you use.
» CO2 Workout Card Page 76
What is it like to grow up in Baghdad?
» UNICEF Digital Diaries Page 77
Find out more about the Inuit and their way of life.
» Canadian Inuit History Page 81
Learn more about the media and how to interpret advertising.
» Adbusters Page 84
How much of the earth’s resources are you using?
» Ecological Footprint Quiz Page 84
Have a look at these false advertisements then think of some of your own.
» Subvertising Page 84
A tragedy can mean business for many people…
» The Shock Doctrine Page 85
What do you know about GM Foods?
» 20 Questions on GM foods Page 86
Find out more about Jamaica’s debt.
» Life and Debt Page 92
Make sure the people who made your clothes weren’t exploited.
» Clean Clothes Campaign Page 93
Is your holiday harming the natives?
» Ethical Tourism Page 93
Lots of information on Ned Kelly’s life and family.
» Ned Kelly Page 97
Find out more about Australia’s native people.
» Aborigine History Page 101
Read these creation myths from all over the world.
» Creation Myths Page 101
Take steps against bullying.
» Kia Kaha Anti-Bullying Campaign Page 109
Test your Maths skills with these probability brainteasers.
» Easy probability problems Page 110
» More advanced probability problems
Get ready to celebrate all over the world!
» Festival Quiz Page 112
Find out more about Sufism
» Sufism Page 118
» Read A Quarrel About Grapes (a parable from Rumi’s Mesnevi) Page 118
What’s really happening in Darfur and what you can do to help?
» Save Darfur Page 121
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Read Tatamkhula Afrika’s poem Nothing’s Changed.
» Nothing’s Changed Page 122
What do you know about Nelson Mandela and his achievements?
» Nelson Mandela Page 122
What is the UN doing to help fight AIDS?
» UN AIDS Page 124
Read an extract from
» My Mother, the Cray African by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Page 126