Teacher instructions: -Show pupils the pictures of the context of where they are and what they are doing. -Read the introduction sheet – you can ask pupils to write a couple of sentences about what the problem with education is in Zambia. -The actual decision making can be adapted by each teacher, but the recommended method is: -Photocopy the decision outcomes so that you have 15 sets of each and each different decision is on a different colour (makes it easier to sort them out and discuss at the end). You need 15 sets in case every pair in the group chose the same option. -Pupils to work in pairs. -Teacher puts a decision to be made on the board. Pupils must discuss which option they would choose, and reasons why – they must give their reasons for their choices before finding out the result of their decision. -Whilst they are working, teacher lays out the cards at the front of the room face down, so there is no cheating, under labels for Option A, Option B, Option C. Pupils choose a card from the pile of the option they chose. Teacher changes the cards each time, this is where the different colour help! -Pupils must report back to their partner and fill in their sheet for what has happened as a result of their decision. Leave time at the end to debrief Homework can be for pupils to write their own understanding of sustainable development in terms or social, economic and environmental.

Pupils chose the result card from the pile of the option they chose. This gave them their result and a score for their decision.

Sustainable Development LO: To understand what the term ‘sustainable development means’ and how it can be used in the real world.

The land where you want to build your school

Decision 1 You have just arrived in Zambia and you want to try to set up your school and organisation as quickly as possible. Option AOption BOption C Consult other charities in the area to see how they work and do what they do. Proceed on your own, you don’t want to involve the local government, their standards aren’t as good as yours and they are all corrupt anyway. Work as closely as possible with the local and national governments.

How did you do? Option AOption BOption C 5 – The other charities are not very popular with the local community. You are not very popular with the local community and don’t get much support. 0 – You have not met the criteria for opening a school. The government shuts your school down. 10 – Your school opens on time. The government workers are pleased with your work and give you as much help as they can.

Decision 2 You need land to build your school on. Option AOption BOption C The church has offered you a piece of free land that they own. You gratefully accept. The government has said you can build on a bit of land near one of their existing schools. You buy your own land with money you have fundraised from the UK

How did you do? 0 – In two years time, the church wants to expand their buildings. They want their land back. Your school has to close and move. 5 – The government thinks you can help them make some improvements to their school, as you are building nearby anyway and they have given you the land. They are offended when you refuse 10 – the land is yours forever and you can do what you like with it. Option AOption BOption C

Decision 3 You need materials and construction workers to build your school. Option AOption BOption C You ship the materials and the workers over from the UK. You trust their quality. You ship the materials over from the UK, but use local people to actually do the building work. You use local materials and work with another charity to train local people in how to build the school you want.

How did you do? 0 – This uses up a lot of your money. In 6 months, the water system breaks and you have to ship more materials and people over from the UK to fix it. 5 – In 6 months the water system breaks and no one in the country knows how to fix the materials that have come from the UK. 10 – the local community are pleased with the training and jobs and all problems can be fixed quickly and cheaply. Option AOption BOption C

Decision 4 You need money to run the school on a daily basis and pay for things like chalk and paper. Option AOption BOption C You charge the students low school fees. You use a large grant the government has given you. You encourage people in the UK to spend £3 a month to sponsor a child through school.

How did you do? 10 – the community value things they have to pay for more. They find the money and are able to pay in very small installments. 0 – you fail to get that grant again next year. Your school has no money and has to close. 5 – The person in the UK decides to support another charity instead. The child has to drop out of school. Option AOption BOption C

Decision 5 You need teachers for your school. Option AOption BOption C Employ full time teachers from the UK to come out and teach. Employ local teachers to teach in the school. Set up a volunteer scheme so young people from the UK can teach for a couple of months at a time.

5 – this is very expensive. You run out of money to pay their salaries. Your school has no teachers. 10 – They are committed to helping their local community and are pleased to have jobs. They are cheap to employ. 0 – There have been riots in Zambia over elections. People from the UK don’t want to come out. You have no teachers for your school. Option AOption BOption C How did you do?

Decision 6 Option AOption BOption C Connect the school to the power lines that go to the nearby town. Put expensive solar panels in the school. Do not put in any electricity at all. Your school needs electricity.

Option AOption BOption C 0 – in 5 years, it is so expensive to use electricity that the school cannot afford it. This is creating more carbon emissions. 10 – It is more expensive to start with, but over time, is free for the school. It doesn’t do any damage to the environment. 5 – for now, the school can survive without electricity. It is better to wait until you can afford to put in sustainable solar panels How did you do?

Decision 7 Option AOption BOption C You leave it in the hands of the local community – it is their school for their community. Employ a team of workers from the UK to stay in Zambia and monitor the school. You employ a team of local experts and train them to manage and inspect the progress of the school The school is now up and running.

How did you do? Option AOption BOption C 0 – The school has not been managed properly, it has been turned into a storehouse. 5 – This it to expensive to manage for more than a couple of months. The team leaves and the school is turned into a storehouse. 10 – the local team manage the school well with guidance from the team in the UK.

What is sustainable development? Environment People Money