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Sit round the map on the floor who can find the Caribbean not so simple. The countries have varied histories culture wealth language politics. What they have in common is that they were conquered and plundered by European countries Britain France Spain Holland which changed their history forever.

Introduction to the Caribbean

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Games

Set in a circle on the floor and pass round the world ball. As the ball gets to you, think of a country with the next letter of the alphabet EG Afghanistan Belgium and so on;

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Crafts & Activities

Map of Caribbean colour and name
Barbados flags
Doctor bird picture
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World ball skittles

About this Topic

Each year for our ‘Our World Ray’, we pick a country and find out all about it – flag, money, history, wildlife, food, religion etc. Our first Transformers country was Taiwan; then we learned about the British isles; then New Zealand and this year we will be finding out about the Caribbean – It turns out they are all islands!

Program

  1. Introduction to the Caribbean
  2. Geography of the Caribbean
  3. History of the Caribbean
  4. Pirates of the Caribbean
  5. Caribbean languages
  6. Caribbean food and drink
  7. Wildlife of the Caribbean
  8. Caribbean music
  9. Caribbean religions
  10. Sport and leisure in the Caribbean

How to use this resource

There are 5 Rays, which provide a programme for one year’s sessions for a children’s group running during term-time. For each Ray, there is a set of topics, each of which comprises a theme for a term or half-term.

The sessions are presented in a pick-and-mix way - some information, some games, crafts, videos, etc. You are encouraged to adapt the material to your own setting , the time you have available and the resources you have. Don’t think that you have to do everything on offer.

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