What is aid?

Teacher notes

**If this is your first visit to Awra Amba, please watch the introduction to Awra Amba film in the Visitor's Centre when you enter.** This lesson is an appropriate way in to learning about aid and its difference forms and functions, including ways aid is funded. It is best suited to KS3/4 Geography and/or Citizenship but could be explored in a range of classrooms and contexts, including KS5. **Lyfta Core themes:** Community and Citizenship, Culture and Identity, Equality and Human Rights, Learning and Growth. **Lyfta Core Skills and Values** Coping Methods, Courage & Self-Confidence, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Empathy & developing multiple perspectives, Entrepreneurship, Resilience & Perseverance. **SDGs:** 1,2,10,11,16. **National Curriculum objectives:** KS3 Geography Understand the key processes in human geography relating to: population and urbanisation; international development. KS4 Geography Supports human geography: processes and change; e.g. to learn and understand the different types of aid and their role in both promoting and hindering development. Global economic development issues: the causes and consequences of uneven development at global level as the background for considering the changing context of population, economy and society and of technological and political development in one LIC; examine wider political, social and environmental context within which the country is placed, and the characteristics of international trade, aid and geo-political relationships with respect to that country. KS3 Citizenship - touches on aspects of fair taxation systems and their impact on aid; how the UK enshrined development assistance in law; and the role played by groups and institutions to improve the lives of others; the functions and uses of money (taxes). KS4 Citizenship - different ways in which a citizen can contribute to the improvement of communities (in their own countries and overseas) - income and expenditure; how public money is raised and spent (tax systems).