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The following resources are included:

Drought 360° – A 360 degree immersive photoJump into 12-year-old Daeka’s world with this incredible 360° photo. Use this to introduce the key concepts of drought or as a discussion starter. View the photo by clicking this link.

Photo pack – Ten photos with descriptionsWhat does drought look like? Use these incredible photos with the worksheets provided or as a stimulus for debate.

Case study posters – Two real-life stories about droughtHow does the current drought affect children, teachers, animals and land? Use these fact-filled posters as a literacy stimulus or print them out and put them on your wall.

Worksheets – KS1/KS2 literacy and comprehension activitiesUse these colourful worksheets as part of the suggested literacy and comprehension activities included in this document. How these worksheets fit with the other resources will be explained below.

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WorksheetsWord pile – Expand your pupils’ vocabulary, 15 to 30 minutes

Get students to explore the 360° photo as a class, in groups or individually. What adjectives can they use to describe what they can see? This worksheet encourages your class to use a thesaurus, so have these ready!

Different or the same? – Comparing and contrasting, 30 to 45 minutes

Ask your pupils to compare their own environment with that of Daeka in the 360° photo. What are the similarities and differences? You could give them cameras to take photos of their school or homes before attempting this worksheet. As an extension for KS3 pupils, you could ask your class to write up their answers into an essay.

Drought solutions – Discussion and decision making, 30 minutes to one hour

What can be done to prevent or lessen the impact of drought? Some solutions listed are real, some are not! Ask your pupils to discuss the solutions in groups or as a class, think of some of their own solutions and rank them.

Consequence wheel – What are the consequences of drought? 15 to 30 minutes

Use the posters included in this download to fill in the worksheet. What are the effects of drought? Are there any knock-on or secondary consequences?

Drought acrostic – Plenary, 15 to 30 minutes

Consolidate the learning of your class by asking them to show what they have learned about drought in the form of an acrostic poem.

Photo packThese are the captions for the photos in the pack. You could:

get your class to match the photos to the captions in this worksheet. discuss what is happening in each photo. use the photos as a creative writing or vocabulary building stimulus.

Photo CaptionThis is the village of Taysa in Somaliland. The houses here are built with wooden frames in a bubble shape. People cover this frame with old clothes or with whatever material is available at the time.

Daeka sits inside her family’s home and stirs a pot of food. She still goes to school but often misses meals because of the drought.

The food which ActionAid provides to communities arrives on the back of big trucks.

Earth dams are piles of mud built in a circle. When rain falls, the water is collected inside of these dams. Stored in this way, water evaporates more slowly so that there is some left if there is a drought.

This ActionAid worker is counting the bags of food which will go to families who need it. ActionAid has given food to over 1,000 families since the drought began.

Two women collect water from a berkhad. Berkhads are big buildings which communities use to collect and store rainwater. ActionAid helps people to look after these buildings as they are an important source of water.

This dry and dusty land used to be a river. However the river dried upduring the drought.

This man is walking his camels across the road. A lot of people in east Africa rely on their animals for food and money. Many have been forced to leave their homes to find water for their families and animals.

This well was built to help the local community get fresh water from under the ground. ActionAid has helped local people build over 150 wells and water pumps in Somaliland since 2013.

Niama’s village now has a well built by ActionAid. This means she can grow vegetables like onions, cabbages, carrots, tomatoes and lettuce.