Description de l’outil pédagogique
The reality of a Congolese or Peruvian minor may seem very far from our daily life in Belgium. And yet! Without us always being aware of it, we come into contact every day with numerous minerals that come from these countries. The minerals are mined in regions such as eastern DR Congo and then exported in their raw form. They then arrive here in Europe in transformed form in most of our consumer items: computers, smartphones, cars, but also coffee machines, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, etc.
It is important to question ourselves about the origin of the resources we use, their operating conditions and the way in which they are transported to Europe. We forget, or even often ignore, what is hidden behind our objects. This file invites you to lift the veil on these forgotten dimensions.
In practice
Themes: conflicts, natural resources
Type d’outil: Educational file
Target audiences: Teachers of geography, history, economic or social sciences, French, science or religion, but also supervisors, educators, facilitators or interested citizens
Practical arrangements : This file is available free of charge in digital version, or for sale for your school, youth center, association at the price of 10 euros.
Audiences
This file is mainly aimed at teachers wishing to analyze the exploitation of mining resources avec leurs élèves, dans le cadre d’un cours de géographie, de sciences mais aussi d’histoire, de sciences humaines/économiques, de philosophie et citoyenneté ou encore d’un projet interdisciplinaire (français, arts plastiques, langues, etc.). Ce dossier peut également intéresser des people who work in supervision, training or animation with young peoples, ainsi que toute personne curieuse d’approfondir son engagement citoyen et d’en apprendre plus sur le monde qui l’entoure. Les activités pédagogiques ainsi que les notions théoriques sont accessibles from 15 years old.
Cliquez ici pour découvrir les annexes du dossier “Derrière nos écrans”
Le dossier propose diverses activités pédagogiques pour aborder la question de l’extraction minière et ses conséquences. Vous trouverez ci-dessous tous les documents nécessaires à la mise en œuvre de celles-ci. Les explications de ces activités se trouvent dans le dossier lui-même.
• Annex 1 : What does my smartphone contain?
• Appendix 2 : Metal, its properties and uses
• Appendix 3 : “Prendre conscience de l’omniprésence des minerais“
• Appendix 4 : “Map analyzes“
• Annex 5 : “La chaîne d’approvisionnement de la mine à mon GSM“
• Appendix 6 : Videos And questionnaire associé
• Appendix 7 : “Les conséquences de l’exploitation des ressources : articles de presse“
• Annex 8 : “Photo language to express your feelings“
1. From mining to GSM: the players
2. Unscrupulous multinationals: the case of Banro in DR Congo
