Letters from the Commonwealth
Resource Description
Divide the class into groups and give out one letter to each group of pupils.
Ask them to discuss the similarities and differences between their lives and those of the letter-writers and to feed back to the rest of the class the most interesting or surprising pieces of information they discover.
Emphasise that these narratives are not representative of all the people in that country, just as their own lives will be different from those of their peers and those of others around their home country or region.