Citizenship at key stage 3    (Year 7-9)

References to the Key Stage 3 National Strategy Framework for teaching English, Years 7, 8 and 9 (NSE) are given in brackets and are indicated in appropriate sections of this unit.

Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly words relating to:

• human rights, eg equality, justice, democracy, freedom, reconciliation, holocaust, tolerance, discrimination, racism, respect

Speaking and listening - through the activities pupils learn to:

• adopt a range of roles in groups to discuss, consider and evaluate conflicting evidence and to reach a consensus (year 7 S&L11, year 8 S&L12, year 9 S&L9)
• work collaboratively on a presentation for an audience which explores an issue (year 7 S&L16, year 8 S&L16)
• reflect on and evaluate their contributions to a presentation (year 7 S&L9, year 8 S&L13)