Citizenship at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)
Unit 04: Britain - a diverse society?
Section 3: What is my local community like?
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Objectives |
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- to identify local communities
- to identify the characteristics of the community and appreciate the value of diversity
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- Use interviews, photos, the local library, newspapers and community organisations to research local communities. Why do people live here? Have people migrated here from other places or countries? Why? What is the composition of the community population? Compare this with that of the school and of Britain. Have the reasons for people living here changed over time? What events and festivals do the community groups celebrate? Have these changed over time? Display the research in class.
- Make a time capsule that represents the local community.
- Follow up this work by considering how the class and school community reflects the local community.
- Discuss equal opportunities in the school. Ask pupils to take photographs which they feel illustrate equal opportunities in action in the school community. Make a collage of the results into a poster for the school. Ask pupils to think about why they chose the images. Is there anything missing, that they would like to add?
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- recognise diversity and understand that it is positive and a strength to celebrate
- recognise the importance of equal opportunities within school and wider communities
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Points to note |
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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of
activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by
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