Section 1: How does the law protect our pets?
Children should learn:
- to consider the general need for regulation in respect of private behaviour
- to raise some issues for critical examination, consider the different roles of the law, and evaluate different approaches to dealing with particular issues
- that certain areas of public life are regulated by local authorities, under powers devolved from central government
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Section 2: How does the law protect animal welfare?
Children should learn:
- to reflect on an issue of public concern and consider how the law relates to it
- to consider some of the social, moral and political dimensions of an issue such as animal welfare
- to consider different ways of trying to achieve changes in the law
- to consider the part people play in creating social pressure, both individually and by joining together
- about the main stages through which a bill passes before it becomes law
- about the role of public opinion in politics and in influencing government agendas
- to identify bias and objectivity in texts (NSE)
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Section 3: How does Parliament debate an issue?
Children should learn:
- to debate an issue that has already been debated in Parliament
- about how issues are debated in Parliament, and how legislation is developed
- to make a formal presentation in Standard English (NSE)
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Section 4: How is animal welfare of concern internationally?
Children should learn:
- about the need for international cooperation in order to address matters of global concern
- to describe the methods by which international agreements can be implemented in the absence of an international court
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