Section 1: How can we investigate a global issue?
Children should learn:
- about global issues on which people hold different viewpoints
- how to research different viewpoints
- how to present different viewpoints
- to ask geographical questions and suggest an appropriate sequence for their investigation
- the location and geographical context of places
- about the changing distribution of economic activity
- to undertake research using appropriate reading strategies (NSE)
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Section 2: How are conflicts or issues resolved?
Children should learn:
- that conflicting viewpoints need to be discussed/debated
- about the approaches used within society to resolve conflicts/issues
- that people's values and attitudes affect their views on contemporary issues
- to communicate in ways appropriate to a particular task
- to identify and describe the process of decision-making
- to listen for a specific purpose identifying issues and ways of reaching resolution (NSE)
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Section 3: Is the Amazon rainforest being developed or destroyed? (preparation)
Children should learn:
- to use the internet and CD-ROMs to investigate a particular viewpoint
- to communicate in different ways appropriate to the task and audience, including by using ICT
- to work together in groups,
coordinating their activities
- to select evidence from the internet and present it using appropriate techniques
- to explore the idea of sustainable development and recognise its implications for different people, places and environments
- about how conflicting demands on an environment arise
- that different values and attitudes affect their views on an issue
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Section 4: Is the Amazon rainforest being developed or destroyed? (mock public meeting)
Children should learn:
- to present a point of view to an audience using a variety of appropriate methods, including ICT
- to debate an issue 'in character', representing a particular viewpoint
- to develop their decision-making skills
- to appreciate how their own values and attitudes affect their views on an issue
- to make a formal presentation appropriate to their audience (NSE)
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Section 5: How can the Amazon rainforest be developed in a sustainable way?
Children should learn:
- to compare the way information is presented in different forms (NSE)
- to explore the idea of sustainable development and recognise its implications for different people, places and environments, and for their own lives
- to identify opportunities for sustainable development and to evaluate different sustainable development projects
- to recognise issues of global citizenship
- to clarify and develop their own values, and their attitudes towards certain issues
- to use the internet to find information/evidence
- to communicate in different ways, including by using ICT
- that different places are interdependent, and about the idea of global citizenship
- about the causes and effects of population change in two regions of Brazil, including migration
- to identify differences in levels of development within a country, and evaluate the effects of these differences on people's quality of life
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Section 6: What is our role in a sustainable future?
Children should learn:
- what being a global citizen means
- that local actions can have global implications (interdependence)
- that many of the issues raised in citizenship have a global dimension
- to clarify their own values, and their attitudes towards a local issue
- to communicate in ways appropriate to a particular task and audience
- that different places are interdependent, and about the idea of global citizenship
- to identify ways in which they can help manage environments sustainably
- to select and present information clearly and comprehensively, using appropriate methods (NSE)
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