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Citizenship at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)
Unit 11: Why is it so difficult to keep the peace in the world today?
Section 6: Why is it so difficult to keep the peace?
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Objectives |
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- to recall, prioritise and select information
- to communicate knowledge and understanding using appropriate techniques
- to negotiate and decide on school-based activities
- to organise and present information using appropriate devices and methods (NSE)
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Activities |
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- Explain to pupils that the final task is designed to draw on both their knowledge of the conflict and the skills and understanding they have gained by using the media as a source of information.
- Working in groups, pupils prepare a briefing paper for a journalist who is just starting work on the conflict. The journalist needs a clear summary of the current position and sufficient background knowledge to understand how it has arisen. She also needs guidance on how to research future developments. She feels uncertain about her new role and needs to be told why events in other parts of the world matter to people in Britain.
- Pupils should be encouraged to select their own form of presentation, as well as to determine its content. Forms of presentation could include ICT, for example, PowerPoint.
- The teacher follows the presentations with a class discussion on 'Where do we go from here?' The class decides whether and how to follow up the study and develop their knowledge of this and other world events. Pupils agree roles, responsibilities and timescales, as well as deciding who should be included, eg class tutor. The class could delegate responsibility to a small group to monitor the media for a few months and report back at significant points.
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- display knowledge of the historical context and background of the current crisis
- produce a clear summary, making use of appropriate dates and terms
- contribute to a group discussion
- negotiate, decide and take part responsibly in a school-based follow-up activity
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Points to note |
- This section is designed to draw together the unit, but also to help pupils to reflect on what they have learnt and consider how they might use their skills and knowledge in a similar context.
- The presentations could be made to other pupils, for example, through a school assembly, or to a community group.
- The final activity allows pupils to make collective and individual decisions about how they could apply what they have learnt in future contexts. The links with the class tutor reinforce the application of learning to other contexts. It might lead, for example, to a decision to support a particular charity.
- Link with key skills: communication, working with others, improving own learning and performance.
- Link with thinking skills: reasoning, evaluation.
- Link with NSE: year
7 Wr13, year
8 Wr10, year
9 Wr12.
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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
moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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