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Citizenship at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)
Unit 16: Celebrating human rights - citizenship activities for the whole school
Section 2: How can we plan our activities?
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Objectives |
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- to engage in human rights education with both staff and other pupils - identifying interests and concerns, planning and delivering/facilitating events
- to use talk to develop thinking about complex issues (NSE)
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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Children: |
- Set up a planning group of pupils and staff - pupils elect representatives from
each class.
- At a meeting of the planning group, discuss suggestions made by pupils and determine which ideas can be incorporated into Human Rights Day events. The meeting could be chaired by pupils. Agree who should coordinate tasks such as investigating the availability of partners from other organisations and the wider community, and identifying individuals from within the school to lead specific aspects of the day's events. The planning group divides responsibilities between year/class groups. Representatives report back to pupils and staff, and within classes they negotiate and plan responsibilities and activities.
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- demonstrate effective team-working
- increase their awareness of organisations that support human rights
- engage in active decision-making
- demonstrate negotiating skills
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Points to note |
- Choose appropriate partners, eg Amnesty International,
The Refugee Council, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, Action Aid, Muslim Aid, Christian
Aid. Local partners might include Victim Support, the Police, faith groups,
the local council, the Youth Service, Magistrates. See also www.communitypartners.org.uk
(the CSV online database of voluntary organisations). Teachers with relevant
subject expertise may also be helpful.
- See the Teacher's
guide for details of how to involve pupils in organising and running
an event.
- Support pupils who have not already been taught negotiating
and decision-making skills.
- Link with NSE: year year
7 S&L12, year
8 S&L10, year
9 S&L10.
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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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