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Citizenship at key stage 3    (Year 7-9)

Unit 16: Celebrating human rights - citizenship activities for the whole school

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Outcomes

Section 1: How can we celebrate Human Rights Day?
Children:
  • know what human rights are
  • identify issues for further investigation
  • identify what goes into making a special event

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Section 2: How can we plan our activities?
Children:
  • 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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Section 3: What activities shall we choose?
Children:
  • are involved in citizenship education with a wider range of subject teachers and other school staff
  • know about and understand specific human rights issues developed through enquiry and communication
  • find out about the work of local, community-based, national and international organisations
  • empathise with younger pupils' concerns and increase their own knowledge of issues through research, preparation and delivery of workshops

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Section 4: How successful was the day?
Children:
  • identify factors relating to the success of planning and organising events, and record their own contribution
  • use ICT skills and citizenship knowledge and understanding, with an awareness of their audience
  • celebrate their achievements, involving the wider community in appreciating both the issues and the event

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Sections in this unit

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1. How can we celebrate Human Rights Day?
2. How can we plan our activities?
3. What activities shall we choose?
4. How successful was the day?