Citizenship at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)
Unit 17: School linking
Section 4: What does 'community' mean?
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Objectives |
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- about the concept of community, and its importance as a social structure throughout the world
- about the implications of living in a global community
- to assemble ideas and use a range of presentational devices to disseminate them (NSE)
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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- Hold a brainstorming session on what is meant by the term 'community'. Consider a range of communities: class, school, local, regional, national, European, Commonwealth, global and religious. How does the class community connect to the partner school's community? Do any of the class's actions impact on them, or vice versa?
- Ask pupils how they would present an accurate image of their community. Discuss the different methods they could use to do this, and then present the information to the partner school.
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- are aware of their role within various communities, as well as their rights and responsibilities as global citizens
- recognise the diversity of their communities
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Points to note |
- This section links with introductory unit 1 'Citizenship
- what's it all about?'.
- Pupils in the partner school should be working on a similar profile of their community, and the findings should be exchanged.
- The success of this activity depends on the partner schools agreeing to carry it out in a way that is relevant to both, so good planning by teachers on each side of the link is important. Always allow plenty of time for the exchange of information, and be sensitive to your partner school and do not make unreasonable requests.
- Link with geography: knowledge and understanding about
places 3b, 3d; unit 12 'Images
of a country', unit 20
'Comparing countries'.
- Link with ICT: opportunity to develop ICT skills by presenting material to the partner school.
- Link with RE: looking at the role of religion in developing and sustaining a sense of community, locally and globally.
- Link with NSE: year
7 Wr2, year
9 Wr4.
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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
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