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Citizenship at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 1-6)
Unit 05: Living in a diverse world
Section 4: How are we all connected?
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Objectives |
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- to find evidence that they live in an interdependent world
- that their actions affect themselves and others at a variety of levels, from a family/classroom level through to a global level
- to reflect on what they have learnt about their identities, their communities and how places in the world are interdependent
- to listen to and reflect on the words of others in the class
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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- The children investigate their links with other places. Using their clothes/toys/a basket of food from the supermarket, they devise and answer questions for an enquiry, eg Where did the items in the basket come from? Where were my clothes/toys made? What does it say on the labels/packaging? Where did the raw materials for the goods come from? What is it like in the place where the toys/clothes were made/food was grown? Show the children images of people and places in the countries identified.
- A class chart, 'Our connections', is constructed, with string or ribbons linking the location of the school with the countries identified through the labels, packaging, etc. Older children could discuss the reasons for importing food and clothing from other countries, the ways in which people in those countries depend on their trade with the UK, and how the UK depends on products and resources from other countries. The class produce artwork or poetry on the theme 'we are interdependent' or 'our global community'.
- In groups, the children review what they have learnt by showing the badges/coats of arms they made at the beginning of the unit, evaluating the class chart about ways of making others happy (are they putting their suggestions into practice?), looking again at the montage of their homes and the chart 'Our connections', and sharing their artwork and poetry about interdependence. They each choose what they think is the most important thing they have learnt, and report it to the class.
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- identify ways in which they are connected to people and places throughout the world
- understand that they belong to different groups and communities at a variety of levels, from the family/class to the 'global community'
- identify ways in which we are dependent on people in other places and they are dependent on us, and know the word 'interdependent'
- review, evaluate and communicate what they have learnt about diversity and the interdependence of the places in the world
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Points to note |
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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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