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Citizenship at key stage 4    (Year 10/11)

Unit 01: Human rights

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Links with other subjects

In this section, references are made to the programme of study if there is one at key stage 4, or to the subject specific criteria on which GCSE courses are based. Some of these links have been included in the 'Points to note' section to illustrate these opportunities.

English: En1 1a, 1b, 2a, 3a, 3b 10a, 10b; En2 4a; En3 1e, 1g, 1l, 1m in the programme of study

History: GCSE content, including areas of modern world history (Nazi Germany, the USSR, Northern Ireland, apartheid in South Africa)

Geography: GCSE criteria: places, their interdependence and global citizenship using a wide range of sources of evidence (3.1iii); using enquiry (3.1x)

RE: GCSE specifications for religious studies and other agreed syllabuses for RE cover human rights and related issues. They also deal with questions of religious and ethical belief, and teachings about the nature of human beings and society, our obligations to one another, and justice. Some cover particular individuals who have promoted human rights, such as Gandhi

PSHE: 3a, 3c, 4g in the non-statutory guidelines


Sections in this unit

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.
1. What are human rights and what do we think about them?
2. How did human rights agreements come about? What is the European Convention on Human Rights? What happens when human rights are denied?
3. Why are human rights important in society today?