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Citizenship at key stage 4    (Year 10-11)

Unit 12: Global issues, local action

QCA

Objectives

Section 1: What is Local Agenda 21?
Children should learn:
  • about Agenda 21 and where it originated
  • about local action plans for sustainable development (Local Agenda 21) and priorities set by the local authority
  • to devise an enquiry into local priorities and plans for sustainable development
  • about the ways in which the local authority consults young people on its policies

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Section 2: How is our community more sustainable?
Children should learn:
  • to devise a survey of use of products, services and resources to compare with the local authority's published priorities for sustainable development
  • to carry out a survey, draw conclusions and present results

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Section 3: What do we now know about local action and policies for sustainable development?
Children should learn:
  • to reflect on what they have learnt and on the process of enquiry
  • how to share their findings with the school, local community and local authority
  • how they could influence future policy
  • how the school community could participate in, and contribute to, future Local Agenda 21 priorities

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Sections in this unit

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1. What is Local Agenda 21?
2. How is our community more sustainable?
3. What do we now know about local action and policies for sustainable development?