Citizenship - KS3
Here are some pages based on the requirements of the new curriculum introduced September 2014.
Unit 1 Citizenship - what's it all about?
- discussion on issues that affect society
- discover the range of jobs that people undertake to help us and society
- pupils are encouraged to research and debate topical issues
Unit 2 Crime
- the prevention of crime is important in protecting the interests of the welfare of the citizens or subjects
Unit 3 Human rights
Human rights refer to universal rights of human being regardless of jurisdiction or religion.
Unit 4 Britain - a diverse society
Britain is a society made up of ethnicities, cultures and languages.
Unit 5 How the law protects animals - a local-to-global study
Pythagoras has been called the first animal rights philosopher and urged respect of animals.
Unit 6 Government, elections and voting
To vote in a UK General Election, people must be:
- 18 or over
- be a British citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland
- not be subject to any legal incapacity to vote.
Unit 7 Local democracy
The term democracy appeared in Ancient Greek political and philosophical thought. Pupils can learn about their local democracy through reading local newspapers and BBC news programs.
Unit 8 Leisure and sport in the local community
Sport plays an important part in helping us keep healthy and enjoy communication and friendship with other like minded people.
Unit 9 The significance of the media in society
Media keeps us up to date with current events, weather predictions and significant items happening locally. Television gives us graphic pictures of these events, breaking news stories, sport results and other happenings in all parts of the world.
Unit 10 Debating a global issue
The world faces a rapidly approaching global crisis due to the loss of Tropical rain forests.
Unit 11 Why is it so difficult to keep peace in the world today?
Peacekeeping was developed as a way to help keep countries at peace and to avoid suffering. It is difficult to fulfil this peace as nations do not always agree and wars still unfortunately happen.
Unit 12 Why did women and some men have to struggle for the vote in England? What is the point of voting today?
People struggled for the right to vote as a democratic means of arriving at an outcome which was selected by the majority of people. The same happens today as we vote for the candidate which the majority of people feel is the best result for their community..
Unit 13 How do we deal with conflict?
Unit 14 Developing skills of democratic participation
The European Union is a unique partnership in which countries work closely together for the benefit of citizens
Unit 15 Crime and safety awareness - a whole school multi-agency approach
Unit 16 Celebrating human rights - citizenship activities for the whole school
The Millennium Goals were eight specific goals to be met by 2015. The Central Criminal Court in England is the Old Bailey.
Unit 17 School linking
School linking provides pupils and teachers in both partners schools with valuable learning experiences.
Unit 18 Developing your school grounds
Students given opportunities to help design school grounds develop leadership skills, team work and responsibility.
Unit 19 Assessing progress and recognising achievement at the end of KS3
Unit 20 What's in the public interest?
Unit 21 People and the environment
Students learn different ways the media covers topical issues, problems and events and the effect this can have on our understanding and opinion of them.
