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| A right to freedom of speech? (06/10/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Freedom of speech | | This lesson uses various controversial issues as a means of exploring the issue of freedom of speech. Students offer opinions on whether freedom of speech is always positive. | | Y10 | Y11 |
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| Amnesty International protecting UDHR (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Lesson looks at Amnesty International, their role and their logo. This could form a stand-alone lesson or follow the Introductory lesson to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Body scanners - protection or violation? (Free sample lesson) (12/05/2010) | | 
| | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | What do I know about 3D body scanners at airports? What are my opinions about them and how did I reach these opinions? This topical lesson is available to members only on a special preview basis. | | Y8 |
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| Categorising rights (14/04/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Legal rights and responsibilities | | The lesson looks at different sorts of rights and helps pupils appreciate what legal rights are.
Pupils will define a right and look at how different rights can be categorised. | | Y7 | Y8 | Y9 |
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| Consumer rights and responsibilities (free sample lesson) (30/06/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Legal rights and responsibilities | | Your students can spend money, but do they know their consumer rights? This no-writing lesson includes a Blockbusters quiz, a magnet activity and a free gift in the form of a wallet-sized Consumer Direct card! | | Y11 |
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| Different opinions about freedom of speech – lesson 1 (15/06/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Freedom of speech | | Students explore the definition of freedom of speech and find out that people have different opinions about the concept. They then explore the view that certain people with extremist views should be banned from the UK, and debate whether there should be total freedom of speech. | | Y9 |
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| Different opinions about freedom of speech: euthanasia (15/06/2009) |  | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Freedom of speech | | Students explore euthanasia in some depth: they discuss Philip Nitschke’s UK euthanasia tour and reflect upon different contexts in which euthanasia might be mentioned. Students consider euthanasia in direct relation to freedom of speech laws by debating whether people should be allowed to endorse euthanasia in public. | | Y9 |
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| Every Child Matters (19/01/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Students find out about the five components of the Every Child Matters programme through lively discussion and a role play. As a group, they then produce a colourful banner for the classroom. The lesson instils in students pride, inquisitiveness and ownership regarding the Every Child Matters agenda. | | Y7 |
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| Freedom of speech (15/05/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Freedom of speech | | Looking at the history of freedom of speech and exploring the pros and cons. Modern examples considered - including Naomi Campbell's views on size zero models! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Green homes (11/01/2010) |  | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Sustainability | | This lesson will develop students’ understanding of sustainable development. Students will consider different forms of action that individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprints in the home and consider why it is importance to raise public awareness of sustainable development. | | Y7 | Y8 | Y9 |
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| How can we live a more sustainable life? (22/06/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Sustainability | | Students explore the concept of sustainability through a TV interview (for the imaginary Green Teen TV). Through the creation of their own TV interviews, they then explore how they might lead more sustainable lives. | | Y7 |
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| How do councils meet community needs? (28/10/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Meeting community needs | | Students explore how rights and obligations are linked to local councils. They then find out how local council websites meet the needs of communities. They also discuss ways in which such websites can influence decision-making in communities. | | Y9 |
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| Human rights - Lesson 1 (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Students are challenged to distinguish between human rights and 'luxuries' with an engaging sorting activity. A fill in the gaps story from a child's p.o.v. clarifies this distinction. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Human rights - Lesson 2 (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Using a simplified version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, students are asked to imagine the consequences of scenarios in which individual rights are taken away. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Human rights - what are they? (29/06/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Students explore a simplified version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They discuss its relevance and explore the idea that human rights can lead to conflicting and competing opinions. They interview each other about their own thoughts on/experiences of human rights issues. | | Y10 |
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| Individual and group action for the environment (07/01/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Sustainability | | Students find out more about ways in which individual and group action can have a positive impact upon the environment. They have an inter-group competition based upon exploring the benefits of ‘Freecycle’ and, through circletime, discuss the benefits of individual and group action. | | Y11 |
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| Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Students learn about the UDHR, pinpointing rights they think are relevant to their own lives. Then they compare that to life in places such as Darfur, where rights are not upheld. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Legal rights (22/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Legal rights and responsibilities | | Students get to have fun by performing roleplay activities about their rights to be free of antisocial noise at home, their statutory rights and their right to a smokefree environment. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Legal rights (29/10/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Meeting community needs | | Students learn about what young people are allowed to do when and question whether parenthood, getting a job and so on should carry age restrictions. | | KS3 |
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| Making a difference to my local community - Lesson 1 (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Political rights and responsibilities | | Through this series of four lessons, students are asked to research problems in their own communities and propose improvements through a manifesto for change. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Making a difference to my school community - Lesson 1 (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Meeting community needs | | Initiating an open debate based on the question: ‘How can we make our school an even happier, safer, healthier, more pleasant place to be?’ | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Making a difference to my school community - Lesson 3 (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Meeting community needs | | Students get proactive by preparing to present their case for change to influential people and/or bodies. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Parenting (11/12/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Pupils discuss opinions about parenting and explore their own views. They consider some open-ended questions on the subject and then, within a class debate, role-play various characters that have different opinions about parenting.
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| Privacy and civil liberties (26/07/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Year 11s are often confident that they know their mind, so put them to the test with this jam-packed lesson. Your students will be surprised at the complicated relationship between privacy and civil liberties! | | Y11 |
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| Reporters' ethics (21/05/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | The media and public opinion | | Referring to the McCanns and images of the Princess Diana car crash, this probing lesson looks at ethics in journalism - when does a story go too far? | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| The media (15/05/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | The media and public opinion | | Taking the standpoint that access to the media is a basic human right, students consider how the free exchange of news impacts upon people all over the world. Includes 2 news videos. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| The media and the NHS (06/04/2009) |  | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | The media and public opinion | | Pupils decide whether or not the media have a right and/or an obligation to inform the public about NHS performance. With the NHS in mind, they also discuss bias and influence within the media.
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| The struggle for rights and freedoms in the UK (02/08/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Looking for a research-based and creative IT lesson without a PowerPoint in sight? This lesson (based on timelines, logos and much more) will see your Year 10s buzzing about rights and freedoms in no time! | | Y10 |
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| The view of the media (free sample lesson) (15/05/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | The media and public opinion | | Challenging the unspoken values and frequent distortion in media reports. Uses three videos from SKY to look at positive and negative effects of having an aggressive news agenda. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Was the UK right to welcome the King of Saudi Arabia? (09/05/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Thought-provoking lesson about human rights, in which students are asked to compare the UK and Saudi Arabia and consider whether their King should have been allowed to visit.
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| What are the causes and effects of youth crime? (Free sample lesson) (21/05/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Hardhitting lesson looks at government research on the causes of youth crime, then uses a card-sort activity to differentiate between the crime and its effects on the larger community. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| What would you take? (21/05/2008) |  |
| | | Related resources: Rights and responsibilities | Human rights and responsibilities | | Immerse students in an refugee emergency situation - if they had to pack their suitcase now, what would they take? Includes exciting Powerpoint presentation that moves the students through a series of 'newsflashes' as a state of political emergency unfolds. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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