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| Accepting our differences (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Looking at social groups that are discriminated against and how that is manifested. Fun activity in which students design ad campaigns promoting the positive aspects of that group.
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| Beliefs about religion 1 (17/12/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | National, regional, ethnic and religious cultures | | Pupils look at the main beliefs of atheism and six well-known religions. They then do a group activity based around the daily lives of seven characters (each of which corresponds to one of the seven belief sets). Pupils investigate their own opinions on religion/atheism by drawing images. | | Y8 |
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| Beliefs about religion 2 (09/01/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | National, regional, ethnic and religious cultures | | Pupils explore opinions about religion’s place in society. They then match statements that summarise such opinions to different characters, and justify their decisions. In a circle-time activity, various issues are explored (e.g. the right to express opinions about religion and the (in)compatibility of differing viewpoints). | | Y8 |
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| Britishness (18/05/2009) |  | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | National, regional, ethnic and religious cultures | | Students investigate the national identity of the British. They think about what it means to be British and the meaning of patriotism. They watch a clip about the British Citizenship Test and devise a test of their own. They also write a contemporary version of the national anthem. | | Y7 | Y8 | Y9 |
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| Celebrity voices (09/05/2008) |  | 
| | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | The media and public opinion | | What responsibilities come with celebrity? How does this affect their right to freedom of speech? Probing lesson that will make students think about celebrity in a different way! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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155.1 k
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| Community partners (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Student learn about the different responsibilities of community partners through a sorting activity and debate their functions through sets of organisational statements. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Community problems and actions (19/07/2010) | |
| | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Meeting community needs | | The maturity of Year 10s is perfectly suited to this community-focused troubleshooting task. How well will each student assume the role of expert panel member? Issues such as NEET, graffiti and racial tension urgently need their expert touch! | | Y10 |
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| Diversity (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Takes a statistical look at the demographic of the UK population, particularly in relation to ethnic minorities. Students asked to compare their perceptions of diversity against figures. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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224.9 k
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| Diversity of identities (23/10/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Students explore some of the ways in which citizens’ identities differ and think about the impact that personal differences might have upon daily life. A party-planning challenge involves taking into account the needs and personalities of ten fictional Year-7 characters. | | Y7 |
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134.9 k
2,535.9 k
| Diversity of views (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Students learn to differentiate between fact and opinion. Followed by a fun role-play activity debating contentious issues in which that distinction is rather important!
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103.9 k
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| Handling local disagreements and conflicts (free sample lesson) (15/05/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Dealing with conflict | | Fun card-sort activity helps students familiarise themselves with the respective responsibilities of their local Council, the Citizen's Advice Bureau and the police. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Has devolution been good or bad for the UK? (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Systems of government | | Identify component flags of Union Jack. Matching activity containing opinions which are both pro- and anti- devolution in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Immigration (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Challenging and creative activity in which students write a diary entry for a failed asylum seeker, a teacher working with a new refugee student or an adult refugee learning to adjust. | | Y8 | Y9 |
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109.0 k
102.9 k
| Immigration and the media (10/08/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Have your Year 10s bought into the media’s negative portrayal of immigrants? Challenge stereotypes with this thought-provoking lesson about differing reactions to Britain’s diversity. | | Y10 |
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| Immigration in the UK - Lesson 1 (24/07/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | A probing start to this series of three lessons, which explores students' opinions and preconceptions about immigration into the UK. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Immigration in the UK - Lesson 2 (24/07/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | This second lesson in a series of three looks at modern multicultural Britain through demographic statistics and interviews with refugees about their experiences. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Immigration in the UK - Lesson 3 (24/07/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | This final lesson in a series of three looks at some key 'waves' of immigration into Britain and challenges students to tell the story of these waves through a fun comic-strip activity! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Immigration into the UK (07/06/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Your Year 9s will know what the papers and adults at home say about immigration. Isn’t it time they made up their own minds? Posters, speeches and a class vote will provide interesting food for thought. | | Y9 |
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| Improving our school (23/06/2010) | |
| | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Meeting community needs | | Year 8 students love to spot opportunity. Harness this through card-sorting and cartoon creation; what are your students going to do about improving your school? The wheels of change will soon be oiled! | | Y8 |
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| Introduction to community partners (20/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Meeting community needs | | Takes a look at how community partners deal with local issues through fun wordsearch and dice activities. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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854.0 k
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| Jamaica - shared values and diverse beliefs (28/05/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Students acquaint themselves with Jamaican culture's influence on the UK via a fun sorting activity, a video of the Notting Hill Carnival and making up their own poem out of Jamaican patois! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Shared values and diverse beliefs (24/07/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Students examine the positive and negative aspects of diversity through reading poetry by immigrant writers. They are then challenged to compose their own acrostic poem about diversity! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| The burka debate (04/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | National, regional, ethnic and religious cultures | | Students find out what Nicolas Sarkozy said in June 2009 about the burka, and explore the idea of banning the burka in Europe. Students reflect carefully upon the relationship between human rights and the right of Muslim women to cover up. They do so via a PowerPoint presentation, a washing line activity, and a human bar chart. | | Y10 | Y11 |
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| The changing nature of UK society (01/06/2010) | |
| | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Change is a constant process in the UK. Can your students grasp the difference between modern culture and life when their grandparents were teenagers? Lively discussion will include computing, religion and sexuality. This topical lesson is available for members only on a special preview basis. | | Y9 |
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| The end for golliwogs (27/07/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | The media and public opinion | | Students write a definition of racism and then consider racist language and images, using newspaper articles about the use of the word ‘golliwog’ and the image of golliwogs. Students also consider how it might feel to be subjected to racism. | | Y9 |
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| The Facebook generation (26/05/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Students explore the definitions of identity, cohesion and community. They engage in a class debate about the effects of modern technology upon communities and think about ways in which identity, cohesion and community are changing within the Facebook generation. | | Y9 |
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| The immigration debate (15/05/2008) |  | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Using a news video about the debate over immigration, students take a closer look at the pros/cons. Extension activity - write a think-piece advocating opposite views to their own. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| You and your area (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Identities and cohesion | | Students represent life in their area by packing a 'suitcase' full of illustrative examples. Students will look for similarities with others' suitcases and draw parallels. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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