Activity involving creating a simplified society, choosing what people can have free access to, how to distribute the overall wealth of the society and what skills should be rewarded the most/least. Also children need to think about how they will earn/collect money from people in society to fund the services they want to provide for free, introducing the concept of taxation.
This task could be covered over a longer time period which explores which skills are essential to society and how to best reward people within those roles.
It links to British values as children can compare their society to Britain and reflect on what they might do differently. The task also encourages discussion between children and acceptance of other people’s ideas which may differ.
Children love completing this task, and it helps them have a secure understanding of how society runs. They are also very good at spotting potential problems and coming up with solutions to solve them, working together as a team.
British Values
Ranking the most and least important needs for a person to thrive including education, a house, a phone and access to medication. Promotes discussions about what we value in society and what is really important.
Activity where children decide the most essential values to live by in society down to the least. The values include honesty, bravery and looking good. Can be related to class and school rules, or laws in society.
Creating your own society - a longer challenge where children set up and organise their own society assigning a monetary value to different jobs, deciding what services should be expensive and what should be available for free. Also covered is how children can raise money to provide free things which introduces the idea of tax.
All activities can be linked together to cover understanding of money, ethical values, British values and government.