Boris Johnson Resigns! Assembly, Tutor Time, Citizenship, Whole School

This is a 10-15 minute narrated assembly or Citizenship tutor time session on the no-confidence vote regarding Boris Johnson on 8th June 2022. This was to inform the students about what was going on in government, teach them about democracy and give room for debate. This could easily be lengthened to an hour’s lesson by holding a more formal debate.

It is suitable for KS3-KS5 (Ages 11-18, Years 7-13, Grades 6-12) and can be used as an assembly or part of the Citizenship, PSHE, FBV, SMSC or tutor time programmes.

This session contains:

• What happened on 7th July
• What has been happening the last few days to lead up to this decision
• What resignation means
• Positive aspects of his government
• 5 clearly explained reasons as to why Boris is in this position
• Definition of a chief whip#
• Information about what happens next and a leadership contest
• Discussion about next Prime Minister
• Boris’ speech downloaded as a video clip showing his resignation which will never disappear
• A debate slide about whether Boris Johnson should leave his role as Prime Minister immediately or wait until the Autumn
• A slide about other news that is going on including links to other news sites
• Extra links for students to look at in their own time (great for online provision)
• Link to a weekly quiz online
• Quotes, dual coding, discussion tasks and logos throughout

This session is narrated but this can easily be changed by deleting the icon on each slide if you would prefer it not narrated.

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