Card Sort: Should Britain introduce a National Identity Card?

This fun and interactive lesson looks at the controversy surrounding the debate on whether Britain should introduce a national identity card or voter ID cards. The main activity focuses around card sort of the key issues, which is followed up with a class continuum voting activity using post it notes. This can then be further consolidated or extended with a student speech writing task arguing either one side or the other. I have included a template, a literacy mat and a peer assessment task to help facilitate this.

When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a 14 slide PowerPoint Presentation which includes aims, objectives, starters, plenaries, tasks, activities, information slides on the debate surrounding the introduction of a national identity card. You will also be able to download a one page Word Document which includes instructions, activities, questions, two heading cards labeled ‘Arguments For’ and ‘Arguments Against’, as well as eighteen information cards which can be cut out and sorted or annotated with a key. I have also uploaded both documents as PDFs, just in you don’t have Microsoft Office.

For further information, please see the preview. The aims and objectives for this lesson are:

Theme: British Values
Know: What are the arguments for and against having a national identity card?
Understand: Why are national identity cards historically unpopular in Britain?
Evaluate: Should Britain introduce a national identity card scheme?
Skills: Compare & Contrast, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration

WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: the arguments for and against having a national identity card?
Can You Explain: Why are national identity cards unpopular historically in Britain?
Can You Evaluate: Should Britain introduce a national identity card scheme?

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Roy