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Abortion, GM Foods & Genetic Engineering - PSHE unit

Abortion, GM Foods & Genetic Engineering 7 fully resourced educational lesson packs focusing on Debating Topical issues - what opportunities there are and what it means today in practice - from the school to the workplace, to wider society. ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ All lesson packs are complete with a detailed PowerPoint explaining each topic with url video links & questions and clear learning objectives. Everything is fully editable so you can adapt the content to suit your students in your school. **Contents of this Debating Topical issues lesson bundle:** Space Colonisation Abortion GM Foods Biological Weapons Genetic Engineering or Cloning Population Control How to debate and have meaningful discussions **Each Lesson Pack Contains:** 1 Fully Editable Careers PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning) Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker) The lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint, variety of student facing tasks and comprehension tasks These resources have been designed to be engaging, informative and pick up and teach. **Detailed breakdown of the lesson aims for this unit are:** What is a Pressure group? What types of pressure group are there? What do pressure groups do? What can they achieve?What is the Bank of England?What does it do and how does it keep things running smoothly?Can you pick out current problems with finance in our society?What is the media? What is freedom of speech What are the advantages and disadvantages of a free media? What role does social media play?What is the civil service?What areas of the civil service are there?What jobs are there within the civil service?What is the difference between an election and a referendum?What are the advantages and disadvantages of referendums?Can you create your own with detailed arguments for and against?What is a Trade Union?Why do Trade Unions exist?How do Trade Unions help workers ensure their protected characteristics are upheld?What is active Citizenship?How can we be Active Citizens?How could we get over our perceived barriers to becoming Active Citizens?To know what pressure groups are, the pros and cons of what they do and the main ones in the UK **Key Words covered in this unit** Pressure group Insider Outsider Direct action Inflation Deflation Institute Stable Secure financial Media Social Media Advantages Disadvantages communication Civil service Independent Government impartial Referendum Brexit Democracy Election Parliament Government Trade Union Striking Protected Characteristics Inflation Peasants Landowners Empowered Motivated Inspired Drive Know how Persuasive, Policy, Lobby, Petition, Leafleting **Why not check out some of our latest PSHE super bundles below:** [Personal Finance as a young adult](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12767773) [Online Safety + Staying Safe](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12767785) [Y12 Survival Kit - Personal Safety ](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12767783) [Y11 Survival Kit - Revision + Exam Stress ](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/y11-survival-kit-revision-and-exam-stress-12410378) [British Values Explored Bundle](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12767791) [PSHE - Debating Topical Issues ](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12767789) [Society, Body Image + Peer Pressure ](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12767794) [Finance Risk + Online Safety ](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12767796)