Must: Understand what a political party is Should: Explain the reasons for why people join political parties Could: Discuss the meaning of a general election and reasons for why people should and shouldn’t vote.

Imagine there is a plan to build a supermarket on an open green space in your community. Most people don’t want this. Answer the following questions.

Must: be able to identify what the mosquito device is. level 4/5 Should: be able to investigate positive and negative arguments about the mosquito device. Level 5/6 Could: be able to evaluate the positive and negative arguments about the mosquito

Your task is to create a new set of 8 rules for school that are fair. They must be fair for everyone in the school community..... Pupils, teachers, parents, caretakers, office staff etc.

Must: C Grade Understand the importance of human right legislation Should: B Grade Identify how international bodies safeguard our human rights Could: A Grade Discuss these rights with reference to one country where they might not be guaranteed.

Students will learn why children's rights exist. They will be able to explain cases where children do not have rights. They will judge and reflect upon why children’s rights are not always protected and what can be done about this.

Notes on the Constitution

A crossword getting students to think about citizens and citizenship and what a good citizen is.

Elections and Voting System: ALL: Create your own political party MOST: Understand what is meant by the ‘first past the post’ and proportional representation’ voting system SOME: Decide which voting system is fairer and would produce a better government.

Homework/Extension People migrate to the UK from all over the world and they come for many different reasons. Some aren’t allowed to come in, some stay for a short while and some settle and start families. We are going to be looking at some case studies to see how migrants to the UK are treated.

Lesson Plan

Read an article about a teenager banned from swearing. Answer the comprehension questions.

LOs To know what anti-social behaviour is (Level 3) To understand why an ASBO is given (Level 4) To persuade teenagers against doing anti-social behaviour (Level 5)

The Age of Criminal Responsibility Writing Scaffold:I think that the age that young people should be held responsible for their crimes should be age .....

Learning Objectives: To produce a table outlining the positive and negative aspects of human rights legislation

National Government and National Politics PLTS Objective: I can discuss issues that concern me and identify possible solutions Learning Objectives: To complete tasks to find out ‘what a democracy is’

TASK: match the key words with their correct definition (2 per page)

What are human rights? What do they consist of?

Students rate a range of crimes on how serious they perceive them to be.

Questions for and against CCTV and how it might infringe or protect human rights.