NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL POLITICS-LESSON 1Fill in the blanks below to find out what a democracy is.

Must Identify what is meant by ‘democracy’ Should Understand how political parties are part of a democracy. Could Consider why political parties are important in a democracy

C-Consider if all rights are absolute B- Understand that rights of different people have to be balanced A- Evaluate different rights against each other

Timeline for students to fill in and keep as a revision aid on Human Rights Declarations.

Task: Use the letters P, SL and E and label boxes to explore the UN Convention of Children's Rights.

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

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.

Worksheet using images to discuss students perceptions and preconceptions of people and race and racism.

• Learning Objectives: To produce a draft plan for a community cohesion programme and present to class.

Must: Be able to understand that Britain is a diverse nation. • Should: Be able to demonstrate the positive promotion of community cohesion. • Could: Be able to justify ways of promoting community cohesion.

Cards to inspire discussion around multiculturalism and racism using buzzwords.

Learning Objectives: To produce a speech arguing for and against immigration

What are human rights? What do they consist of?

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.

By the end of the lesson you… MUST understand the controversies of immigration SHOULD consider the push and pull effects of migration COULD have evaluated the extent to which people have the right to migrate

Scheme of Work / teaching guide on Environmental Issues for Government and Politics

A Lesson for government and politics students investigating the criticisms of the United Nations and it's effects.

Notes on the Constitution

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