Students will explore a number of processes in all lessons, including engaging with and reflecting on ideas, beliefs and values (2.1a), researching the issues (2.1b) and considering the sources they use, and have relied on in the past, to build their understanding and attitudes towards recycling (2.1c).
As they participate, they will have a number of opportunities, especially in Lesson 5 and the Project, to reflect on the progress they have made and what they have learnt (2.3d).
The materials support the following range and content at key stage 3:
- The rights and responsibilities of citizens (3a)
- The role of the law (3b)
- The role of the media and other groups in informing and influencing their opinions (3d)
- The actions they can take, and that other groups and organisations can take (3e)
- The needs of their local community (3g)
- The world as a global community (3k)
Specific citizenship opportunities in individual lessons
The curriculum links section provides an at-a-glance overview of the curriculum components that each activity delivers.
In the lesson plans, the relevant components are found in the Learning Outcomes table. Within the delivery notes, each icon is followed by the activity that delivers the curriculum component.
Citizenship curriculum links overview
The following table show you how each lesson can deliver concepts and processes in Citizenship at key stage 3. You can find more detail in each lesson plan.
|1.1b What is fair and unfair?||*||*||*|
|1.2a Rights and Obligations||*||*||*|
|1.2c Balancing rights with obligations||*||*||*|
|1.3c Consider the interconnections between the UK and the rest of the world||*||*||*|
|2.2a Expressing opinions||*||*||*||*|
|2.2b Communicating an argument||*||*||*||*|
|2.2c Justifying an argument and persuading others||*||*||*||*|
|2.3a Creative approaches to taking action||*|
|2.3b Take action and bring about change||*||*|
|2.3c Impacts on communities and the wider world||*||*||*|