Below are 16 lessons that I have created and used to teach Human Rights for GCSE Citizenship. They can also be used for a non-GCSE Key stage 4 programme.
The lessons can be taught as stand-alone lessons or lessons within a Politics scheme of work, which, if they are, are designed to be taught in the order they appear below.
Each lesson contains:
- Aims.
- Objectives.
- Resources (the handouts are underneath the learning activities).
- Learning Activities.
Lesson contents:
- Introduction: 1 lesson.
- Global warming: 2 lessons.
- Raising awareness of global warming: 3 lessons.
- Sustainable Development: 1 lesson.
- Globalisation: 2 lessons.
- Sweatshops: 1 lesson.
- LEDC debt: 2 lessons.
- The United Nations: 2 lessons.
Some of the lesson activities refer to pages in the Collins Edexcel GCSE textbook ‘Citizenship Today’ by Jenny Wales.
Lesson 1: Introduction.
Aim. To learn prior knowledge peers have on the unit question and topics to be studied.
Lesson 2-3 Global Warming.
Aim. To find out the causes and consequences of Global Warming as research to teach others.
Lesson 4-6 Raising Awareness of Global Warming.
Aim. To educate our peers on the importance of, and how to, recycle.
Lesson 7: Sustainable Development.
Aim. To find a solution to the world’s energy problems.
Lessons 8-9: Sustainable Tourism.
Aim. To solve tourism problems in Kamakura, Japan using sustainable development.
Lessons 10-11: Globalisation.
Aim: To look at the pros and cons of Globalisation and its effect on our lives.
Lesson 12: Sweatshops.
Aim: To understand the conditions of sweatshops and debate whether to boycott companies who use them.
Lessons 13-14: LEDC Debt.
To compare LEDCs with MEDCs and to decide whether LEDC debt should be cancelled.
Lessons 15-16: The United Nations.
Aim. To research, inform and learn about the main parts of the UN and The UK’s role in it.