Year 7 - Citizenship
How are communities changing?
What are our identities and our communities?
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces pupils to the concepts of identities and communities and how these change over time and contexts.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how and why communities have changed over time.
Key Notes
- Early communities changed dramatically throughout different time periods in history for a variety of reasons.
- Politics, the economy and demography are three important reasons why communities change.
- Communication has become easier and more efficient with technological advances, having a positive impact on communities.
- Migration changes communities because people from different places move to another, bringing different traditions.
- Communities will continue to change with the advancement of technology and changes in politics, economy and demography.
Vocabulary To Learn
- communities: groups of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
- change: an act or process through which something becomes different
- migration: the movement of people from one place to another, for example, moving from one country to another
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Communities do not change and stay the same, regardless of the people in them.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Early communities changed dramatically throughout different time periods in history for a variety of reasons. Politics, the economy and demography are three important reasons why communities change.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'communities'
groups of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Communities do not change and stay the same, regardless of the people in them. Correction: Communities will always change due to many reasons including migration, politics, demography and the economy.
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