Year 7 - Citizenship
How do identities change?
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 identities change over time.
Key Notes
- Belonging to a group can give you a sense of safety and security and it helps form your identity.
- Identities can change over time for many reasons, including personal choice, experiences, influences and life events.
- Some parts of our identity are fixed including genes inherited by our parents, e.g. eye colour and facial features.
- Countries' identities can also change. The United Kingdom has changed its identity many times over the years.
Vocabulary To Learn
- identities: who people are, or the qualities of a person or group that make them different from others
- belonging: the feeling of security and support when there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion, and identity for a member of a certain group
- United Kingdom: an island country that sits north-west of mainland Europe. It is made up of mainland Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) and the northern part of the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland)
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Belonging to a group can give you a sense of safety and security and it helps form your identity. Identities can change over time for many reasons, including personal choice, experiences, influences and life events.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'identities'
who people are, or the qualities of a person or group that make them different from others.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. Correction: Ireland is a separate country that gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1922, but Northern Ireland is part of the UK.
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