Year 7 - Citizenship
What are communities like?
What are our identities and our communities?
Study Hub
Study Guides
This pupil-friendly study guide includes a unit summary, clear notes, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
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 the main features of a diverse and inclusive community.
Key Notes
- There are different types of diverse communities but they often share similar interests, values and traditions.
- People work hard to give equal access and opportunities and get rid of intolerance to create an inclusive community.
- There are many types of communities including social, neighbourhood and family communities.
- Everyone in the world is part of a global community.
Vocabulary To Learn
- community: a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
- diverse: when a group has people with different backgrounds, experiences & perspectives; this can be differences in nationality, ethnicity, culture, religion, language, ability, identity, interests & skills
- inclusive: being wholly part of a group and/or activity and being given equal access and opportunities
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All communities are diverse.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
There are different types of diverse communities but they often share similar interests, values and traditions. People work hard to give equal access and opportunities and get rid of intolerance to create an inclusive community.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'community'
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All communities are diverse. Correction: Communities are different depending on where they are located and the people they contain. However, in some places, communities have not seen much migration and are not diverse as a result.
More Lessons In This Unit
Browse all guides in the Year 7 Citizenship guide library.