Year 7 - Citizenship
Are you getting your right to accurate and reliable information?
What rights should all children have?
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces what rights we are all entitled to and how citizens can protect their rights. Pupils look in more depth at the right to health and the right to accurate information.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain ways to make sure you am getting accurate and reliable information and why this is important.
Key Notes
- Article 17 of the UNCRC makes sure children have the right to accurate and reliable information.
- This right says that the Government is responsible for promoting child-friendly media and protecting them from harm.
- Reliable information helps people exercise their rights, participate in decisions and make informed choices.
- Children accessing media often encounter misinformation, disinformation and malinformation.
- Evaluating, cross-checking, analysing, using logic and critical thinking skills are vital for spotting misinformation.
Vocabulary To Learn
- right: something we are guaranteed by law
- information: knowledge communicated concerning a particular fact or subject, often presented to us in the media
- reliable information: knowledge communicated about a particular fact or subject, often presented to us in the media, that can be trusted, believed and verified with external sources
- reliable: something which is able to be trusted, believed and verified
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- We can easily tell when information is unreliable and inaccurate.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Article 17 of the UNCRC makes sure children have the right to accurate and reliable information. This right says that the Government is responsible for promoting child-friendly media and protecting them from harm.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'right'
something we are guaranteed by law.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: We can easily tell when information is unreliable and inaccurate. Correction: There are several ways that misinformation can convince us that untruths are real without us always realising.
More Lessons In This Unit
- How do we protect the right to health? Study Guide
- How well are children's rights protected and supported in the UK? Study Guide
- What can we do as citizens to protect the rights of others? Study Guide
- What does the right to education really mean? Study Guide
- What rights are children entitled to? Study Guide
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