Year 8 - Citizenship
How can we take responsible action on global problems?
What can we do about global problems?
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Unit Summary
Using a range of case studies from human rights to fracking and climate action, pupils consider how they can take responsible action to tackle some of the challenges currently facing society.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain the actions taken by changemakers, global organisations and NGOs to address global issues and how to take responsible action.
Key Notes
- Being an active citizen means engaging in democracy and making a positive impact through responsible action.
- Changemakers, global organisations and NGOs can all take responsible action to tackle global problems.
- There are lots of examples of actions we can take to tackle global problems, individually or through collective action.
- Examples of actions include peacful protests, petitioning, boycotting, educating yourself and rasising awarness.
Vocabulary To Learn
- active citizen: a person who actively takes responsibility, becomes involved in areas of public concern and tries to make a positive difference in their community
- responsible action: doing something to to bring about change that does not harm others or cause damage
- changemaker: someone who wants to change the world and, by gathering knowledge, skills and resources brings about change through their deliberate actions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- As an individual, I am not responsible for taking action on global issues.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Being an active citizen means engaging in democracy and making a positive impact through responsible action. Changemakers, global organisations and NGOs can all take responsible action to tackle global problems.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'active citizen'
a person who actively takes responsibility, becomes involved in areas of public concern and tries to make a positive difference in their community.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: As an individual, I am not responsible for taking action on global issues. Correction: You can make a difference by being an active citizen and taking responsible action.
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