Global Citizenship allows pupils to learn about the world around them through topic based learning. Each topic includes elements of Citizenship, Religious Education, PSHCE and British Values. The lessons are focused on developing skills such as effective discussion, co-operation with peers, justifying opinions and much more. Formal assessment takes place through evaluative questions whereby the answer requires a for, against and a conclusion that involves their opinion. Some topics also have assessed group work such as creating a campaign to make a difference.
Course Content
Year 7
AUTUMN TERM
The Island Project.
• World religions – symbols, rites of passage, key beliefs
• Democracy – Voting and electing a leader
• Wider knowledge – Laws, punishments, map drawing
Democracy
• What does an MP do?
• How do we vote?
• Political parties and parliament
SPRING TERM
Democracy
• Manifestos and campaigning
• How to hold an election
What is God?
• Why believe in God?
• Islamic, Christian and Hindu beliefs
• How people respond to God i.e. prayer, missionary work etc.
• Death and the afterlife according to Christians, Hindus and Muslims
SUMMER TERM
Ultimate truths
• How did we get here?
• Creation stories
• Where is God?
• Why are we here?
• Can science and religion work together?
• Interpreting the Bible
Year 8
AUTUMN TERM
Cultures
• Identity
• Youth culture & stereotyping
• Gangs
• Youth and religion
• Youth and gender
• Youth and the family
• Online identity
Freedom Fighters
• Suffragettes
• Nelson Mandela
• Malala Yousafzai
• French resistance
• Martin Luther King Jr.
SPRING TERM
Freedom Fighters
• Malcolm X
• ISIS
• EDL
• William Wallace
Human Rights
• What is the law?
• Stop and search
• The age of criminal responsibility
• Youth crime and justice
SUMMER TERM
Human Rights
• The case of Stephen Lawrence
• What are Human rights
• The rights of the child
• The UN
• Freedom of expression
Campaigning
• Students will then run their own campaigns to make a change in school or in the wider world
Year 9
AUTUMN TERM
Risky world
• Illness – Malaria and HIV
• FGM
• Child labour
• Blood diamonds
• Pirates
• Conflict
• Landmines
• Child soldiers
• KONY 2012
Media
• Who owns the media?
• Media & politics, religion, self and crime
SPRING TERM
Media
• Media & fame
• Social media – positives and negatives
• Social media experiments
Is our future doomed?
• Recession
• Brexit
• Trump
• North Korea
• Nuclear arms
• Extremism
• Genocide
• Designer babies
• 3rd world debt
SUMMER TERM
Relationships GCSE unit
• Family
• Parents
• Roles of men and women in society
• Marriage
• Homosexuality
• Divorce
• Sexual relationships
• Contraception