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What are they like?. Veena Soni Gateshead Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service. Global citizenship. Not a national curriculum subject however relevant to every subject within it and at all key stages.
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What are they like? Veena Soni Gateshead Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service
Global citizenship • Not a national curriculum subject however relevant to every subject within it and at all key stages. • It enables teachers to deliver the values which are central to the National curriculum.
Global citizen • Is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world citizen • Respects and values diversity • Has an understanding of how the world works economically, politically, socially, culturally, technologically and environmentally
Global citizen • Participates in and contributes to the community at a range of levels from the local to the global • Is willing to act to make the world a more equitable and sustainable place • Takes responsibility for their actions
Local and global themes Theme - UnderstandingDiversity Designed to find out what extent pupils have preconceived ideas about characteristics based on race/ethnicity and gender
Learning objectives • To challenge stereotypes of people and places and offer pupils a more balanced view • To encourage pupils to focus on the similarities between people and value the common humanity shared by us all • To encourage pupils to express their own opinions and value the opinions of others
Learning objectives • To develop an understanding that people may be treated less fairly because of their race, gender, disability, sexuality, age and class • To develop in pupils a positive sense of their own identity, and a respect for the identity of others
What you need • Photos of six children/young people- 3 boys and 3 girls
What to do Look carefully at each of the photos and agree which word best describes each one and why?
Evaluation • Analyse and interpret the results before and after you have developed links
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