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Skills: to be able to identify between real or fake news when it comes to issue on the topic / Differentiate between them

Understanding: Discussion to what prior knowledge they have. Understand the different media outlets out there.

During: Research where the information came from and it its credible

After: report back to the class

-Students would learn the difference between a Dictatorship and Communism

-Students would learn the main features of democracy and Communism and how these systems of government operate

-Who were main historical figures in these countries and the development of their system

• What are three features of each of their systems of government

• Key events that lead to the development of these systems

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-Research

-Team work

-Fact checking

-Presentation

-Editing

- Creative skills making video and animation - images, adding music etc

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To understand the difference between day to day living under these two systems. To understand the main differences between what democracy is and what communism is.

-Maybe get students to start from their own experience and look at their own country of origin first as a starting point.

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Skills: Learning how to cast a vote accurately. Opportunities for outdoor activities on how proportional representation works

Understanding: An understanding of the electoral system and the importance of voting/having a voice

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Skills: research, debate, discussions, critical thinking

Understanding: reasons behind both sides of the arguments, why changes were being proposed,

During: debate, track news coverage, statistics, discussing at home, ChatGPT, study government information, follow sources online, complete own referendum

After: analyse results, compare to own results, come up with own proposals to amend Constitution

democracy, power, human rights

Skills: debating, communicating, organizing data

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inequalities in power, the idea of 'true' democracy

During: include discussions of student council influence within the school

After: Follow up activities that exercise student power in the school environment

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