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GA Citizenship Working Group
GA Annual Conference17th April 2009
Manchester
Teaching Citizenship through Geography:Citizens in Society
Key Questions
• How are the ‘active citizen’ and ‘society’ narrated in the geography and citizenship curricula?
• What can we learn from social policies which promote active citizenship?
• How can political and social geography help us to better understand the relationship between individual and social responsibility?
• How can these concepts be explored through classroom activities in geography?
Citizenship: how responsible are we?
Learning Objectives• to consider active citizenship and personal responsibility as contested concepts• to explore different scales of responsible citizenship and different ways of being responsible (individual/collective/political action)
Activities
• Topical news stories – responsibility for issues; what causes these problems, how are these causes interrelated?
• Emotional mapping and photo analysis – responsibility for places
• Mystery: Jack’s identity – responsibility for data protection, environment, global interdependence
What is citizenship?
• On the sheet are some newspaper headlines about citizenship.
• Group the headlines into categories and complete the key.
• KS3/4: what categories did you come up with? How many ways could you group these headings?
• What is citizenship? – whole-group discussion
KS2 / SEN – use the key provided
KS3 / KS4 – come up with your own groupings and complete the key
What is citizenship?Citizenship as a set of behaviours or acts, and rights and responsibilities can be explored in many different social spheres, such as finance, environment, planning, health, crime.
Is citizenship also more thank how people behave and the moral choices they make? (i.e. a cultural sense of belonging, a legal status, a response to others?)
What are the limits of personal responsibility?
Are we individually responsible for the future of the planet?
What is the difference between an active citizen and an activist citizen?
Who is responsible?
KS2 / SEN• Photo analysis
activity
KS3 / KS4• Mystery
activity
Complete the sheet by answering the questions about the photographs. Work in pairs or small groups and discuss your feelings about the photos.
Cut out the mystery cards to solve the question ‘Why was Jack’s identity stolen?’ Extension questions are at the bottom of the sheet for discussion.
Who is responsible?
KS2 / SEN Photo analysis activity
How does this place make you feel?
How would the time of day or people you are with change how you feel about it?
Who is responsible for this place?
Who is responsible?
KS2 / SEN Photo analysis activity
How does this place make you feel?
How would the time of day or people you are with change how you feel about it?
Who is responsible for this place?
Who is responsible?
KS2 / SEN Photo analysis activity
How does this place make you feel?
How would the time of day or people you are with change how you feel about it?
Who is responsible for this place?
KS3 / KS4 Mystery activity
Why was Jack’s identity stolen?
Feedback through whole-class discussion and make links between the events on the cards
Who was responsible for Jack’s identity being stolen?At what stage in the chain could the theft have been prevented?How could this issue be solved?Who should be responsible?
Who is responsible?
Who is responsible?
KS2 / SEN• Photo analysis activity
KS3 / KS4• Mystery activity
Follow-up with a whole class discussion on the findings.
Plenary: solutions to the problems, and who should be responsible for them.
Follow-up with a whole class discussion, using the questions at the bottom of the sheet.
Plenary: solutions to the problems identified, and who should be responsible for them.
Who is responsible?
KS2 / SEN• Photo analysis activity
KS3 / KS4• Mystery activity
Taking it further
• emotional mapping activity of the local area (fieldwork) and then planning local solutions
Taking it further
• Discussion of decisions made at different levels: personal, local, government, external companies (spatial); levels of trust/ responsibility
•Exploration of our own place in the world as global citizens
Emotional mapping – example activity
• Write your name on the sticky note
• On the front of the sticky note write a list of 10 things which you saw on the way to school this morning
Activity 1
• Draw a map of your journey to school using the hand you don’t normally write with (to prevent time-consuming drawing)
• Think about the things you saw during your journey.
• Use the list on your sticky note to help you
Activity 2
• Design a key to show how you felt at various points along your journey.
• Use the key to mark on your feelings at 10 points on your map.
Example Key
Happy
Sad
Angry
Surprised
Activity 2
• Design a key to show how you felt at various points along your journey.
• Use the key to mark on your feelings at 10 points on your map.
Activity 3
• Write a sentence to explain the reasons for your feelings at each point you have labelled on the map.
• For example: When I left my house I felt …………
because……………• How would different people feel at
these points?
What can be done about the negative parts of my journey? Who is responsible? How can we campaign for change?
www.geocitizen.org.uk • See lesson ideas and useful links from our
current and previous workshops on:– Voices– Designing Identity– Citizens in Society
• Share your lesson ideas with other teachers
• Showcase your students’ work on the geocitizen website
• Receive a geocitizen award and badges!• Join the CWG
Lesson resources
KS2 / SEN Starter Activity
What is citizenship?
Sort these newspaper headlines into the groups shown in the key. Colour-code each newspaper heading using the key.
Concern over the NHS becoming
privately-owned
Car-sharing lane opens on main
route into Birmingham
ASBOs – a social problem of this
century?
Local planners close ‘dangerous’ pedestrian underpass
Classical music played outside local
shops to deter ‘hoodies’
Police report increase in violence
due to binge drinking
Kensington in London has the
longest life expectancy in the
UK
Increase in the number of home
repossessions
Greenpeace concerned over
increasing air travel
Town centre identified as
burglary hotspot
Celebrity chef helps UK obesity problems
Locals fight building of wind farm
Local people fight against new
housing development
Government bans smoking in public places in England
Pensioners worried about increasing winter fuel bills
Local council offers prizes for top
recyclersCrime
Finance (money)
Planning
Health
Environment
KS3 / KS4 Starter Activity
What is citizenship?
Sort these newspaper headlines into categories. You will have to decide on the categories and complete the key. Colour-code each heading using your key.
Concern over privatisation of the
NHS
Car-sharing lane opens on main
route into Birmingham
ASBOs – a social problem of this
century?
Local planners close ‘dangerous’ pedestrian underpass
Classical music played outside local
shops to deter ‘hoodies’
Police report increase in violence
due to binge drinking
Kensington in London has the
longest life expectancy in the
UK
Increase in the number of home
repossessions
Greenpeace concerned over
increasing air travel
Town centre identified as
burglary hotspot
Celebrity chef challenges UK
obesity problems
Locals fight construction of wind
farm
Local residents fight against new
housing development
Government bans smoking in public places in England
Pensioners concerned over
increasing winter fuel bills
Local council offers prizes for top
recyclers
How would this place make you feel?
If you were on your own…
In the daytime…
At night…
If you were with your friends…
If you were with your parents…
Who is responsible for this place?
Who is responsible for looking after this place?
Who is responsible for how this place makes you feel?
KS2 / SEN Main Activity
How would this place make you feel?
If you were on your own…
In the daytime…
At night…
If you were with your friends…
If you were with your parents…
Who is responsible for this place?
Who is responsible for looking after this place?
Who is responsible for how this place makes you feel?
KS2 / SEN Main Activity
How would this place make you feel?
If you were on your own…
In the daytime…
At night…
If you were with your friends…
If you were with your parents…
Who is responsible for this place?
Who is responsible for looking after this place?
Who is responsible for how this place makes you feel?
KS2 / SEN Main Activity
Why was Jack’s identity stolen?
Paper, plastic bottles and metal cans are collected from Jack’s house by the council every Tuesday.
A credit card receipt was found in a rubbish dump in India.
An undercover reporter found a copy of the Lichfield Mercury in a huge landfill site in India.
Lichfield District Council has one of the best recycling programmes in England.
A container full of recycling was discovered on a cargo ship being transported to India.
Greenpeace is worried that ‘recycling’ in China is actually contributing to global warming as much of the waste is actually burned.
Jack is careful to put all of his waste paper into the recycling box.
The UK Government’s targets for recycling aim to recycle 40% of household waste by 2010.
The council lorries that collect recycling take it to a huge depot where it is transferred into large containers.
Companies in India and China will pay over £100 per ton of recycling waste, where as companies in the UK only offer around £50.
An estimated one million personal shredders are sold each year as a result of public concern about identity fraud.
A national newspaper reported that some local councils are selling recycling they have colleted to companies abroad.
Every council has targets to meet for recycling, and they face fines if they do not reduce the amount of waste they send to landfill.
Jack and his family try to be environmentally friendly and recycle as much of their waste as possible.
Jack lives in Lichfield. Poor labourers in India and China are employed to sort recycling. They are paid very little.
The UK Government advises people to shred any personal documents before throwing them away to protect their identity.
Criminals can use stolen personal details to open bank accounts, obtain credit cards, loans, and other documents.
Discussion: Who was responsible for Jack’s identity being stolen?At what stage in the chain could the theft have been prevented?What is the ‘original’ cause of the problem/what is the ‘real’ problem?How could this issue be solved?Who should be responsible?
KS3 / KS4 Main Activity