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Edexcel GCSE CitizenshipTwo-year course plannerThis two-year course planner has been produced in order to help you implement Edexcel GCSE Citizenship Studies in your school. It assumes two lessons per week, but we appreciate that the time that teachers have to deliver the course varies between schools. For those wishing to run the course over three years with fewer lessons, a separate course planner is available. Neither option is meant to be prescriptive and therefore they are provided in Word format in order to make adaptation as easy as possible.In this planner, Theme E ‘Taking Citizenship Action’ is placed towards the end of Year 10 and the start of Year 11. It has been sandwiched between two parts of Theme D ‘Power and influence’. This has been organised in such a way in order to ensure that students can enrich their action with an understanding of how people can effectively contribute and have influence in a democratic society. However, you should feel empowered to run Section E when you see fit and at a time where it is most appropriate to your students.If your students want to investigate a particular part of the specification or are stimulated by a topical issue, you may wish to adapt your planning and run the Citizenship Action at a different point in the course.Date w/bWeekLesson 1Lesson 2Autumn term 2016, start of Year 10Theme A: Living together in the UK5 SeptWeek 1Introduction to the courseWhat is a community? Theme A312 Sept Week 2A melting pot?Theme A1Religious understandingTheme A319 Sept Week 3Changing patternsTheme A1Study changing patterns locallyTheme A126 Sept Week 4Migration – why does it happen? (Economic refugees/asylum seekers)Theme A2Migration – advantages/disadvantagesTheme A23 Oct Week 5What is identity? Identity in the UKTheme A4What is respect? Introduction to human rightsThemes A3, A510 Oct Week 6How did human rights begin?Theme A6Human rights in the community/equality and discriminationTheme A317 Oct Week 7How can we develop community cohesion?Theme A3Can human rights conflict with each other?Theme A5Half-term24 OctWeek 8The difference between legal and moral rightsTheme A5Political rightsTheme A57 Nov Week 9Should we scrap the Human Rights Act?Theme A6Rights in the workplaceTheme A5, D214 Nov Week 10Rights and duties of citizens/rule of lawTheme A5, C2Who represents us?Theme A721 Nov Week 11Exam technique practiceHow does the council work?Theme A728 NovWeek 12What does the council do?Theme A8Identifying local problems/solutionsTheme A85 Dec Week 13Presentations and Q&A with local councillorTheme A7, A8Review and breathing space12 Dec Week 14End-of-module internal assessmentEnd-of-module internal assessment feedback and peer-markingChristmas break followed by Spring termTheme B: Democracy at work in the UK2 Jan 2017Week 15Getting elected – how does it work?Theme B1Does every vote actually count?Themes B1, B29 Jan Week 16Who shall I vote for?Theme B1Class mock-election preparationThemes B1, B216 Jan Week 17Class mock election and countThemes B1, B2Getting into powerTheme B323 Jan Week 18Forming a governmentTheme B3Exam technique practice30 Jan Week 19How are laws made?Themes B5, B6Westminster – does it need reforming?Theme B46 FebWeek 20Preparation for visit by Peers in Schools Programme or local MPThemes B4, B5, B6Q&A session led by Peers in Schools Programme or local MPThemes B4, B5, B613 FebWeek 21Apart or together? The United KingdomTheme B7How are we governed?Theme B3Half-term27 Feb Week 22Balancing the budgetTheme B8Review and breathing space6 March Week 23Review of key ideas, concepts and issuesReview of key ideas, concepts and issuesTheme C: Law and justice13 March Week 24End-of-module internal assessmentEnd-of-module internal assessment and peer-marking feedback20 March Week 25What is the point of law?Theme C1What is the law?Theme C227 March Week 26Criminal and civil law: what’s the difference?Theme C3Who puts the law into practice?Theme C43 Apr Week 27Criminal courts: how do they work and what are their functions?Theme C5How are civil disputes solved?Theme C5Easter break followed by Summer term24 Apr Week 28What sort of sentence?Theme C8Court role-play preparationTheme C81 May Week 29Court role-play presentationTheme C8Q&A with Magistrates in the CommunityTheme C48 MayWeek 30Young people and the justice systemTheme C6What’s happening to crime?Themes C4, C5, C715 May Week 31Prepare group presentations ahead of the PCC’s visit on how best to reduce youth crimeThemes C1, C3, C4, C6, C7, C822 May Week 32Q&A with local Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) presenting ideas about reducing crimeThemes C1, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8The law: a citizen’s rights and responsibilitiesTheme C2Half-term5 June Week 33Review and breathing spaceTheme D: Power and influence (Part 1)12 June Week 34How to contribute and have influence in a democratic society?Theme D1Having your say in other parts of the world: comparing democracies and dictatorshipsTheme D119 June Week 35Group presentations: case studies of individual democracies and dictatorshipsTheme D1Review and breathing spaceTheme E: Taking Citizenship Action26 JuneWeek 36Stage 1: Identify issue, form a team and carry out initial research3 July Week 3710 JulyWeek 38Stage 2: Carry out primary research (surveys, write letters, etc.)17 July Week 39Start of Summer break, end of Year 102017Autumn term, Year 114 Sept Week 40Stage 3: Review research and analyse different viewpoints held11 Sept Week 4118 Sept Week 42Stage 4: Plan action25 Sept Week 432 Oct Week 44Stage 5: Carry out action9 Oct Week 4516 Oct Week 46Stage 6: Evaluate23 Oct Week 47Half-term7 Nov Week 48How best to write about your project in the exam?Theme D: Power and influence (Part 2)14 Nov Week 49What is the media and what is its role in society?Theme D3Why should the press be free?Theme D321 Nov Week 50Sampling media, telling fact from opinion exerciseTheme D4Is the media honest and truthful, and how is it regulated?Theme D428 NovWeek 51Exam technique practiceDoes the media just report or shape public opinion?Theme D55 Dec Week 52What does the EU do (and how is it different from the Council of Europe)?Theme D6Benefits of EU membership and what its critics sayTheme D612 Dec Week 53EU simulation exercise, Part 1Theme D6EU simulation exercise, Part 2Theme D619 Dec Week 54Q&A with an MEPTheme D6The UK’s membership of the UN – is it an effective tool to end disagreements and conflicts?Themes D7, D8Christmas break followed by Spring term8 Jan 2018Week 55Revision and mock exams15 Jan Week 56Revision and mock exams22 Jan Week 57Revision and mock exams29 Jan Week 58Review of mock exam paper5 Jan Week 59Model UN role-play preparationModel UN role-play12 Feb Week 60Is there still a point to the Commonwealth?Themes D7Are NATO and the World Trade Organisation a force for good in the world?Theme D8Half-term26 Feb Week 61Optional exercise – working together: case-study research on the work of international development organisations (NGOs)Theme D85 Mar Week 62End-of-module internal assessment12 Mar Week 63Review and breathing space19 Mar Week 64Revision 26 Mar Week 65Revision2 Apr Week 66RevisionEaster break followed by Summer term23 Apr Week 67Revision 30 Apr Week 68Revision7 May Week 69Revision14 May Week 70Revision21 May Week 71RevisionHalf-term followed by examinations ................
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