School Level: Secondary 2

June 16, 2015

Lesson 1: Wants and needs: what is important to me?

Students learn to distinguish between what they want and what their basic needs are Learning objectives The students learn that their individual wants –…

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June 14, 2015

Exercise 7.3. – Questionnaire on attitudes to change

Educational objectives The students can reflect their personal attitudes and express them freely. The students can listen to other students, regardless of…

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Exercise 7.2. – My feelings about dictatorship

Educational objectives The students can define and judge elements of democracy and dictatorship. The students can make a deliberate choice of values…

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Exercise 7.1. – The wall of silence

Educational objective The students become aware of their concepts of democracy. Resources Pieces of flipchart paper fixed to the wall and markers…

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Chapter 7 – Taking part in politics

Introduction The picture shows a man and a woman, supported by a girl and a boy, advocating their causes in public. The…

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Exercise 6.3. – If I were a magician

Educational objectives The students are encouraged to create meaningful visions. A person without utopian visions is confined to accepting the status quo….

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Exercise 6.2. – Attitudes to power5

Educational objectives The students can distinguish between concepts of power and their implications for democracy and human rights. The students develop active…

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Exercise 6.1. – Basic concepts of political thought

Educational objectives The students understand the values that implicitly guide political argument and debate and that some of these values support human…

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Chapter 6 – Understanding political philosophy

Introduction The picture shows a boy and a giri facing each other. They are showing each other a cube with symbols that…

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Exercise 5.5. – Perspectives on justice

Educational objectives The students understand that there can be different perspectives on issues of justice. The students develop an understanding of the…

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