What do we want to achieve?
You will need to establish some class, group or individual goals or learning outcomes when planning your scheme of work. If you are looking at a topical issue, such as Iraq, it is helpful for you, the teacher, to look at the curriculum requirements of PSHE or citizenship or other relevant subjects to see which aspects you might be able to cover.
As a result of the baseline activity or as part of a follow-up discussion you can also find out what the pupils would like to know and do. They or you can keep a note of these or write them onto a poster for reference later.
Click on a link below for a list which outlines the major areas of curriculum content covered in a study of citizenship and PSHE at key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2) from Auditing Citizenship: a citizenship and PSHE curriculum audit for KS1 and 2 (adapted from DEC/SY, 2002).
Curriculum content areas
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Curriculum content areas
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You can use this list as a launch, and write three or four key goals or learning outcomes for knowledge and understanding and for skills. Keep a note for assessment purposes later. Having decided on your outcomes you will need to plan the activities.
When planning these, don't forget that there are various techniques which you may use, such as:
- planning a talk or presentation;
- designing a display or website;
- producing resources for younger pupils;
- demonstrating skills through role play or simulations;
- writing articles for school or local newspapers;
- recording an interview with community members.
The activity on the right shows how you can include an element of the global dimension when planning for your classroom activities.
Activity Resources:
- Images
- Interactive
- Sound
- Text
- Video
Activity
- Choose one or two activities for your class. Then click on the Text icon and fill in the checklist 'Topic planning: the global dimension' (adapted from Steiner, 1993, p. 65) to identify elements of the global dimension within these activities.
- Now plan and carry out the activities and evaluate their success. You may wish to click on the Text icon and use the 'Lesson evaluation' (adapted from Steiner, 1993, p. 44) to help you do so.
