Lesson 2 - A sense of community |
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Key term: Community, a group of people who are in close contact and share common interests and values.
Key term: Neighborhood, a local area within which people live as neighbors, sharing living space and interests.
Key term: Neighborhood, a local area within which people live as neighbors, sharing living space and interests.
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Review point 1
1. Explain why people can belong to more than one community and why there is an overlap between communities? 2. Describe what two different communities may have in common with one another? |
In Britain we have many different interconnected communities which help make up our national culture. Being a British national that belongs to the British community is hard to define. For example it could mean:
> Having a British passport > Living within the British national boundaries > Speaking the English language > Having common habits, values or pastimes > Being born in Britain |
Class vote: Put the above points in order of most and least important. Can you come to an agreement?
Key term: British nationals, citizens of the United Kingdom
Key term: Multicultural Community, a community made up of people from many different cultural or ethnic groups
Key term: Multicultural Community, a community made up of people from many different cultural or ethnic groups
Homework - due lesson 3
Choose either A or B, this homework task should take you no more than 15 minutes. You must write up your findings in your book. A - Your roots: Speak to your family about where you came from. How much of your family tree can you trace? Do you know who your ancestors were, what they did and where they lived? B - Belonging to a community: Create a mind map of the most important people in your life. Demonstrate on the map how they are connected to you and what groups or communities you can classify them as. |
Peer assessment
1. Swap books with one of your class mates
2. read their answers the the four questions they have answered
3. In green pen add: One comment about a point you agree with and a second point that they have not considered
1. Swap books with one of your class mates
2. read their answers the the four questions they have answered
3. In green pen add: One comment about a point you agree with and a second point that they have not considered
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Plenary
Is cockney rhyming slap uniquely British? |