Year 8 Learning

In Year 8 Citizenship is taught through the Personal Development Curriculum. Other departments are also building citizenship knowledge through their curriculums.

Topic Key Content
Democracy and Government:
The operation of Parliament, including voting and elections, and the role of political parties.
  • How does the political system work?
  • Who runs the country
  • How is the government organised?

The aim is for students to gain deeper conceptual knowledge of citizenship around:

Democracy and Government

  • To have an in-depth understanding of how democracy has shaped and evolved over time, in. the UK and across the world.

Rights and Responsibilities

  • To have awareness and understanding of rights and the role Citizenship plays in creating responsible citizens.

Fairness and Justice

  • To understand the purpose of the justice system and be able to consider appropriate a range of appropriate punishment whilst understanding how laws are shaped and enforced.

Active Citizenship

  • To provide pupils with knowledge, skills and understanding to prepare them to play a full and active part in society whilst equipping pupils with the skills and knowledge to explore political and social issues critically, to weigh evidence, debate and make reasoned arguments.

Year 8 End Points

  • Be able to describe a political system
  • Be able to identify differences between parliament and government
  • Be able to show understanding of democracy by making connections with their knowledge and experience of representation and taking action in the local community
  • Be able to ask questions to find out more about the different groups and communities they belong to and discuss with others the similarities and differences between them
  • Be able to identify what could be done to change things in communities and plan some action
  • Be able to take part decision-making activities with others on citizenship issues, in contexts that are familiar to them

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