Is Dover Relevant to Me?
Aim
To consider the ways in which the case-study is relevant to people outside that area.
Objectives
| Consider how people respond to situations like those in the case-study. | |
| Consider how people can make a difference. | |
| Analyse the different elements of Citizenship which were illustrated in this case-study. |
Resources
| Activity Sheet 1.8 , role-play cards for Dover characters from Option 4 Activity 1 | |
| Activity Sheet 1.9 , homework sheet for Option 4 Activity 1 | |
| Activity Sheet 2.1 , Opinions in the Media | |
| Activity Sheet 3.1 , Dover - What does it Tell Us? |
Tasks
1. Share homework answers from Activity Sheet 1.9.
| • | Ask students for their suggestions about the actions the characters could have taken. |
| • | Ask students to respond in role: ask them if the suggestion sounds like a good idea? Would they be likely to do it? Why? |
2. Media extracts
| • | Recap the work done on Activity Sheet 2.1 , focusing on the questions and the debate about funding for services. |
3. What does the Dover case-study tell us?
| • | Use Activity Sheet 3.1 to prompt students to think about the broader lessons to be learnt from studying Dover. |
| • | Activity Sheet 3.1 includes 6 factors from the Citizenship orders for students to reflect on. They should be encouraged to ask further questions about the role of each factor and the scope of its influence. |
| • | Further questions could be picked up and answered by the teacher or perhaps followed up by a letter or internet enquiry to the relevant organisation. |
Discussion Points
| Is it helpful to look at one example? | |
| How do you rate the action of the police? And of KRAN? | |
| Are you surprised by the problems that have occurred? |
Extension
Follow up class queries with further research. Focus on the experiences of the children in
Activity Sheet 2.2
. How would these children feel about the discussion which came from the role play?
Differentiation
Give out the cards for the 6 characters from
Activity Sheet 1.8
. Ask students to select some facts from the case-study that might be most important to each of the characters. Why would they choose to emphasise some facts over others?
Homework
Outline what you should do if a similar situation arose in your local area and you wanted to avoid the problems that occurred in Kent.
National Curriculum Focus
| 1(a-c, f-i) can be covered to varying depths in this summary | |
| Core skills: problem solving |