Learning objective

  • To begin to understand the Human Rights Convention.

Success criteria

  • I understand that everyone
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Non-statutory guidance

The National curriculum states,

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, you may want to check that children can recall: What being fair means and how this might look. Why we have rules and laws and how these help us. What democracy is and why it is important. What a community is and how we can be active citizens.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could focus on one of the following articles which may be more within their experience – Article 18, 20, 25 or 27.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could be challenged to explain some issues relating to a specific right and how that right is protected in this country.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: understanding what human rights are; explaining

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Vocabulary definitions

  • judges

    People who listen to different sides of a case in court and make fair decisions based on the law.

  • human rights

    The basic rights and freedoms that every person should have, like the right to be treated fairly, to live safely and to express themselves.

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