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Lesson 6: Local councillors

Developing an understanding of the role of local government by acting out a scenario where some of the class are councillors and others are local residents.

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Learning objective

To develop an understanding of the role of local government.

Non-statutory guidance

PSHE/RSE

Preparing to play an active role as citizens

‘Pupils should be taught:

g. what democracy is, and about the basic institutions that support it locally and nationally;’

See: Department for Education - Citizenship programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2.

British values: Democracy

See: Kapow Primary: RSE & PSHE: Personal development, SMSC and British values mapping.

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support

Could use the Activity: Local resident characters to help them in their role as a local resident.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could take on the role of a councillor during the role play and should be challenged to look at things from the viewpoint of both the residents and the council.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

In this unit

Created by:

Sarah Huggins,

RSE & PSHE specialist

Sarah has over 20 years’ experience in education. Starting as a Primary teacher, Sarah then moved into an advisory role that covered both PSHE education and Citizenship. She delivers courses for teachers, as well as sessions for children and young…

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