Y5/6 (A): Lesson 6: Parliament and national democracy

Children learn how Parliament works.

Learning objective

  • To begin to understand how Parliament works.

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:

Year 5: Can use the Parliament quiz – multiple choice. 

Year 6: May find education or the environment the easiest topic to work on as they may have more direct experience.

 

Pupils working at greater depth:

Year 5: Can be challenged to find out more about Parliament using the link: 'UK Parliament education website'.

Year 6: Can be challenged to select another minister who has responsibility for something they feel strongly about.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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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