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This interactive quiz can be used by pupils on their own or
in small groups. It is suitable for more able upper Key Stage
1 pupils (especially if helped with the reading) and Key Stage
2 |
It aims to underline the ideas that |
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Our
choices have consequences that affect others and ourselves. |
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Not
all lifestyles are sustainable |
The following activities could be used as introduction or
development |
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A
debate on what we value about the world around us - in the immediate
locality, further afield, nationally and locally. |
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A
display of drawings of our ideal homes and the areas around
them. |
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A
discussion of the different merits of town and country living.
What are the benefits and disadvantages of each? The house in
the picture looks as if it is a house in the country. What are
the problems of keeping a block of flats in the town as a good
place to live? |
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The
activity about Easter Island from this site. |
Individual older children, or groups, could invent their
own quiz, using a PowerPoint or other interactive computer programme,
and relating it to environmental issues in their own neighbourhood,
e.g. waste disposal, noise pollution, open spaces, or remake
the graphics for the original quiz as if it were situated in
a town. |
RE: Potential Syllabus Links |
Key Stage 1 |
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Key
Teachings and Focus: God as Creator, community and sharing.
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Learning
experiences. Wider world 'Experience the natural world'
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Key Stage 2 |
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Key
Teachings and Focus:
Buddhism - Five Moral precepts (especially not taking
what is not given)
Hindu Dharma - Concepts Truths and values (Respect)
Judaism - Values for living
Sikh Dharam - Equality reflected in beliefs and practices
Christianity - Christian ways of life (especially commitment
shown in relationships/social activity/ human values) |
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Learning Experiences - All Faiths:
People: Listen to people talking about beliefs/values
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See also Collective Worship 1
(Easter Island) |
SCIENCE: Potential Syllabus Links |
| Living
things and their environment |
Key Stage 1 |
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to
identify similarities and differences between local environments
and ways in which these affect animals and plants that are found
there |
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care
for the environment |
Key Stage 2 |
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ways
in which living things and the environment need protection. |
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