Overview
Students examine ways in which a fictional town council could spend its budget. They consider the concerns of different residents and analyse how the budget could be spent most effectively. Finally students present and justify their budgets, defending their decision making in front of ‘local residents’. Aimed at KS4 or Post-16, by the end of…
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The Government and the Economy
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The G7 (Lesson Plan)
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Climate Action: Circular Economies
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Housing Law (SmartLaw Subscription)
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Consumer Law (SmartLaw Subscription)
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Biodiversity: Using the Law to Drive Change
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Who’s Really Paying for COVID?
Young people are, and will continue to be, some of the most impacted by COVID. However their voices have been largely kept out of public conversations about it and our…