Overview
According to research by the charity Ditch the Label, 7 in 10 young people have experienced cyberbullying, 20% of whom experience it daily. Support your students to know their legal rights and responsibilities online. This lesson can be run as a standalone topic or as a series of lessons alongside Social Media and the Law…
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Aimed at KS4 and Post-16, your students will: Explore the way technology is developing and the impacts this has...
COP: Climate Action
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Tackling Discrimination (SmartLaw Subscription)
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Rules: You Can’t Do That Here
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Difficult Decisions
Over a series of short sessions, pupils will have the opportunity to consider simple social and moral dilemmas which may arise in day to day life. Pupils will be encouraged…
More than One Friend
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Rules: You Can’t Do That Here
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Being An Online Citizen
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Rights and Responsibilities
In this lesson pupils will develop an understanding of the terms ‘rights’ and ‘responsibilities’ and how they balance one another. They will then discuss and prepare a class charter that…
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Local and Central Government
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Law in Wales
Did you know that the age of criminal responsibility in Wales is ten? In Scotland it is 12. In...
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Who’s Really Paying for COVID?
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Be Your Own Councillor
Students examine ways in which a fictional town council could spend its budget. They consider the concerns of different...
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During this lesson students explore the law that applies to young workers and what they can do if they believe their legal rights at work are not being upheld. To…