Overview
During the course of the lesson students will learn the difference between marriage and cohabitation and consider what legal rights come with both. Students will explore the changing attitudes in society to marriage and cohabitation. Finally, students will explore the legal rights that a fictitious couple would have at various stages of their lives depending…
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We Stand up for Others (poster)
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Local and Central Government
This resource pack is the third of a four-part set which has been designed to introduce students to the...