Identities & Diversity

Key concepts: 1.3 Identities and diversity (a-d)

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Diversity in Britain

Key Concept A

Key concepts and processes How the EU works Migration Countries and people Europe round the clock Resources and ideas
Appreciating that identities are complex, can change over time and are informed by different understandings of what it means to be a citizen of the UK.   Moving around –

Pen portraits of young and
Adult immigrants		     Having your say and getting things changed.

What does it mean to be British?
Key process:   2.1 Critical thinking and enquiry (a-c)
     2.1 Critical thinking and enquiry
Class activities Role play debates       Class discussion – Who am I ?

Key Concept B

Key concepts and processes How the EU works Migration Countries and people Europe round the clock Resources and ideas
Exploring the diverse national, regional, ethnic and religious cultures, groups and communities in the UK and the connections between them.   Migrant workers from the EU;

profiles of immigrants;

migration in and out of the UK		 Cultural profiles of A8 countries    
Key process:   2.1 Critical thinking and enquiry (a-c)
      
Class activities   Migrant myths      

Key Concept C

Key concepts and processes How the EU works Migration Countries and people Europe round the clock Resources and ideas
Considering the interconnections between the UK and the rest of Europe and the wider world.   Migration in and out of the UK;

Migrant workers from EU		     Criteria for admission to the EU.

Copenhagen rules
Key process:   2.2 Advocacy and representation (a-d)
      
Class activities         Asylum seeker border control interview

Key Concept D

Key concepts and processes How the EU works Migration Countries and people Europe round the clock Resources and ideas
Exploring community cohesion and the different forces that bring about change in communities over time. The EU as a model of a community shaped by laws agreed by participants. Interviews with adult migrant workers      
Key process:   2.2 Advocacy and representation (a-d)
      
Class activities   I am an immigrant make me welcome      

Diversity in Britain

Lesson objective

Learn about UK migration, both inward and outward.