Year 9 – Citizenship Home Learning ActivitiesWeek beginning 1 st June

Below is the range of tasks that you should study over the SECOND SUMMER HALF TERM – we have 1 CZ lesson per week.

Do the activities during the same lesson time slot that you have on your timetable. Each lessons worth of tasks should take you approximately 45 minutes. Before you start make sure that you have all the things that you will need.

Lesson Number and

Title

Things that you will need Instructions

RED PEN ACTIVITYAge related laws in the UK

Your previous work on age related laws

This half terms CZ home learning booklet – word document or power pointPen - red

If you have completed this task – use the answer sheet in this half terms pack to red pen your answers.

If you have not completed it then please do – then red pen it

1 - Media and freedom of Information Act

CZ home learning booklet – word document or power point

Pens/Red pen/lined paper

1. TASK 1 - Complete the table about the types of media

2. TASK 2 - Match up the term to the definition3. Task 3 - How has the Freedom of

Information Act strengthened UK Citizens Rights?

4. TASK 4 - Dissuasion points - Discuss at home or write/record your responses

5. Use the second version with possible answers to red pen your answers

2 and 3 - Is the media prejudiced against teenagers?

CZ home learning booklet – word document or power point

Pens/pencils/colours/plain paper/scissors/glue or lined paper to write out the diamond 9

1. Look at the images – 2 questions to answer2. Diamond 9 – statements about why the

media have negative views of teens – cut out and rank – explain top and bottom choices

3. Read article and answer questions4. Creative task - Design a poster to show

teenagers is a positive light or a story board of a situation where people get the wrong impression of young people.

ExtensionIf you had the chance to speak to the editor of a national newspaper about how they portray young people, what would you say to them?

4 - War CZ home learning booklet – word document or power point

Pen/pencil/colours if you wish to add pictures to your thought showers (mind map)

1. Task 1 - Complete a thought shower as many words/ ideas that link to WAR that you can think of.

2. Task 2 - Look at the following two photos.For each photo

Guess how old you think the people are? Also guess what you think is happening in

the photo?

5 and 6 – Child soldiers

CZ home learning booklet – word document or power point

Pens/pencils/colours/plain paper/lined paper

Internet to watch video if you can

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUeE12vXDs0 Watch if you can but no for additional understandingTask 3 – read the facts on child soldiers 1. Plot on your map the countries where child soldiers can be found – the next slide has a world map to help you2. Around your map - Summarise 5-10 facts about child soldiers - why are they used? 3. Are girls and boys treated differently? if so how and why?4 - Red pen your map

Task 4 - Children's rights 1. Look at the list of children's rights.2. Explain which rights are NOT being met

when children are forced to become child soldiers.

3. Explain HOW they are not being met. 4. Who do you think is responsible for the

children losing their rights?You may need to go onto lined paper

Task 51. Look at what these drawings are showing

you. They were drawn by children who had been forces to become child soldiers.

2. How do you think these children were feeling about what they were forced to see and do?

You may need to go onto lined paper

Task 61. Imagine that you were one of the children

who drew one of the pictures or wrote one of these accounts.

2. If you were writing a diary - explain what happened to you on that day of the picture or events above.

3. What are you thinking? What are your feeling? What are your hopes? What are your fears?

You may need to go onto lined paper7 - News reporter

CZ home learning either THIS word document or this PowerPoint

Optional research on internet or recording as a video or audio piece

Pens/pencils/paper/Colours

1. Pick an event in the news that is not the Coronavirus. Write a newspaper article about it and find / draw a picture that fits in with the newspaper article you are creating.

2. You could video or record your news report and show family members or send it into school for us to see

Me and my self Esteem

CZ home learning either THIS word document or this PowerPoint

Pens/pencils/paper/colours

1. Tell me about you 2. Self Esteem fruit quiz

Careers Future Me PDF – Myth busting quiz

If possiblehttps://futureme.ac.uk/futureme-online/introduction-he

https://futureme.ac.uk/students/futureme-challenge

Careers – from the JPA careers classroom site you can use JED – Job Explorer Database – at home – do the quiz and explore jobs that may suit your skills.

1. Read the guide to HE and/or watch the video2. Complete the quiz3. Red pen your answers4. Future me challenge – see downloaded plan,

story board and guide to HEJPA careers page – JED and START

I have sent this half terms CZ work to you on frog as well as it being on the home learning page.

If you have any questions about the tasks please contact:Message me via frog – post on your wallOr email jmetcalfe@jesmondparkacademy.org.uk

Extended Learning – reading and knowledge Extended Learning – fun things to do and create

Look at the issues covered this term using the following linksUnicef – rights of the childhttps://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/ Unicef – child soldiershttps://www.unicefusa.org/stories/unicef-working-free-child-soldiers-around-world/35474

BBC Bitesize– Key Stage 3 – PSHE and Citizenship https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z7f3cdm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z3ckjxs

BBC Teach – secondary – Citizenship and PSHE sectionshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/gcse-national-5-citizenship/z6dyqp3

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks3-pshe-modern-studies/zdt3jhv

Staying safe onlinehttps://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/

JPA Citizenship classroom pagehttps://vle.jpa.newcastle.sch.uk/app/os

Careers – from the JPA careers classroom site you can use JED – Job Explorer Database – at home – do the quiz and explore jobs that may suit your skills.You can also access START https://vle.jpa.newcastle.sch.uk/app/os

Youth Employment is also a site for young people to enhance your employability skillshttps://www.youthemployment.org.uk/BBC Bitesize also has an excellent section on careershttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/careers

Future Me – have you considered your year 9 options or the route you will take at 16 or 18?The Future Me website has information, videos and quizzes on post 16 and 18 choices. We also work with mentors from Future Me in year 9https://futureme.ac.uk/futureme-online/introduction-he

CZ home learning booklet – Creative tasks - design a boot challenge, design a football kit

Produce a poster on one of the topicsFor example Top ten tops for self - esteem – ideas with pictures how to improve your wellbeing.

A poster related to a particular career that interest you – outlining the skills needed and why it is of interest to you