UNIT 1: WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP?

STUDENT'S WORKSHEETS
 


SESSION 1: WHAT DO WE LOOK AT CITIZENSHIP?
  By the end of the lesson the students should be able to:
  • Explain what Citizenship is all about
  • Give examples of topics covered in Citizenship
  • Learn about English speaking countries where different communities live together (Scotland and New Zealand)
  • Find out the different origins of the people in the class group
  • List the ways that people can be active citizens.

EXERCISE 1
Complete the following passage by filling in the blanks using the following words:


characteristics  language       group   
communities   Citizenship    societies
____________ examines how people live in____________. A society is a ____________of people who share common____________. For example, in British society, most people have the same____________, past and culture. However, within most modern societies, a number of different ____________ exist.

 

 

EXERCISE 2


Communities exist in many different ways:

  • There are communities in Scotland whose members are connected by their common culture, language and heritage. Examples of this are the Chinese, Irish, Muslim, Indian and Pakistani communities. This means that Scottish people live with lots of other people of different origins.
 
  • There are communities in New Zealand whose members are connected by the place where they live and their sharing lots of experiences together. Examples of these are the Fijians, Chinese, Japanese, the Kiwis of British origin, etc. This means that the Maoris live with lots of other people of different origins.

 

  • Most people belong to a number of communities at the same time. Your neighbourhood, religion, race and school are all examples of communities.


EXERCISE 3
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Interview the person you are sitting next to and write about his/her nationality, religion, mother tongue, etc. Use the questions that your teacher is going to write on the board for you. Take notes of the answers your partner gives you.

Some questions you could ask are the following:

What is your nationality?
What is your mother tongue?
Do you practise any religion? Do you ever pray or go to church?
Where were you born?
Where were your parents born?
What is the origin of your ancestors?

EXERCISE 4

Now write a short text summarising all the information that you got from your partner. Start your sentences like in the example:

Xavi lives in Sant Joan Despí and is Catalan. He is a Catholic but he never goes to church except for weddings, holy communions and baptisms. His mother tongue is Catalan and he also speaks Spanish and a bit of English. His skin is white. His family comes from different parts of Spain: his grandfather’s mother migrated from Albacete to Catalonia when she was a child and the rest of his ancestors come from different parts of Catalonia (Igualada, Cornellà de Llobregat, Camprodon…)

EXERCISE 5

Citizenship simply means to take part in society. There are many ways in which people can be ACTIVE CITIZENS and this is going to be one of our aims in this credit. For example:

  • Voting for a political party during an election
  • Setting up an anti-litter campaign
  • Carrying out voluntary work for a local charity organisation
  • …………


Can you think of other examples? Write them down in the form of the following diagram..

 

WAYS PEOPLE CAN BE ACTIVE CITIZENS

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LESSON CONCLUSION: Citizenship will give you the knowledge and skills that will enable you to take part in an active way in society in Sant Joan Despí, Catalonia and …in the world.

 

HOMEWORK:

 

  1. In this Citizenship credit you are going to work with a DIN4 notebook, where you will complete all your classwork and homework. You will also stick on it all the worksheets given to you by the teacher.

Remember:

  • To be clean and tidy
  • To write down everything the teacher writes on the board because it can be important information for your work
  • To write the date in English in every lesson
  • To write all the new vocabulary with its translation in Catalan

 

 

 

 

 

In order to make your notebook a more personal item of work, you should design a cover for it in which some of the issues discussed in the class today are included so that it is noticeable for everybody that this is your Citizenship notebook. You will have to show it to your teacher in the next class so that she can give you a mark. Let’s hope it is a good one!!! Make you notebook a beautiful item of work!

  1. We have been talking about some topics related to Citizenship. Find a recent newspaper article in Catalan or Spanish which you think is about a Citizenship topic.  Stick the piece of news in your jotter.