UNIT 1: WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP?

STUDENT'S WORKSHEETS
 

 

SESSION 3: HOW DO WE FIND ABOUT CITIZENSHIP?
 

By the end of the lesson you should be able to:

  • List 7 sources of information that we usually use in Citizenship
  • Explain about the good and bad points of these sources of information
  • Analyse what kind of information we can find in each source

EXERCISE 1
In Social Science and Citizenship, there are a number of ways we can learn new facts and gain skills.  Identify these sources of learning by replacing the picture with a word. If you need some help, just have a look at exercise 2.

 

EXERCISE 2

IWorking in pairs, complete the table below providing at least 1 advantage and one disadvantage of each source contained in the table.

 

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

ADVANTAGE

DISADVANTAGE

INTERNET

Easy and quick to use. Contains lots of information

Difficult to search for information because it is so vast. You need a computer to use it

NEWSPAPER

 

 

 

BOOKS

 

 

EMAIL

 

 

WRITING LETTERS

 

 

CD-ROMs AND DVDs

 

 

CONDUCTING SURVEYS

 

 

EXERCISE 3

You are given a list of topics/questions and suggest a source of information you would use to find out about it. Choose the sources of information from the left column in exercise 2.

TOPIC
Finding out…

SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Where? How?

Names of the poorest countries in the world

 

Results of any football matches that were played yesterday

 

Percentage of people in the class that believe they can become better citizens

 

Geographical situation of the richest countries in the world

 

Updating news to your friends

 

Writing to the major in your town to complain about the litter on the streets

 

Problems in a specific community in the world explained from a film director’s point of view

 

 

HOMEWORK:

  • Imagine you have to carry out a survey in your class. Think of 2 issues you think would be interesting to survey and what questions to ask. For example, do you think school uniform is a good idea?
  • Read the newspaper today (in Spanish or Catalan) and select the piece of news that you are most interested in. Be prepared  to be asked in the following class what the piece of news is  about (You will have to explain that in English!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Stick the piece of news in your jotter!