Lesson 6: Local democracy
Beginning to understand how democracy works in the local area and how decisions are made by councillors.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Ask the children to talk to their partners to recall what a democracy is. If they can recall what a democracy is, ask them to give an example of the word democracy in a sentence. (Note: The children learnt about democracy in Year 1, Citizenship, Lesson 6: Democratic decisions and Year 2, Citizenship, Lesson 6: School council).
Take feedback, then display the link: BBC Bitesize - Citizenship: Democracy and watch the video entitled 'Democracy' to help the children to recall their previous learning.
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