Lesson 1: What are human rights?
Learning about the Human Rights Convention and the context in which it was written.
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Non-statutory guidance
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Recap and recall
Before starting this unit, you may want to check that children can recall:
What being fair means and how this might look.
Why we have rules and laws and how these help us.
What democracy is and why it is important.
What a community is and how we can be active citizens.
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Learning Objectives
Success Criteria
Success Criteria
Vocabulary
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