Create a 21st century Magna Carta Create a 21st century Magna Carta Teacher’s support Teacher’s support As a class, watch the Magna Carta: the story of our Human Rights National School Assembly. Discuss the clauses at the top of the Magna Carta worksheet. How are these relevant today? How do the clauses relate to our rights? In small groups, ask pupils to think about the rights they already have. Pupils could work in pairs or small groups to complete the Magna Carta worksheet, inventing their own clauses for a 21st century Magna Carta. Regroup as a class to discuss pupils’ ideas. Ask a representative from each group to present their proposed clauses. Did any of the groups come up with the same ideas? As a class, make a list of all the different clauses to create one class document – a new 21st century Magna Carta. They should consider the following: What would make the biggest difference to their lives and the lives of other people? How would these new clauses affect people in other countries around the world? How would these ideas be enforced? Question: Who would pupils ask to seal their Magna Carta? Before completing the worksheet, ask students if they could identify three new rights for the next 800 years, what would they be? © Discovery Education Europe Ltd.

pr magna carta teachers - Discovery Education UK a 21st century Magna CartaCreate a 21st century Magna Carta Teacher’s supportTeacher’s support As a class, watch the Magna Carta:

Download PDF Report

Upload
lehuong
View
225
Download
5

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Page 1: pr magna carta teachers - Discovery Education UK a 21st century Magna CartaCreate a 21st century Magna Carta Teacher’s supportTeacher’s support As a class, watch the Magna Carta:

Create a 21st century Magna CartaCreate a 21st century Magna CartaTeacher’s supportTeacher’s support

As a class, watch the Magna Carta: the story of our Human Rights National School Assembly.

Discuss the clauses at the top of the Magna Carta worksheet. How are these relevant today?How do the clauses relate to our rights?

In small groups, ask pupils to think about the rights they already have.

Pupils could work in pairs or small groups to complete the Magna Carta worksheet, inventing their own clauses for a 21st century Magna Carta.

Regroup as a class to discuss pupils’ ideas. Ask a representative from each group to present their proposed clauses. Did any of the groups come up with the same ideas?

As a class, make a list of all the different clauses to create one class document – a new 21st century Magna Carta.

They should consider the following:

What would make the biggest difference to their lives and the lives of other people?How would these new clauses affect people in other countries around the world?How would these ideas be enforced?

Question: Who would pupils ask to seal their Magna Carta?

Before completing the worksheet, ask students if they could identify threenew rights for the next 800 years, what would they be?