We are learning to …  …explore the problems faced by high unemployment.

Connect: If the children cannot get a job what will life be like for them?  In pairs think of at least 3 problems they will have to face.

Activate: Unemployment in Liverpool in the 1970s  By the 1970’s many factories and businesses were starting to close. Even the Docks, which had been the area that had provided Liverpool with huge wealth in the past, were in rapid decline. Thousands of people were left out of work, as the country's unemployment record reached it’s worst level in 50 years.

Activate:If huge numbers of people in your area are without a job how does this effect where you live? Impact on the community.  Small groups-  Think of 5 ways unemployment will affect an area.

Demonstrate: What do you think should happen for the children in ‘Our Day Out’? School? Housing? Future? Plan a future for either Carol or John Andrews in 5 steps.

Consolidate: How would Willy Russell feel about Trinity School students? What are the opportunities?  Give reasons for your  views.