1. Welcome to Year 11 CSI!

2. Units you will be doing this year:
Year 11 CSI
Units you will be doing this year:
Unit 1: Government & Voting
Unit 3: Skinted or Minted
Unit 2: Drugs & Alcohol

3. A bit of admin… You will need to:
Write your new class teacher, year and room number on the front of your book
Stick in your WAD flyer
Stick in your WAD reflection sheet
Stick in your overview of units sheet
Students will be continuing to work in their Year 9 CSI books. They will need to make sure they amend the front of their book with their new class teacher, class and room number. They will also need to glue in their WAD flyer, WAD reflection sheet and unit overview sheet.

4. Minimum Standards…
Share these minimum expectations with students. Feel free to add any of your own here! In the next slide you will go through lesson ground rules.

5. Keep the conversation in the room Seeking help and advice
Ground Rules
Ground Rule
What this means
Openness
Being open and honest, but not discuss directly our own or others’ personal/private lives. We will discuss general situations as examples but will not use names or descriptions which could identify anyone. We will not put anyone ‘on the spot’.
Keep the conversation in the room
We are safe to discuss general issues relating to the topics we are covering, and we know that our teacher will not repeat what is said in the classroom unless they are concerned we are at risk, in which case they will follow the school’s safeguarding policy.
Non-judgemental
It is okay for us to disagree with another person’s point of view but we will not judge, make fun of, or put anybody down. We will challenge the opinion not the person.
Right to pass
Taking part is important. However, we have the right to pass on answering a question or participating in an activity.
Make no assumptions
We will not make assumptions about people’s values, attitudes, behaviours, life experiences or feelings.
Listen to others
We will listen to the other person’s point of view and expect to be listened to.
Using language
We will use the correct terms for the things we will be discussing rather than the slang terms, as some people can find them offensive. If we are not sure what the correct term is we will ask our teacher.
Asking questions
We know that there are no stupid questions. We do not ask questions to deliberately try to embarrass anyone else. There may be opportunities to ask anonymous questions.
Seeking help and advice
If we need further help or advice, we know how and where to seek it confidentially, both in school and in the community. We will encourage friends to seek help if we think they need it.
Due to the nature of some of the topics we will be covering this year it is important we all agree on our ground rules.
Stick this sheet in your book and sign the bottom of it.
Next hand out the A5 Ground Rules sheet. It is important you go through each rule with students at the start of the year in order to create a safe learning environment to discuss the upcoming topics, particularly on sex and relationships. Students need to sign their name at the bottom of their sheet to show they are in agreement with these rules.

6. Government & Voting General Elections
Learning Objective: To explore how a general election works.
I can recap my learning on how Parliament works.
I can explore how people decide who to vote for in a general election.
I can create my own party manifesto.

7. How Parliament Works…
In Year 8 you explored how the Parliament system works in the UK. Watch the clip to refresh your memory!
Explain that the next clip is going to explain how parliament works in order to recap their learning from their citizenship lessons in Year 8. Explain to students that when the clip has finished they will be quizzed on their knowledge!

8. How Parliament Works…
The class is going to be divided into two teams. Each team needs a team captain. They will choose the question they want your team to answer.
How are peers in the House of Lords selected?
What are the three parts that make up Parliament?
What is the role of the monarch?
What happens in the House of Lords?
What happens in the House of Commons?
How does someone become the Prime Minister?
How are MPs elected to the House of Commons?
Divide the class in half to make two teams. Each team needs a team captain who will choose which question from the PPT slide they want their team to answer. Anyone from their team can then answer. Award green e-refs to the winning team.
How are the government hold to account – i.e. explain themselves, make them take responsibility for their actions?
Who are the opposition?
How are laws made?
What is a manifesto?
How many Members of Parliament (MPs) are there?

9. Government & Voting General Elections
Learning Objective: To explore how a general election works.
I can recap my learning on how Parliament works.
I can explore how people decide who to vote for in a general election.
I can create my own party manifesto.

10. General Elections
The UK is divided into 650 areas, called constituencies.
Each area has a person called a Member of Parliament (or MP), who represents it in the House of Commons in London.
When you turn 18, you can vote in a general election to choose who you want to be your MP.
So a general election is really 650 individual elections that all happen on one day, across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
On election day, people go to polling stations to vote.
They get a ballot paper, which lists all the candidates - that's the people who want to be that area's MP.
Each person has one vote. They mark the ballot paper with a cross next to the name of the candidate they most want to represent them.
The candidate who gets more votes than anyone else becomes the MP for that area. This is called first past the post.
That candidate wins a seat in the House of Commons.
Explain to students how a general election works. Use the information on the PPT to explain this and the 60 second clip on the Newsround website.

11. How do you choose who to vote for?
Manifestos:
Each political party will release it’s manifesto before the general election which outlines their policies and what they will do if they get into power.
Local MP:
You may look closely at what your local MP will or will not support if they are elected. I.e. which issues they will vote for or against in the House of Commons
A Political Party:
You may choose your local MP depending on the political party they represent.
Now move on to thinking about how people decide who to vote for. Explain people make their decisions based on manifestos, local MP views and political parties. This leads into their next activity where students will look in more depth at party manifestos.

12. Which party (1-6) would you vote for and why?
Manifestos
You are going to see a brief summary of main pledges the 6 main political parties in the UK made before the 2017 general election. You need to read them through carefully and based on what is the manifesto decide which one you would vote for and why.
Which party (1-6) would you vote for and why?
Students are going to take a look at the main pledges made by the 6 main political parties before the 2017 general election. The main pledges are summarised on their A4 sheet but it does not say which party is which, just the numbers Students need to decide which number party they would vote for. You may need to explain some of the terms on the sheet, e.g. VAT, Trident, tax threshold.
When students have finished take a class vote to see which party comes out top.

13. Which party goes with which manifesto?1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Now reveal which political party went with each manifesto. Before revealing each one ask whether students were able to guess which party went with each one.
When you have revealed the parties ask whether anything surprised them about that activity? Make sure students realise the importance of reading the different manifestos before deciding who to vote for as a way of making an informed decision.

14. How do you choose who to vote for?
When deciding which manifesto to vote for, should you base your decision on issues that are important for you or what you think is best for the country?
I’m going to vote on issues important for me, I’m young so I will vote for whichever party will scrap university tuition fees and build more affordable housing.
I’m going to vote on issues that I think are important for the whole country such as the economy and the environment even if it means sacrificing some of my own interests.
To finish this section of the lesson ask a final question about choosing who to vote for – should you base your decision on issues that are important for you or what you think is best for the country. There are two voter statements on the board – one voting for issues concerning them, the other voting for issues they think affect others. Who is right/wrong? Are they both correct?
What do you think about these two viewpoints – is one person wrong, are they both acceptable?

15. Government & Voting General Elections
Learning Objective: To explore how a general election works.
I can recap my learning on how Parliament works.
I can explore how people decide who to vote for in a general election.
I can create my own party manifesto.

16. Create your own manifesto
Imagine you have created your own political party. You need to write a manifesto explaining to voters what you would do if you got into power.
Your manifesto needs to include pledges under the following headings:
Key Priorities:
What are the most important priorities for your party?
Health and Care:
E.g. what will you do to improve hospital and social care?
Economy and Taxes:
What are you going to spend money on, where are you going to get the money from (e.g. taxes)
To finish the lesson ask students to imagine they have created their own political party. They need to write their own manifesto explaining to voters what they would do if they got into power. Their manifesto needs to include pledges under the headings on the PPT such as economy and taxes, education, housing etc.
If there is time ask students to share some of their manifestos and see whether people in the class would vote for them.
Education:
What will you do to improve education?
Other:
You may also want to include foreign & defence, welfare & pensions, transport & environment, immigration
Housing:
Are you going to pledge to build more houses, who are they for?

17. Government & Voting General Elections
Learning Objective: To explore how a general election works.
I can recap my learning on how Parliament works.
I can explore how people decide who to vote for in a general election.
I can create my own party manifesto.