Veena Soni Gateshead Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service What are they like? Veena Soni Gateshead Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service

Global citizenship Not a national curriculum subject however relevant to every subject within it and at all key stages. It enables teachers to deliver the values which are central to the National curriculum.

Global citizen Is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world citizen Respects and values diversity Has an understanding of how the world works economically, politically, socially, culturally, technologically and environmentally

Global citizen Participates in and contributes to the community at a range of levels from the local to the global Is willing to act to make the world a more equitable and sustainable place Takes responsibility for their actions

Local and global themes Theme - Understanding Diversity Designed to find out what extent pupils have preconceived ideas about characteristics based on race/ethnicity and gender

Learning objectives To challenge stereotypes of people and places and offer pupils a more balanced view To encourage pupils to focus on the similarities between people and value the common humanity shared by us all To encourage pupils to express their own opinions and value the opinions of others

Learning objectives To develop an understanding that people may be treated less fairly because of their race, gender, disability, sexuality, age and class To develop in pupils a positive sense of their own identity, and a respect for the identity of others

What you need Photos of six children/young people- 3 boys and 3 girls

What to do Look carefully at each of the photos and agree which word best describes each one and why?

Evaluation Analyse and interpret the results before and after you have developed links

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