1. Planners under your chairs
Resources
You need:
3 lollipop sticks
Red and green cards
Whiteboard and Pen
Planners under your chairs
Beanbag
Chairs in a circle
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2. Should rich people help poor people?
Brains in Gear
Write your thoughts on your mini-whiteboard
Should rich people help poor people?
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3. Philosophy for Children (P4C)
 To explore the experiences of refugees using philosophical questioning
Learning Objective
You can generate philosophical questions about a source
You can discuss possible answers to these questions in a group
You can consider the opinions of others and reflect upon your opinion of immigration in the UK
Explain that today’s lesson is about considering our opinions.
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4. Asking philosophical questions
Should rich people help poor people?
How much money does he have?
Why might that boy be poor?
When is someone classed as poor?
Should rich people help poor people?
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5. Rules of the lesson Only one person speaks at once
Speak to the person you are responding to
Use the red/green cards to say whether you agree or disagree
Be considerate of other people’s views
Everyone try to contribute at least once
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6. Think of a philosophical question to discuss
Our question:
Stimulus
The land is for everyone! No borders
Think of a philosophical question to discuss
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7. 2. In pairs
Discuss your question with your partner and explain why you have asked it Decide upon one question or develop a new question as a pair and be prepared to give reasons for choosing it
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8. 3. In small groups
Each pair must offer their question to the group and justify their reasons for their question As a small group you must decide on one philosophical question you would like the class to discuss
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9. 4. As a class
Each group must offer 1 question and explain their reason for choosing it You all have 3 votes now to choose which question you would like to discuss as a class
After the question has been voted for, students discuss their opinions in a circle of enquiry
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10. Philosophy for Children (P4C)
 To explore the experiences of refugees using philosophical questioning
Learning Objective
You can generate philosophical questions about a source
You can discuss possible answers to these questions in a group
You can consider the opinions of others and reflect upon your opinion of immigration in the UK
Explain that today’s lesson is about considering our opinions.
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11. In my opinion….because…
EPIC CHALLENGE: What skills did you use today and how could these be applied to other situations?
The land is for everyone! No borders
Now write a short paragraph on your mini-whiteboard to explain your opinion on our class’ question
In my opinion….because…
CHALLENGE: Can you use connectives to justify your opinion?
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