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Fundamental British Values – A Starter

Fundamental British values stick when students get to argue about them, and this gives you the questions and scenarios to start the argument.

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Most schools can point to a poster of the four fundamental British values. Getting a Year 9 class thinking about democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and tolerance is another matter, and a list handed down tends to get a shrug.

A former chief executive of the PSHE Association shows you how to take each value and ask the awkward questions. What happens when democracy and liberty pull in opposite directions? Should the police enforce a law they think is disrespectful? Is any of this distinctly British? An opener about two sisters and a chocolate bar gets students talking about fairness and consent before the official list appears. International comparisons, from Swiss referendums to rule of law rankings, give them something concrete to argue with.

You'll finish with a way of teaching the values that trusts students to think, and a good last question: what's missing from the list?

Modules

2 modules
  1. 1Webinar Playback44 min
  2. 2Q&A11 min

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