HUMANITIES FACULTY LESSON PLAN

Module : 1 Crime and Punishment Lesson: 12 Title: UK Riots 2011 - Opinions

NC/Agreed Syllabus Content :Learning Objectives: (to understand, appreciate, know, find etc.)

• To analyse what people thought caused the riots.• To consider why people hold these particular views.• To form and opinion of my own on why the riots

occurred.

Habits of mindMetacognitionThinking about thinking

PLTS ObjectivesCreative Thinker

I can link my ideas to other people’s ideas and experiences in interesting ways.

Links to prior Learning:In the previous lesson students have built up an overview of the events and looked in detail at the killing of three men in Birmingham.They have carried out a task to show empathy with all of those involved.

Keywords: RecessionUnemploymentDisempowered/empowered

Skills:Thinking about what people’s opinions are but also why they hold these views.

Learning Outcomes: (use, do, demonstrate, show, produce… etc) All will create a creative work based on the riots Most will recognised different opinions on what caused the riots Most will show rudimentary skill in saying why people hold their opinions Some will show skill in explaining why opinions are held All will give an opinion on what caused the riots

LESSON OUTLINE (Including Differentiation; Assessment; Learning Styles) TIMEIntroduce the lesson title and lesson objectives.Starter: Create an Hiaku or acrostic on the riots (full instructions on the powerpoint)DT TM Pr

Main. Show the news report about Pauline Pearce (hyperlinked to ppt all swearing has been edited out but the full rant is available complete with expletives if you think it is useful to show it). Ask the students why Pauline held these views and why people were supportive.DR SFAsk the students to analyse the views of the causes of the riots that they have been given. It is important that they write about why this person holds this view.DRThe students should then work in pairs to prepare a script of a newspaper or TV interview of someone who feels strongly about the causes of the riots. This can be written, performed in front of the class and/or recorded with flipcams or digital recorders and played back. DSO DOIf time is short they can read out their interviews to a neighbouring group who will give them written feedback in their books.

PMPlenary

Students should write their opinions about what caused the riots on their whiteboards.It can be more than one cause eg A+B+C or their own idea. Ask certain students why theythink this. DSO SF TO

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HUMANITIES FACULTY LESSON PLAN

ResourcesPowerpoint including hyperlink to Pauline Pearce interview

MisconceptionsStudents may think the riots were carried out between ethnic groups. Whilst the trigger event in Tottenham related to some members of the Afro Carribean community in Tottenham being angry about police treatment later riots did not have any strong composition from one particular ethnic group.

Curriculum Links (literacy/numeracy/citizenship/ict)Literacy – use of poems to aid analysis of a recent event -Creating scripts -Analysis of opinionLesson Notes/Evaluation

DifferentiationDT = Differentiation by TaskDR = Differentiation by ResourceDSO = Differentiation by Support and OrganisationDRE = Differentiation by ResponseDO = Differentiation by Outcome

AssessmentSF = Student FeedbackTO = Teacher ObservationPM = Peer MarkingSA = Self AssessmentTM = Teacher MarkingPr = PresentationFF = Formative Feedback

Learning StylesV= Visual learningA = Auditory learningK = Kinaesthetic learningL= Linguistic learning

G&T Students G&T provisionG+T provision is in extending them in thinking about the reasons why certain views are held and why they hold the opnions they do. The later can be done verbally and may reach a different G+T group to a written task.