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Social issues • Family • Gender issues Aged and Young •Health and stress • Community rooted-ness & Identity The Environment • Current situation (resource depletion) • Sustainability • Opportunities • Challenges Economics • Function of work • Challenges • Viability of models • Sustainability The Mass Media (with Advertising) • Role / Function • Challenges • ‘Products’ • Impact Crime and Punishment • Rationale • Methods • Effectiveness • Implications Education • Aims / rationale • Approach • Impact / Outcomes • Effectiveness & Implications The Arts • Myriad forms • Role • Implications • Culture / Tradition • Identity • Recreation Science & Technology • Aims and Role • Research / Applications in and across various fields (Customised drugs and advanced procedures such as Genetic Engineering, Cloning, Plastic surgery, Abortion, Euthanasia, Organ Trading) • Impact • Implications Religion • Role • Relevance • Impact • Implications Governance • Politics • Patriotism • War & Terrorism • Role • Approach • Implications Globalisation • Approach • Impact • Implications Past, Present & Future • History & its lessons Present-day urgent concerns (e.g. poverty, financial crisis) • Projections Values / Philosophy towards life • Past / Current Ethos • Obsessions? • Role & Relevance • Implications Ideologies & Ethics • Freedom & Human Rights • Justice & (In)equality • Prejudice and Discrimination Sports • Role • Place • Impact • Implications • Value An ‘eye’ on the worl An overview of GP ‘topics’ / issues An informed and critical perspective

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Page 1: Social issues Family Gender issues Aged and Young Health and stress Community rooted-ness & Identity The Environment Current situation (resource depletion)

Social issues• Family• Gender issues• Aged and Young •Health and stress• Community rooted-ness & Identity

The Environment• Current situation (resource depletion)• Sustainability• Opportunities• Challenges

Economics• Function of work• Challenges• Viability of models • Sustainability

The Mass Media (with Advertising)• Role / Function• Challenges• ‘Products’ • Impact

Crime and Punishment • Rationale• Methods• Effectiveness• Implications

Education• Aims / rationale• Approach• Impact / Outcomes• Effectiveness & Implications

The Arts • Myriad forms• Role• Implications• Culture / Tradition• Identity• Recreation

Science & Technology• Aims and Role • Research / Applications in and across various fields (Customised drugs and advanced procedures such as Genetic Engineering, Cloning, Plastic surgery, Abortion, Euthanasia, Organ Trading)• Impact• Implications

Religion• Role• Relevance • Impact • Implications

Governance• Politics• Patriotism• War & Terrorism• Role• Approach• Implications

Globalisation• Approach • Impact• Implications

Past, Present& Future• History & its lessons• Present-dayurgent concerns (e.g. poverty, financial crisis)• Projections

Values / Philosophy towards life• Past / Current Ethos• Obsessions?• Role & Relevance• Implications

Ideologies & Ethics • Freedom & Human Rights• Justice & (In)equality • Prejudice and Discrimination

Sports• Role • Place• Impact• Implications• Value

An ‘eye’ on the world An overview of GP ‘topics’ / issues

An informed and criticalperspective

Page 2: Social issues Family Gender issues Aged and Young Health and stress Community rooted-ness & Identity The Environment Current situation (resource depletion)

Social issues• Family• Gender issues• Aged and Young •Health and stress• Community rooted-ness & Identity

The Environment• Current situation (resource depletion)• Sustainability• Opportunities• Challenges

Economics• Function of work• Challenges• Viability of models • Sustainability

The Mass Media (with Advertising)• Role / Function• Challenges• ‘Products’ • Impact

Crime and Punishment • Rationale• Methods• Effectiveness• Implications

Education• Aims / rationale• Approach• Impact / Outcomes• Effectiveness & Implications

The Arts • Myriad forms• Role• Implications• Culture / Tradition• Identity• Recreation

Science & Technology• Aims and Role • Research / Applications in and across various fields (Customised drugs and advanced procedures such as Genetic Engineering, Cloning, Plastic surgery, Abortion, Euthanasia, Organ Trading)• Impact• Implications

Religion• Role• Relevance • Impact • Implications

Governance• Politics• Patriotism• War & Terrorism• Role• Approach• Implications

Globalisation• Approach • Impact• Implications

Past, Present& Future• History & its lessons• Present-dayurgent concerns (e.g. poverty, financial crisis)• Projections

Values / Philosophy towards life• Past / Current Ethos• Obsessions?• Role & Relevance• Implications

Ideologies & Ethics • Freedom & Human Rights• Justice & (In)equality • Prejudice and Discrimination

Sports• Role • Place• Impact• Implications• Value

An ‘eye’ on the world An overview of GP ‘topics’ / issues

An informed and criticalperspective

2009 Year 4 Topics

Page 3: Social issues Family Gender issues Aged and Young Health and stress Community rooted-ness & Identity The Environment Current situation (resource depletion)

Social issues• Family• Gender issues• Aged and Young •Health and stress• Community rooted-ness & Identity

The Environment• Current situation (resource depletion)• Sustainability• Opportunities• Challenges

Economics• Function of work• Challenges• Viability of models • Sustainability

The Mass Media (with Advertising)• Role / Function• Challenges• ‘Products’ • Impact

Crime and Punishment • Rationale• Methods• Effectiveness• Implications

Education• Aims / rationale• Approach• Impact / Outcomes• Effectiveness & Implications

The Arts • Myriad forms• Role• Implications• Culture / Tradition• Identity• Recreation

Science & Technology• Aims and Role • Research / Applications in and across various fields (Customised drugs and advanced procedures such as Genetic Engineering, Cloning, Plastic surgery, Abortion, Euthanasia, Organ Trading)• Impact• Implications

Religion• Role• Relevance • Impact • Implications

Governance• Politics• Patriotism• War & Terrorism• Role• Approach• Implications

Globalisation• Approach • Impact• Implications

Past, Present& Future• History & its lessons• Present-dayurgent concerns (e.g. poverty, financial crisis)• Projections

Values / Philosophy towards life• Past / Current Ethos• Obsessions?• Role & Relevance• Implications

Ideologies & Ethics • Freedom & Human Rights• Justice & (In)equality • Prejudice and Discrimination

Sports• Role • Place• Impact• Implications• Value

An ‘eye’ on the world An overview of GP ‘topics’ / issues

An informed and criticalperspective

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