Getting the Balance Right (ppt)

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• This lesson explores how rules and laws help
  keep the balance between our rights and those of
  others.

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Getting the Balance Right
Your rights
My rights
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Sticks and Stones
can Break my Bones....
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.. but words can never hurt me..?
You .!
Youre a .!
Ugly.!
. off!
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Rules Laws
Free expression
Harmful talk
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• Do you have total freedom of expression in your
  school?
• What are you not
• allowed to say?
• Why not?

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• In Britain we have laws to prevent people
  inciting racial hatred and religious hatred.
• Do you think there should be any other
  restrictions on our speech?

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• Most people consider freedom of speech to be a
  basic human right.
• Freedom of speech is enshrined in the United
  Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Privacy ...
or Big Brother?
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Rules Laws
Privacy
Crime Prevention
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• Do people behave differently when nobody is
  looking?
• How much do we need to be spied on?

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• What are Closed Circuit Television cameras used
  for?
• Is there anywhere they should not be allowed to
  film?
• Why?

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Do As You Like ...
or Asbo....?
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Rules Laws
Freedom to roam
Restriction of movement
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• Should people put up with unruly behaviour by
  children?
• Is it right that children are given Asbos
• without a trial?

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• The police can serve Asbos on children aged 10
  and over.
• What kind of behaviour should result in an Asbo?

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• Liberty is an organisation which tries to ensure
  that everyone has equal rights, as long as they
  dont infringe the rights of others.
• They lobby parliament to challenge unjust laws.
• Click to see an interview with
• Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty

Our rights
Their rights
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Glossary

• freedom of expression being allowed to say
  anything you like
• inciting stirring, provoking
• Restriction restraint, control
• enshrined protected, preserved
• censor gag, stifle
• infringe disobey, breach
• lobby push, try to influence

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Activities to complete this lesson include
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• writing a cautionary tale about ignoring
  consequences
• hot seating
• designing a poster

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Useful Web Links

• http//news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4760000/n
  ewsid_4768300/4768324.stm - what are ASBOS? A
  guide for children
• http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1883277.stm - What
  is an ASBO?
• http//www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/ - Liberty
• http//www.yourrights.org.uk/your-rights/chapters/
  the-rights-of-children-and-young-people/index.shtm
  l - a guide to the rights of children and young
  people for children and young people
• http//www.unicef.org.uk/tz/resources/resource_ite
  m.asp?id23 a guide to teaching about rights
  and responsibilities
• http//www.cliconline.co.uk/default.asp?conid1861
  a childrens guide to rights and
  responsibilities
• www.crae.org.uk Childrens Rights Alliance for
  England
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/schools/citizenx/index.shtml
  - BBC schools guide for teachers and children
  about citizenship, rights and responsibilities
  and how the government works