Activity 1: UK Citizens
What should UK citizens be, have and do?
Read the statements below. Discuss them with your partner or group and put them into an order of priority. At the top put the statement you most agree with. At the bottom put the statement you least agree with. The rest should go in order accordingly.
| Every citizen should pay tax. |
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| Every citizen should respect and honour the Queen. |
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| Every citizen should feel safe. |
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| Every citizen should have a free education. |
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| Every citizen should have freedom of speech and expression. |
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| Every citizen should obey the law. |
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| Every citizen should speak and write English. |
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| Every citizen should have somewhere warm and clean to live. |
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| Every citizen should be white. |
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| Every citizen should have the right to work. |
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| Every citizen should have enough food to eat and water to drink. |
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| Every citizen should be Christian. |
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| Every citizen should work. |
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| Every citizen should give to charity. |
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| Every citizen should have equal rights. |
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| Every citizen should have access to free health care when needed. |
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| Every citizen should be proud of their country. |
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| Every citizen should respect other people. |
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| Every citizen should think for themselves. |
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| Every citizen should contribute to the good of society. |
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| Every citizen should…. [add anything else you think is missing] |
Activity 1 – Follow up
- Feedback to your class the top two statements and the bottom two statements you chose. Explain your reasons.
- Describe the type of society you would like to live in. How do the statements you believed were most important fit into your view of society?
