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Activity: Pipe down, please!
PSHE & Citizenship 2b. 4a.
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This decision tree explores how a disagreement between a group of noisy young people playing football and the adults in the neighbourhood might be resolved. The children follow the consequences of three possible actions:
- Do nothing: everything just carries on until the situation turns criminal.
- Escalate the problem by encouraging more young people to hang out in the area: the situation is likely to involve the police.
- Listen and try to be less noisy: no legal processes need to be involved and the community is more harmonious.
Discussion
Follow through each pathway and ask the children to comment on the outcomes. What other possible consequences are there? Have the children any experience themselves of negotiating an agreement with neighbours or friends? Is it a good idea to try to sort out these disagreements without involving the police, and if so, why?
Extension activities
Ask the children to write a diary entry about the incident from the point of view of one of the characters involved. This may be one of the children or a neighbour. A second diary entry could record how the dispute was resolved and the character's feelings after the resolution. Talk about the provision of play spaces and leisure facilities for young people. What makes a good place to play? How important are the opinions of other residents? |
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