KS3 Citizenship 1.2b. 1.2c. Personal wellbeing 4d.
KS3 Citizenship 1.2b. 1.2c. Personal wellbeing 4e.
Current KS3 Citizenship 2b 3a PSHE 3b
Current KS4 Citizenship 2b 3a PSHE 3e

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This is an activity which encourages the students to think about the human rights of various people living in a residential home for senior citizens. The students work in groups to determine what the problem is and take a class vote on a number of different options.

Discussion
Talk about the possible conflict between rights and responsibilities, specifically about noise. Whose rights are being violated if someone plays loud music and another person doesn't like it? Who is in the wrong and what can be done to resolve the conflict of interests?

Role play
In small groups of four, ask the students to act out the roles of a mediator, Gran, David and Mr Kim, taking it in turns to be the mediator. What could they say to try to resolve the problem? How do the other characters feel about the situation and what do they say? This could be developed into a hot-seating activity, with different students taking turns to be one of the characters who sits in the 'hot seat' while the others ask them questions in an attempt to get them to justify their feelings and actions.