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(see Background information for more detail)
How the law and justice system started
- Challenge the students to research facts about the Magna Carta.
- Can the students find out about an early recorded case of justice? Who can find the earliest case?
Where laws come from
- Ask the students to find an example of a law that has been made in their lifetime.
Human Rights Act - what is protected?
- Ask the students to work in pairs and to choose one of the listed Human Rights. Can they write a paragraph explaining why they think this right is important? What would be the consequences on their own life, and the lives of others if it were violated?
- Activity sheet 2 also supports the learning.
Downloadable activity sheets
Activity sheet 1 - Living in your community
The students consider what they need in their community to stay safe and happy, and write their top three priorities.
Activity sheet 2 - Human rights and the law
The students select three rights from a list of 15 and explain what life in their community would be like if these rights did not exist.
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