Consumer Education

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Citizenship

Shopping and pocket money

Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Primary schools

This series of activities are designed for 6-11 year olds. The activities focus on thinking about financial choices and a range of opportunities are provided to explore these concepts with children - how the consequences of our choices might impact either on our own lifestyle, or how the consequences of our choices might impact on other people and the environment. - Content: SHOPPING AND POCKET MONEY Concepts: Managing resources, consequences of consumer choice, advertising and (...) Read more

Children , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , Numeracy , PSHE

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Shopping and money

Into: Teaching financial and money skills Teaching materials and resources Primary schools

Resources Flipchart /whiteboard. Visual chart of coins. Plastic /real coins. Class shop containing a range of ‘real’ products from the local shops/supermarkets marked with large price labels and pictures of the coins that will be needed to pay for it. Additional Materials What did you buy today? Download the ‘What did you buy today’ Activity Sheet. My feelings about my purchases. Download the ‘My feelings about my purchases’ Activity Sheet. Further Information The Pfeg (...) Read more

Children , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , Mathematics , Numeracy , PSHE

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Spending and saving

Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Secondary schools

This section is aimed at key stage three pupils (11-14). The sessions aim to explore different attitudes to spending and saving, to get pupils to think about the different responsibilities one has at different life stages and to know how and where to get advice if they experience financial difficulties. Learners are able to budget in order to manage their own personal finances, and evaluate the consequences when making financial decisions. Download the Spending and saving lesson plan. (...) Read more

Teenagers , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , Mathematics , Numeracy , Business Studies

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Wants and needs

Into: Teaching financial and money skills Teaching materials and resources Primary schools

Resources: Bag of various products from shops which present a choice of wants and needs (food, water, toy car or clip art which could represent real car, book, sweet, etc). Flipchart / Whiteboard. Sugar paper for Pie Charts Additional Materials: Download the Needs v Wants’ Activity Sheet. Download the Household expenses - ideas sheet. Further information: The Pfeg website is very good to access case studies for Key Stage 1 & 2 and access available resources in one place. In (...) Read more

Children , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Home Economics

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Food packaging and healthy lifestyles

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Teaching materials and resources Adult education

Tutor Led activity: Food packaging exercise The tutor should collect a variety of food packets including, healthy options, fast food, microwave, frozen, good quality, value/ economy, fresh and long life. These will be used by the learners to compare and contrast ingredients, fat, salt and sugar content and other labelling information. The tutor should try to establish what the learner’s can already identify. This will help the tutor to evaluate how to pitch the rest of the session i.e. (...) Read more

Adults , Citizenship , Literacy , Home Economics

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Food labelling

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Lesson plans Secondary schools

This section is aimed at key stage three students (11-14). The session aims to explore how food manufactures and retailers label their food. To get pupils to understand and be aware that consumers have a right to know what they are eating and to know how healthy the products are. Learners will look at food products which might be unhealthy if eaten too often and whether such products should be clearly labelled. Download the full Food labelling lesson plan. "Making healthy choices" (...) Read more

Teenagers , Citizenship , Literacy , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Home Economics , Food Design and Technology , Science

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Understanding packaging and recycling

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Lesson plans Primary schools

This series of activities are designed for KS1&2. The activities focus on types of packaging and our responsibility as consumers to reduce reuse and recycle. - Content: PACKAGING and RECYCLING Concepts: Consumers in the market place, advertising and packaging, consumer responsibility, consumer influence, consequences of consumer action, consumer values and behaviour. Skills: Seeking information and advice, decision making, problem solving. Attitudes: Responsibility, Critical (...) Read more

Children , Sustainability , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Science

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Food and the environment

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Lesson plans Secondary schools

This section is aimed at key stage three students (11-14). The session aims to explore why certain cereal crops are important and begin to understand the causes and effects the rising cost of these crops is having on food prices around the world. Learners will reflect on how what they consume on a daily basis, and the ingredients involved. Download the Responsible Consumers lesson plan. "Is the world heading for a food crisis?" Activity. Download the ’Why are people hungry? worksheet’ (...) Read more

Teenagers , Sustainability , Citizenship , Literacy , Business Studies , Food Design and Technology , Science

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Recycling

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Teaching materials and resources Primary schools

Resources: Collection of a range of food packaging. Digital camera Garden implements Garden labels Marker pens (indelible) Additional Materials: Download the 3R’s activity sheet Download the What happens to packaging materials record sheet Further information: Recycle zone - The Recycle zone website contains a range of information and activities for students. Read more

Children , Sustainability , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Science

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Impact of food on the environment

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Teaching materials and resources Secondary schools

Resources Whiteboard Pens Flipchart paper to make a note of pupil suggestions during discussions ’Why are people hungry? worksheet, which includes: Food costs What are the main causes of the rising prices? Causes & consequences Why are corn, rice, soya and wheat so important? Further information World Food Programme Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Millennium Development (...) Read more

Teenagers , Sustainability , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Science

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Environmental and ethical labels

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Teaching materials and resources Adult education

Logo/Symbol Cards or Powerpoint presentation Learners are presented with a selection of environmental or ethical labels/ logos and asked to identify them. The tutor then feeds back to the group about the meaning and brief history behind the logo. Download the ‘Are you a responsible shopper?’ powerpoint 5 session ethical consumption program The scheme of work is developed for adult learners who have learning difficulties and/ or learning disabilities. It aims to introduce learners (...) Read more

Adults , Sustainability , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , Home Economics

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Labelling of products

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Lesson plans Adult education

Competences: Learners should be able to recognise and familiarise themselves with important safety/quality and ethical information on products. Time: 2 units 60mins each Group: 16+ Adult learners Curriculum Context: Life Skills/ independent living skills, family learning, Citizenship Teaching and Learning Tools Teaching Approach Interactive and visual group work activities, using own experiences or if not appropriate case studies or examples provided by the tutor. Using examples (...) Read more

Adults , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , Consumer Rights

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Dealing with food waste

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Teaching materials and resources Secondary schools

Resources Whiteboard Pens Flipchart paper to make a note of pupil suggestions during discussions Food Mountain- discussion and activity sheet Global Impact of Food Price rises - discussion and activity sheet Help the Planet - discussion sheet Further Information World Food Programme Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Read more

Teenagers , Sustainability , Citizenship , PSHE , Home Economics , Food Design and Technology

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Do you know how to deal with rubbish?

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Lesson plans Primary schools

Children , Citizenship , Quiz

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Using postal services

Into: Teaching consumer rights Lesson Plans Primary schools

This series of activities are designed for KS1 pupils, but could easily be extended both for more able children and Year 2 children. The activities focus on using the postal service. - Content: POST OFFICE Concepts: Using goods and services, communicating satisfaction or dissatisfaction, consumer rights. Skills: communicating, resolving conflict, assertiveness. Attitudes: critical awareness, self reliance Learners are able to to see themselves both as product consumers and (...) Read more

Children , Citizenship , Literacy , Consumer Skills , English , Consumer Rights

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Services offered by local councils

Into: Teaching consumer rights Lesson Plans Secondary schools

This session is aimed at key stage three pupils (11-14). The session aims to raise students’ awareness of the variety of services offered by local councils; to get students to understand how these services are funded and who makes the decisions. Learners are able to see themselves both as product consumers and service consumers. They should reflect on the consumer’s role in services provided and demonstrate consumer responsibility towards the use and development of different kinds of (...) Read more

Teenagers , Citizenship , Literacy , PSHE

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Background to local government

Into: Teaching consumer rights Teaching materials and resources Secondary schools

Local councils are run by democratically-elected councillors. They are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the local community about local services, such as land use, refuse collection, and leisure facilities. Resources Whiteboard Pens Flipchart paper to make a note of pupil suggestions during discussions Access to the internet ’Who provides local services?’ quiz ’How is local government financed and run?’ information and activity sheet Further Information Directgov (...) Read more

Teenagers , Citizenship , Literacy , English , PSHE

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Buying goods and services

Into: Teaching consumer rights Teaching materials and resources Adult education

What do we buy? Learners are asked to list the things they buy, the tutor records this. The next stage is for the tutor to present a 2 column table dividing goods and services. Learners should decide which items from the first list should go in which column. Students should be able to justify their answers. Use activity sheet ‘What do we buy?’. Download the How do we buy goods and services activity sheet. How do we buy goods and services? Activity The aim of this activity is for (...) Read more

Adults , Citizenship , Literacy , Consumer Skills

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Understanding local democracy

Into: Teaching consumer rights Lesson Plans Secondary schools

This session is aimed at key stage three pupils (11-14). The session aims to increase students understanding and interest in local democracy, by thinking about issues that concern them in their local area and how they might raise their concerns with the local council. Learners are able to identify services, and to evaluate the quality of services in order to play an active part and to make critical choices. Download the understanding local democracy lesson plan "Plan your (...) Read more

Teenagers , Citizenship , Literacy , PSHE , ICT

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Rights when buying goods and services

Into: Teaching consumer rights Lesson Plans Adult education

Competences: Learners are able to understand what might influence their choices with regards to buying/ using services, recognise key service providers and to gain an understanding of what their consumer rights with services and goods. Learners are asked to identify service providers and explore how they might resolve problems in this area as a consumer. - To recognise the role of the consumer accessing and using services- To understand the role of consumer rights when buying goods or (...) Read more

Adults , Citizenship , Consumer Rights

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Issues in local community

Into: Teaching consumer rights Teaching materials and resources Secondary schools

Resources Whiteboard Pens Flipchart paper to make a note of pupil suggestions during discussions Local newspapers Community magazines Access to the internet Planning your investigation activity materials Further Information Directgov Local Government Group Department for Communities and Local Government Local Government Association UK Youth Parliament British Youth Council Parliament UK Headliners Participation (...) Read more

Teenagers , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , PSHE , ICT

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