Consumer Education

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Going on holiday

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Lesson plans Primary schools

This series of activities provide a ‘team challenge’ approach, focusing on planning a holiday. The theme could be extended to provide lessons over several weeks and engage the children in a wider range of activity. - Content: PLANNING A HOLIDAY Concepts: Consumer values and behaviour, using goods and services, equality of access, consumer rights, customer charters, advertising and packaging, organizations which help us. Skills: Seeking information and advice, communicating, evaluating, (...) Read more

Children , Sustainability , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Geography , ICT

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Going on holiday

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Teaching materials and resources Primary schools

Resources: Wide selection of holiday brochures for different destinations. List of websites. Whiteboard. Note paper Large sugar paper Pens and markers. Additional Materials: Download the ’Ideas for holiday destinations’ activity sheet Download the ’Team prompt and recording’ sheet Further lesson plans for extending the activity into a 5 week module. Download further holiday teaching plans Further Information: Environment Agency - This website provides good background information (...) Read more

Children , Consumer Skills , Geography , ICT

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Buying a mobile phone

Into: Teaching consumer rights Lesson Plans Primary schools

This series of activities are designed for KS2 pupils and focuses on choosing, using and paying for a mobile phone. - Content: MOBILE PHONES Concepts: Consumer values and behaviour, using goods and services, consumer responsibility, communicating satisfaction or dissatisfaction, consumer rights, advertising and packaging. Skills: Seeking information and advice, communicating, problem solving, resolving conflict, assertiveness. Attitudes: Self reliance, responsibility, critical (...) Read more

Children , Consumer Skills , Mathematics , Numeracy , ICT

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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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Mobile phones

Into: Teaching consumer rights Teaching materials and resources Primary schools

Resources: Selection of a variety of Mobile phone literature and tariffs (and /or - website addresses) Whiteboard Computer access for the evaluator of presentations: PowerPoint software (or similar) NB: It is important for the teacher not to promote, or to be seen to be promoting, one particular brand of phone or network Ensuring that a wide range of brands are represented should counter any potential bias. Additional Materials: Download the question framework and success criteria (...) Read more

Children , Consumer Skills , PSHE , ICT

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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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