Lesson video

Hello, and welcome to Citizenship.

My name's Mrs. White.

And today we're going to be learning about communities.

So let's get started with the lesson.

Before we go any further, make sure you've cleared an area, you've got somewhere to work, and so you can hear, there's no distractions.

Grab yourself paper to make notes.

You need pen and colours, as well, please.

If you've got colours that would be great.

And bring your enthusiastic learner head.

We've all got those.

Just sometimes they have a little rest at home.

Just make sure you've got all those things that you need.

So this is a lovely picture, isn't it? Kind of looks like a planet, or our planet, even.

But it's a nice photo of a big community and we all live in communities that are similar to this.

So wherever we are in the community, in the world, so we usually live in a community.

Whether that community is static, so like this community here that are built up on the side of the cliff, probably built around fishing or something like that.

Or maybe more mobile.

Interestingly also a community built around fishing, these are Vietnamese boat people.

And we all belong to those communities, so today we're going to learn about what actually makes a community, what is a good neighbour, what facilities should a community have.

And then we're going to do a take away task at the end that I'd like you to do before next lesson.

So let's have a look at communities, first of all.

A community, for many, is about belonging.

It's being part of the community that makes you feel like you belong, and it gives you an identity.

So right in the middle of this is your identity.

And then there's things that you are part of, so it might be your school, your place of worship, a sports team that you're in, or maybe youth group.

Also your language, your political affiliations, your hobbies, your work, your age, your hometown, your interests in religions and beliefs, they all come together to actually create your identity.

So you're part of all those different things that make you.

Now what I'd like you to do is to do an exercise now.

So you need to do this on a piece of paper, and I'd like you to draw your own diagram to show the different communities that you belong to.

Make notes about each community you belong to.

For example, are people your own age or lots of different ages.

So I'd like you to do that and you can use whatever method you might want to do, so a spider diagram, or Venn diagrams, or maybe lists.

It's up to you how you'd like to do that.

But start the video again once you have finished.

So have a look at what we did.

I've got a model here for you to look at.

Which communities do you belong to? And who's in that community? So this example, here, is one of my sons.

He's a bit older now; he's 23.

So he's got quite a few things that he's involved with and he's still involved with.

So he's got school, his work, different places that he's worked, sport teams that he has got involved with, and that he does now, and school.

He's obviously been to several different schools for university as well.

So he's built up a wider community of different people that he belongs.

And all of those things, that's his community.

That's what makes him.

Now not all of those people are interconnected.

So for example the people he goes climbing with aren't necessarily the people that he went to primary school with.

However, they are all still part of the communities that he belongs in.

So let's have a look at neighbours now.

The way we behave and interact in our communities affects everyone who lives there.

How can we be a good neighbour? So think about where you live right now and the people who live around you, your nextdoor neighbours, people across the street, people in the flat above or below.

The sort of people that you-- That are in your closer community, your neighbourhood.

How can we be a good neighbour? So let's have a look at these four examples.

Which example is a good neighbour? I'm going read each one, and I want you to decide which you think, which ones you think are examples of good neighbours.

So let's have a look at the dark blue one.

A good neighbour doesn't interfere and isn't noisy.

They don't get cross when you play your music loud.

Okay.

Pink, a good neighbour does things for the local community and is friendly to others and new people who move in.

Okay.

So that's interesting.

Light blue, a good neighbour is someone that can help.

Apologies.

A good neighbour is someone that you can call on if you need help.

Okay, okay.

A good neighbour, in the green, a good neighbour is someone who can borrow things from, who you can borrow things from and does not mind if you don't return it.

So out of those four, which ones do you think are examples of good neighbours? Let's have a look.

Of course, I've ringed them with red so that you can see.

A good neighbour does things for the local community and is friendly to others and new people who move in.

That's a good example.

And the light blue, a good neighbour is someone that you can call on if you need help.

Now the other two, the other one, you might think the dark blue one that they don't interfere when it's noisy, but then they're not complaining when you're noisy.

So actually it doesn't quite work, does it? It's a very one-way relationship that way, that one.

And the dark green, a good neighbour is someone who you can borrow things from and does not mind if you don't return them.

That is quite, that's not very nice is it? It's like you're taking advantage of that person.

So it's the good examples there are the two, are the two I've ringed.

So let's have a look at the wider community and the facilities that are needed in that community.

So what do the people in the community need, want, and like to have? Now you think of people from birth to death, you have to think of everybody from birth to death, and everyone in between when we consider what they require.

So even mothers who are pregnant and expecting a baby have needs, as well as people who, unfortunately, have passed away.

And everybody in between, throughout their whole lives, there's lots of things that communities need to live happily together and to have a good life.

So we need to know the difference between a need, a want, and a like.

So let's have a look at the differences between those three things.

So the first one is a need, the things a person needs to survive and have a happy life.

Their basic human rights, okay? So food, healthcare, education, shelter.

For example I need clean water to drink.

So these are essentials.

Without these, you would not have a happy life.

Now a want isn't necessary for survival, but it makes life a lot easier.

So for example I want hot and cold water in my house so we can stay clean.

I can manage as long as I have clean water, but I'd still have to boil water in a pan on the hob, and things like that.

But actually having it, you know, coming to the tap in my house makes life a lot easier.

So I'd want that.

But the like is the luxury end of the scale.

And if we could have it then it would be lovely, but it's not necessary.

So for example, I would like an ensuite bathroom so I don't have to share with my sister.

This sounds fair enough, doesn't it? But even if we don't need those things, but they are the extras.

So a bit about the facilities that meet the needs of the people in the neighbourhood.

So let's look at facilities first of all.

We need transport, schools, shops, playground, maybe swimming pools, community centre, youth club.

And safety needs of people, safety needs, safe to cross roads, maybe cycle lanes, safe pavements, streetlights, safe parks, and no derelict buildings.

Services: doctors and health centres, library, recycling centre.

And also the appearance of the neighbourhood, that can make you unhappy if your neighborhood's really scruffy and un-looked-after, unkempt.

So clean and cared for environment with no litter issues, graffiti, or pollution problems. Those are important in your neighbourhood.

Now I've got an exercise for you to do now.

Thinking back to our needs, wants, and likes, which community facility do you think is a need, a want, or a like? I'd like you to copy down these two small tables.

And in the spaces on the right-hand side of each example, I'd like you to write whether or not you think it's a need, or want, or a like.

Please pause the video and restart it when you finish the activity.

So let's have a look.

Did you write the same answer as me? I'd like you to get a different colour pen so that you can make corrections as well, you can see the work that you've done and make corrections.

So let's have a look.

A doctor's surgery, well that's a need.

Everybody's got a right to healthcare, so they need a doctor's surgery.

A swimming pool, well that's a want.

It's not luxury end.

It's a really, really good way to keep fit, and it's important to learn how to swim for your safety.

So I've got that as a want, but perhaps it's a need.

That's quite interesting.

A school is a need.

And it's a need because everybody's got a right to education.

And everybody's got that all the way through from preschool to 18 years old.

And then you can go off to university to go and train, as well, maybe as an apprentice.

So education is really important.

That is a need.

The youth club, now I've written want.

But actually is a youth club more important than that? It's somewhere for young people where they can go, and be safe, and have fun with their friends, and have someone to call on for advice.

Is that a need or a want? I'd like you to decide that.

I've written it as a want but maybe it's not.

Food shops, that's a need.

We have to have somewhere we can buy food.

A tram service, well tram service is a form of transport.

It's a like to have.

Perhaps we could have buses, electric buses and things like that, and public transport that we can move around easily with.

But tram service, I put that as a like.

A playground, every child has the right to play.

That's one of the 10 children's rights, main children's rights.

And so that's a need.

And a daycare centre, and I'm thinking daycare centre for elderly people in this situation, and I think that is a want.

But maybe people get to a stage where they, for them to have a happy life, they need the care.

They need food.

They need companionship.

And maybe that's a need as well.

So I want you to make decisions on those.

It's not as black and white as it could be.

Okay.

Right, let's move on to the next slide.

So this is what we've learned today.

We've learned what makes a community and how we actually are part of lots of different communities.

And that makes up our identity.

We thought about what is a good neighbour.

And we've also thought about what facilities a neighbourhood should have, and the needs, wants, and likes that that neighbourhood needs, and the things that they have, and the services they have, and the facilities that a neighbourhood has.

So let's have a look at the take away task.

This is something I'd like you to do for next lesson.

So I'd like you to discuss with people at home, discuss what facilities are available in your local community to meet the needs of the people that live there.

And I'd also like you to investigate what things do you like in your community? Everybody in your family, what do they like? Are there things that are missing or could be improved? I want you to keep the notes you make, because these will be important for future lessons in this unit of work.

I'd like you to ask questions.

So think about who is it for? Where is it? Why is it there? When is it open? What is it? All those questions that help you to get to the bottom of an issue.

And I'd like you to enjoy investigating further.

Feel like a detective.

Go and enjoy what's out there.

Go and enjoy the activity of investigating, and researching, and finding out what is there for everybody.

Now we've got to the end of the lesson today.

I hope you enjoyed it.

I'd like you to do the quiz at the end and see how much you've learnt.

And I will see you next time.

Thanks very much.

Bye.