Could you pass the UK's Citizenship test? Click here for the 14 multiple choice questions (this isn't the official test by the way!)
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Saturday, 25 August 2007
Could you pass the UK's Citizenship test?
Could you pass the UK's Citizenship test? Click here for the 14 multiple choice questions (this isn't the official test by the way!)
Monday, 30 July 2007
Should this be on the internet?
A recent BBC Panorama programme highlighted the issue of 'happy slapping' (or worse!) videos being published on the web on sites like You Tube. Click here for the full story.
Once you have read the story - what do you think? Should sites like You Tube be more carefully monitored? Should violent or aggressive videos be banned totally? Or should they only be banned in certain circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Sunday, 25 March 2007
The Slave Trade
25 March 2007 was the 200th anniversary of the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. This Act outlawed the slave trade throughout the British Empire and made it illegal for British ships to be involved in the trade, marking the beginning of the end for the transatlantic traffic in human beings.
Read the article from the BBC at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6493507.stm
and view the video from YouTube below which shows two Archbishops' reflections on the slave pits in Zanzibar (you will need sound).
Do you think the UK should issue a public apology for their role in the slave trade?
Where else in the world is slavery still an issue today? (Hopefully you learnt something about this in your Citizenship lessons on 23rd March)
Read the article from the BBC at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6493507.stm
and view the video from YouTube below which shows two Archbishops' reflections on the slave pits in Zanzibar (you will need sound).
Do you think the UK should issue a public apology for their role in the slave trade?
Where else in the world is slavery still an issue today? (Hopefully you learnt something about this in your Citizenship lessons on 23rd March)
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