KS1: Democracy- Fairness

• British Values
• Primary Education

Introduction

Part of the British Values series. In this lesson, pupils will look at the word 'fair' through reading the story 'Farmer Duck'. They will then use their ipads to take pictures of their friends working together.

Instructions

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British Values

Democracy

KS1: Fairness

This lesson supports British Values. It can be used to compliment your existing schemes of learning or as an ad-hoc session.

It also links with the PSHE Association Programme of Study for KS1:

L1. about what rules are, why they are needed, and why different rules are needed

L4. about the different groups they belong to

L5. about the different roles and responsibilities people have in their community

for different situations

In this lesson we will:

• Think about the word 'fair'
• Look at how teamwork helps to make our world a fairer place.

Key Vocabulary:

fair

unfair

teamwork

law

rule

society

change

Listen to Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell 

You can read Farmer Duck to the class or there are some really great resources on the internet, for example:

Farmer Duck

Quiz

What do you think the duck meant when he said 'quack'?

You can change the sound clip by clicking on the cog icon in the top left of each answer.

Quiz

Who helps the duck?

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If you would prefer a different question here, you can fully adapt this slide.

There is a quick help guide here

Why doesn't the farmer help the duck?

This question has been added to gather the children's views.

You may need to offer a word bank or scaffolding to support with vocabulary.

The duck was treated unfairly by the farmer

Remind children of the word 'unfair' and what this means.

You might wish to look at other words which have the prefix 'un' to explore how this changes the meaning of a root word.

The animals worked as a team as this made it fair for everyone.

This image from the story may need further discussion.

Do the children agree with how the animals decided to take action against the farmer? What would they have done? What if the farmer had been hurt?

We need to work together to make our world fair.

Use your ipad to take photos of people working together.

Children can add photos that they take directly to this slide. You can then use them for discussion as a class.

I know what fair and unfair means

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This poll can give you a quick snapshot of the class and an insight into who may need to explore the issue in more detail. The results will be displayed anonymously but you can look into how each child has answered the poll in the assessment view.

There is a how to guide here.