LESSONS

• 5 GENERAL GUIDELINES
• 6 WHAT IS A COMMUNITY? Successful students define what is meant by the term 'community' and recognise features of their local community.
• 8 DESIGN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY Students explore what is and is not desirable in a community through creating their own ideal.
• 10 MY COMMUNITY - A PROJECT Students plan a project on an aspect of their local community that interests them.
• 12 OUR FAITH MAKES A DIFFERENCE! Students examine how beliefs can affect how people contribute to their community.
• 14 MANY FAITHS AND NONE! Students understand how peoples of different faiths and those with no faiths can work together for the good of a community.
• 16 TRANSFORMING THE LOCAL AREA Students consider how transformation of a local area can result in changes for the people who live there.
• 18 GROWING OLD Successful students will recognise some of the problems faced by the elderly in Britain in the 21st century.
• 20 LIVING AND LEARNING TOGETHER Students examine attitudes to those with disabilities in the community and, in particular, identify the important issues for students with disabilities.
• 22 OUR RIGHTS! Students will recognise the rights of children in the worldwide community.
• 24 JOBS Students assess the contributions to community life made by people in different occupations.
• 26 THE WORLD COMMUNITY Students explore interdependence of and links between the individual, local, national and world communities.
• 28 TAKE PRIDE! Students understand how school fits into the local community.
• 30 BRITAIN: A MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY Successful students will recognise the diversity of cultures in the UK and understand the benefits that different cultures bring.
• 32 MAKING IT BETTER Students are encouraged to become aware of issues in their local community and to become involved in improving their community.
• 34 OUR COMMUNITY Students explore the meaning of the term 'community' and look at the wider local community.
• 36 MY IDEAL COMMUNITY Students identify and explain the elements of their ideal community.
• 38 MY PLACE IN MY COMMUNITY Students identify their place in their local community and see ways in which they could contribute.
• 40 CHANGES Students will recognise the changes that can occur in the community and the impact that these changes can have.
• 42 A VOICE Students will recognise how their views can be represented at all levels, from school to locally and nationally.
• 44 COMMUNITY ACTION Students evaluate strategies for tackling unfair treatment and assess the role of pressure groups in influencing local issues.
• 46 THE MENTALLY ILL IN THE COMMUNITY Students examine and evaluate commonly held views on mental illness.
• 48 NAME AND SHAME? Students analyse the debate surrounding the issue of child sex offenders living in the community and then argue for or against their inclusion in the community.
• 50 TEENAGERS: WHAT CAN THEY GIVE? Students list some of the positive contributions young people can make to the community and put forward an argument in defence of teenagers.
• 52 WORKING TOGETHER Students show how communities can work together for change.
• 54 THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY Students recognise the importance of countries in the world working in collaboration.
• 56 WELCOME! Students analyse their own attitudes to race and explore the arguments against common myths about race.
• 58 COMMUNITIES OF THE FUTURE Students synthesise their ideas on communities through listing their hopes for the communities of the future.
• 60 DEATH OF A COMMUNITY? Students explore the changes that can occur when a traditional community breaks down and is replaced by a modern one.

APPENDICES

• 62 APPENDIX 1 - PLANNING YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT
• 63 APPENDIX 2 - IS THAT JOB IMPORTANT?
• 64 APPENDIX 3 - INFORMATION ON MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN
• 65 APPENDIX 4 - INDIVIDUAL ACTION
• 66 APPENDIX 5 - MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE COMMUNITY
• 67 APPENDIX 6 - WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
• 68 APPENDIX 7 - IS IT TRUE?
• 69 APPENDIX 8 - ERIC'S VIEWS
• 70 APPENDIX 9 - THE END OF A MINING COMMUNITY