I share with you a funny lesson with an aim: help our students to make decisions in their lives.

2. 3rd ‘cycle’
Block 4: People, cultures
and social organization
6th Grade
Students as
Debate in the
parliament
Politicians
thinking in
ideas
5 lessons

3. Day 1: Creating groups
Teacher

 Creates parliamentary
groups by a drawing of
lots
Students
 Choose a name for his
group and create their
own symbol
 Search for the
responsibility that they
have been assigned
Which is your service in a political office?
If you are the president click
here:http://www.ceuta.es/ceuta/lainstitucion/normativa/46paginas/paginas/normativa/111-reglamentode-la-presidencia-de-la-ciudad-de-ceuta-de-7de-junio-de-2001
If you are the vice president click
here:http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicepreside
nte
If you are the secretary click
here:http://www.cemci.org/revista/numero1/documentos/doc1.pdf
For other responsabilities visit this
pag:http://www.gobiernodeceuta.es/index.ph
p/el-gobierno/la-asamblea

5. Day 2: Social problems
Problem
 Children with few
financial resources
whose families cannot
allow buying them
books they need.

Solution
 Discuss different
solutions:
 Students who finish
their course lend their
books to these kind of
children
 Asking for a special law
to students with few
financial resources

6. Day 3: Environmental problems
Problem

 Children throw litter in
the playground.
Solution
 Promote
recycling, reuse, reduce
. 3R

7. Day 4: Economical problems
Problem

 Students want to do an
end-of-school trip but
the school has financial
resources
Solution
 Make
cupcakes, cakes, and
any kind of food so as
to sell it and
 Make
bracelets, necklaces in
order to sell it.

8. Day 5: Debate in the Parliament

 The class is a
Parliament. Organize
the tables.
 The different
parliamentary groups
give their ideas about
the different problems.

9. Objectives
 Know the different politicians they
are in our city
 Know the politicians’ responsibilities
 Acquire the capacity of deciding
being honest.
 Practising the democracy
Contents
 Block 4: People, cultures and social
organization.
 Block 6: Material and Energy
Key competences
 Linguistic competence
 Learn to learn
 Social and citizenship competence.
 Environmental competence
 Mathematical competence
 Autonomy and personal initiative
Methodology
 Cooperation
 Work in groups
 Pupil’s role: Active, participative,
critic, discovering and learning
 Teacher as a guide
 Resources and media: PC
Acquiring values

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Solidarity
Humanity
Empathy
Respect
Ambition
Evaluation
 Observation
 Rubric

10. Yes
Does she/he know the most important
responsibilities of our politicians?
Does she/he search the exact information
we have asked in the blog?
Does she/he participate in the group
providing ideas?
Does she/he know different ways to
recycle?
Does she/he have an idea of the profit
they will earn with the product they will
sell?
Does she/he work in groups?
Does she/he participate in the debate?
No

11. 
Parliamentary groups
A drawing of lots
Assigned
Few financial resources
An end-of-school trip