Principles, Values and Identity in Modern Britain
What holds a society together, and what makes you who you are? Explore the rights and duties of citizens, and how identity is shaped, including the idea that we each hold more than one identity.
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What holds society together? 🏛️
Millions of people live together in modern Britain. What holds a society together? Partly a set of shared **principles and values**, and partly a balance of **rights and duties**. This module looks at the rights and duties that citizens have, and at what shapes who we are: our **identity**.
Words to know 📖
Four ideas run through this module:
Rights and duties ⚖️
Rights and duties go together. A right for one person often means a duty for others.
Match each kind of right 🔗
- Human right
- Legal right
- Moral right
- Political right
- A basic right every person has, simply for being human
- A right set out in law that can be enforced in court
- A right based on ideas of fairness and of right and wrong
- A right to take part in politics, such as voting
Which kind of right? 🗳️
The right to vote in an election is an example of which kind of right?
- A political right
- A moral right
- A shopping right
- Not a right at all
Who are you? 🪪
Your **identity** is your sense of who you are. It is shaped by many things: your family, where you live, your nationality, your culture, your beliefs and your interests. Most people have **multiple identities** at once. You might be a sibling, a student, a Londoner, British and a global citizen, all at the same time.
Match each level of identity 🔀
- Individual
- Group
- National
- Global
- Who you are as a single, unique person
- Belonging to a group, such as a family, team or community
- Identifying with a nation, such as feeling British
- Seeing yourself as part of the wider world
What shapes identity? ✅
Select the TWO things that can shape who a person is.
- Their culture and traditions
- The community they live in
- The weather on the day they were born
- Their shoe size
Widening circles 🌍
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Citizens in words 🧩
Something a citizen is entitled to is a _____, and something they are expected to do is a _____. A right set out in law is a _____ right. The sense of who you are is your _____. Most people hold _____ identities at the same time.
Spot the true statements 🖍️
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Apply it 🧭
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Rights and who we are ✍️
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