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CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION - 3rd ESO -

UNIT 2

HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS

SESSION 1: FRIENDSHIP

ACTIVITIES
1. Say 3 reasons why your friends are so important during adolescence. 1. 2. 3. 2. Say 3 aspects you admire of your friend. 1. 2. 3. 3. Say 3 ways to recognise a good friend. 1. 2. 3. 4. Say 3 ways to recognise a good group of friends. 1. 2. 3. 5. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. Choose the 2 most important aspects to make friends: To be ourselves: with our qualities and faults. To Listen to the others, but without forgetting to listen to ourselves. To find the funniest and most interesting things to share together. Not to believe the others are better than us, neither the contrary. To keep our opinions and ideas inside our group of friends. To search comprehension rather than criticism. To share what we have, to express what we feel. To dare to say something we dont like; not to do what one doesnt want to do. To help them when they need us and allow them to be helped. To trust people and ourselves.

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CONCLUSIONS
Friendship has a great value in our lives, so we must care for it. A good friendship must be responsible, fair and supportive. 1. 2. RESPONSIBLE. The friend is responsible for the friend. He must help him and must not do anything than can hurt him. FAIR. The friend must behave fairly with his / her friend, without asking him unfair things. It is not a good friend the one who treats the others in a different way and without respecting them. SUPPORTIVE. Friends enjoy with their friends happiness and they feel bad with their sadness.

3.

ACTIVITY
4. a. In the following situations, what attitude must adopt Mary and Joseph to keep its freedom? Today Mary is wearing some clothes her friends do not like. She feels they are looking at her as if they were criticising her. A. B. C. D. b. Mary runs to her house to change her clothes. Mary does not care what they think. Mary asks them if they have got any problem. Mary leaves them and tries to find someone to talk.

Josephs friends are jumping into the sea from a cliff. Joseph does not want to jump. They tell him: We dont want chickens in our group. A. B. C. D. Joseph finally jumps into the sea from the cliff. Joseph runs away to his house. Joseph explains them why he does not want to jump. Joseph does not care what they say to him.

5.

Imagine a father that sees his son really drunk. Explain the situation.

Father: But, why have you been drinking if you had never done it before? Son: Why? Because everybody does it. I dont want to be a rare one.

TO REMEMBER Friendship helps to forge ones identity, personality and independence. It is really important to choose good friends and to keep the freedom in the group. A friend must assume he is involved in his / her friends happiness and treat him / her fairly and with solidarity. 2

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SESSION 2: SEXUALITY

Non- expected pregnancy graphic


According to statistics, as an average, an 8% of the Spanish young women have suffered from a non-expected pregnancy.

ACTIVITIES
1. 2. 3. According to the graphic, what ages are non-expected pregnancies more frequent? Can a non-expected pregnancy alter ones personal project of life? Susan is 15. Make a list of her projects for the future. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 4. Susan and Ted are 15. They are expecting a baby. Make a list of his / her projects for the future. 1. 2. 3. 4.

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CONCLUSIONS
Like friendship, sexuality must be responsible, fair and supportive. 1. RESPONSIBLE. The responsibility means that sexual relations must be free and accepted conscientiously. 2. FAIR. Justice has to do with the respect to the others, so it is unfair when someone takes profit of someone else to satisfy his / her own sexual APETIT. 3. SUPPORTIVE. The human sexuality is oriented to establish affective links between the human beings and to procreation.

ACTIVITY 5. In a disco, a boy feels attracted to a girl who has been drinking so much. He thinks he can take profit of her and have sex with her. How do you qualify this attitude? A. Selfish B. Normal C. Without importance D. Others 6. Say if these statements are TRUE or FALSE. A. To conceive a baby is something really serious, that cannot be done without responsibility. B. Someone who does not control his / her desires respects the human rights. C. Sexuality has an essential affective component. It is something very intimate, that cannot be forced. LOVE AS A HUMAN NECESSITY 1. Choose from the following list the eight qualities you most admire of your ideal person. Order them according to its importance.
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. Ambitious (hard-working, with aspirations) Extrovert (open-minded) Able (competent, effective) Neat (tidy, vain) Brave (he / she fights for his / her ideals) Cordial (prepared to forgive) Honest (sincere, authentic) Imaginative (creative) Independent (self-confident) Intellectual (intelligent, reflexive) Logic (consequent, rational) Romantic (tender, affective) Responsible (you can trust on him / her)

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2.

Complete the chart with the correct information:

GIRLS I think that boys should ... Id like a boy that I dont like boys that .. I think that boys must see in girls .. I think everything would be better if boys ... In my family, the girls ... What I most hate about being a girl is ... What I most like about being a girl is ... I envy boys when ... I hope that boys ...

BOYS I think that girls should ... Id like a girl that .. I dont like girls that .. I think that girls must see in boys ... I think everything would be better if girls ... In my family, the boys ... What I most hate about being a boy is What I most like about being a boy is... I envy girls when ... I hope that girls ...

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SESSION 3: FAMILY

The Spanish family


Family in Spain Babies outside marriage, second marriages, lone mothers, homosexual parents, lab children or children adopted from the opposite side of the world. New types of families live proudly together with the classic family. Whereas some people think that family is going through its most difficult time, sociologists refer to it as the richest and most diverse moment of the most valued institution in Spain.

1.

Guess which of the following sentences are true or false and check your answers with the teacher: a. b. c. A law was passed in the Spanish Parliament in April 2005 which allows the marriage between people of the same sex The classic family consisting of a man and a woman who are married and who long for having some children is not the most representative model anymore In the 80s and 90s people more and more frequently knew about divorced friends, family relatives that went to live with another person without getting married, neighbours that lived on their own or somebody that lived with a person of the same sex According to sociologists, diversity is being invented in modern times. Years ago everybody was a member of the classic family When a woman marries a man, she keeps her surname. When they have children, they have two surnames: the fathers surname followed by the mothers one

d. e.

2.

Taking into account the definitions of the types of family in the UK that you have worked on in class, find the people that best matches each of the types of family in Spain nowadays.
People Ramon and Charo got married 50 years ago, they have had 3 children and 6 grandchildren Paqui fell in love with Pablo when she was 16 and she still loves him very much. They married in church and she rules the house and takes care of the children but also works Ana had always wanted to be a mother but she could not find the perfect man. She went through artificial insemination. Isabel, her daughter, has not got a father Elena and Jose had already two biological children when they decided to adopt Yun, a Chinese baby girl Esther met Walla in a party. He had fled from the war in Angola some years before. They have just had a baby boy Maria and Manuel met when they were 40, both separated and with

Types of family Reconstituted family Classic nuclear family

Extended family

Monoparental family Adoptive family Mixed race family

CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION - 3rd ESO children. They and their children live all together in the same house Julia and Lucia have a pair of twins who Julia gave birth through artificial insemination. They live happily together

Homoparental family

3.

Imagine you visit Spain and stay at a friends home in Barcelona. Write a postcard to your parents or a friend of yours in Scotland telling them about your friends type of family (you can choose any of the types of family that you have worked on in exercise 2). You can also write about any cultural differences that you have observed in Catalonia in reference to Scotland. When writing your postcard, use a/some photos of Barcelona.

ACTIVITIES
1. List 5 important aspects treated in your family.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

2. List 5 things you consider important to be a happy family (in order of priority).
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 3. List 3 things you learn in these different areas: FAMILY FRIENDS SCHOOL 1. 2. 3.

MASS MEDIA

CHURCH

Taking decisions 4. Decide the most appropriate statement. a. My parents always take the final decisions. b. We discuss the question but my parents always take the decision. c. We discuss the question and at the end we get a compromise. d. We discuss the question and finally you decide. e. You decide. You take your own decision.

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