Being British

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1 Being British

2 Democracy

3 The Law

4 Mutual Respect

5 Toleration of different ethnicity

 Tutorial 1

What makes a person British ? In the box draw a picture of a typical British person.

Discuss this in your group and explain why you have drawn the person above. Compare you drawings with the
rest of your group are there any major differences.

What do we think of as being typically British ? See if you can fill in the gaps below

British Favourites My Ideas

Drink

Food

TV Programme

Weekend Pass Time

Sport

Religion
According to a recent survey these things came out as the most popular British Favourites. How do they
compare with yours? Discuss in your group.

British Favourites

Drink Tea (Closely followed by Coffee)

Food Chicken Tikka Masalla (closely followed by Fish and Chips and Roast Beef Dinner)

TV Programme Coronation Street (Closely followed by Eastenders)

Weekend Pass Time Walking in the Countryside

Sport Football (although in Wales Rugby was more popular)

Religion Christian

What do people say about being British ? Have a look at what some people have said about
being British and see if you can come up with your favourite saying.
 Tutorial 2 Democracy

What is it ?
By the people, of the people, for the people. This saying sums up what democracy is. It is where the
people of any one nation decides who rule them. In Britain we are very proud of our democracy as it is
very much part of our history.

In Britain we have several political parties. These are groups who stand for a set of principles which they
believe would benefit the country. From these principles they agree on certain policies which they
would like to put into place if they are in Government. Government is the term which we give to the
party who has won the most votes in a General Election.

General Election: This is held every 5 years where everyone who is over the age of 18 can vote and
decide who they want to represent them in parliament.

Parliament: This is held in a large building in London called the Palace of Westminister. It consists of the
House of Commons which is where M.P.s (Members of Parliament) are elected to sit and make
decisions. It also contains the House of Lords which contains people who have been nominated to
review all of the decisions made by the House of Commons. The Queen also reviews all of the laws
which are passed by these two houses and she meets with the Prime Minster regularly to talk about
current issues in the country.

Political Parties
See if you can guess these parties from the emblems.
Can you also guess whose policies these quotes belong to ?

Policy Party
Put the public first

Be more environmentally friendly

Restore public services

Lowering of university tuition fees

A mansion tax on wealthy property owners

End rid off energy prices

Help people get on the housing ladder

An exit from the European Union

Tougher stance on immigration

Abolish inheritance tax

Scrap the target of 50% of school leavers

going to university

Maintaining the cuts-reduce the deficit

Lower taxes

Deliver the best schools

A referendum on Europe
A fair, free and open society

More democracy and choice

A strong and sustainable economy

Think ?

Who would you vote for and why ?

Can you name the leaders of each of the political parties ?

Tutorial 3 The Law

Many British laws can be traced back to the Magna
Carta or the Great Charter

Many countries legal systems are based on the British

legal system

In this country we have a unique system of Law Courts.

Most minor offences are heard in the Magistrates
Court. This is where 3 Magistrates will listen to the
case and make a decision. They are not solicitors or
barristers but have had a lot of training on how to deal
with the cases they hear and there is a Barrister on
hand to advise. More serious cases are tried in the
Crown Court. This is where a case is presented in front
of jury (12 people) who decide if the person is innocent
or guilty. The sentence is then given by a Judge.

What do you know about the Law? Take the

quiz below and test your knowledge.

1. How old do you have to be to be held criminally

responsible?

2. How old do you have to be to get a custodial sentence for a crime?

3. How old do you have to be to join the armed services?

4. How old do you have to be to gamble?

5. How old do you have to be to vote?

 6. How old do you have to be to be entitled to the national minimum wage?

7. What is the person in charge of a court called?

8. What is the person who defends or prosecutes a legal case called?

9. The group of people that decides if a person is innocent or guilty is called what?

10. Where are less serious offences such as driving offences heard?

11. Where are serious offences like murder heard?

The Magistrates Court Please watch the video below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNDacwO5NA

The Crown Court Please watch the video below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZYvv_s5R-s
 Tutorial 4 Mutual Respect
Discuss: What do we mean by mutual respect

I think

Mutual Respect is a key British value

In Britain we have a tradition of mutual respect

We may not always agree
with
Mutual respect is when two people may not agree every one
on everything of don't
but they ourget upset over
little things but are willing to work things out
because they care for the other.
neighbors. That's life. And
it's part of living in such a
diverse and dense city. But
we also recognize that
part of being a New Yorker
is living with your
neighbors in mutual
respect and tolerance. It
was exactly that spirit of
openness and acceptance
that was attacked on 9/11,
2001.
What examples of mutual respect can you
think of from your own life?

Can you think of any examples of when you havent been respected? What did you
do about it?

What should you do if you are not being treated with respect and fairly?
 Tutorial 5 People of Other Ethnicity

The British (serves

60 million)
The British (serves 60 million)
Take some Picts, Celts and Silures
And let them settle,
Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.
Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years
Add lots of Norman French to some
Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.

Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans,

Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese,
Vietnamese and Sudanese.
Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians
And Pakistanis,
Combine with some Guyanese
And turn up the heat.
Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians,
Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some
Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese
And Palestinians
Then add to the melting pot.
Leave the ingredients to simmer.
As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish
Binding them together with English.
Allow time to be cool.
Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future,
Serve with justice
And enjoy.
Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better
than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.

Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain.
Give justice and equality to all.
 Benjamin Zephaniah is a poet you may
have heard have

Benjamin Zephaniah wrote a famous

poem about the British

What point was Zephaniah trying to

make about the British? What point
was he trying to make about tolerance
of different faiths and beliefs?

Tolerance

1. What different faiths and beliefs can you think of?

2. What examples from around the world can you think of where toleration of
different faiths and beliefs has been ignored or abused?

3. How can we be more tolerant of different faiths and beliefs other than your own?