Civics & Ethics · Grade 5

Skills

• Knows the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship, and why the difference matters.
• Knows courts and police exist to apply the law, and that the law applies to those in power too.
• Knows what the United Nations is and, roughly, what it is for.
• Knows what a charity, a volunteer and a non-governmental organisation are.
• Recognises when they are in a group that is excluding someone, and says so.
• Explains why a rule they personally dislike might still be fair.
• Argues both sides of a moral question before giving their own view.
• Refuses to join something they believe is wrong, even when friends are doing it.
• Knows that consent matters — over their own body, their belongings and their image.