SMDE PRACTICE: RECAP OF TASK

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SMDE PRACTICE RECAP OF TASK THE FUTURE OF
AGEING ITS UP TO YOU! Your task You have
listened to the MPs argue all day in the house of
commons on how the country should deal with its
ageing population. You have now been asked to
prepare a Green Paper on the direction that you
feel the Government should assist the county in
moving. Keyword Green paper A government
report of a proposal without any commitment to
action the first step in changing the law.
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• SMDE PRACTICE
• ACTIVITY 7 WORKSHEET
• This part should already be completed. You now
  need to add your own views about each solution to
  try and get the government to change the
  provision for the ageing population.
• NOW its time to write up your PROPOSAL.
• 2012 GREEN PAPER
• Proposals for managing the UKs Ageing
  Population Introduction
• 10 ________ people in the UK are over ___ years
  old.  The latest projections are for 5½ million
  more elderly people in 20 years time and the
  number will have nearly ________to around 19
  million by 2050.
• A main concern is that with the retirement of the
  _______ boomers, the number of people of a
  working, taxable age will shrink or become
  stagnant. This could result in gaps in the ______
  market, with businesses and public services
  lacking the workforce required.
• With the _______ being the fastest growing age
  group in Britain, increasing pressure is being
  put on __________and _________ services.

Have you put this as your title?
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REMEMBER! Your exam is going to be similar to
this in that you have to come up with a JUSTIFIED
proposal about the issue of an ageing
population. Use this time wisely. I expect ALL
of you to have completed this task in tremendous
detail. Your teacher will email me any names of
those students who fail to comply with
instructions and those students will stay behind
on Thursday without fail!
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• SMDE PRACTICE
• ACTIVITY 7 WORKSHEET
• Watch these two videos for a reminder of the
  topic we are studying.
• VIDEO 1
• VIDEO 2
• Continued.
• Proposals
• To prevent any negative consequences of an ageing
  population and encourage it to be a positive
  change for the UK, the government should support
  the following
• (GIVE YOUR TOP THREE IDEAS AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY
  WILL BENEFIT THE COUNRTY IN DETAIL)
• The government should not encourage the following
  actions
• (GIVE 3 OF THE IDEAS THAT YOU FEEL WILL NOT HELP
  MANAGE THE UKS AGEING POPULATION AND GIVE YOUR
  RESAONS WHY IN DETAIL).

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And to finish

• Volunteers will read out their finished
  proposals.
• Teacher will email me any amazing names and any
  really not amazing names.
• You will be able to see these names on the board
  if the teacher allows