Citizenship Lesson 1

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Decision making skills

• Citizenship Lesson 1
• How to make a good decision
• Aim to understand that there are different
  methods of decision making and to practice 3
  different decision making skills.

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For starters

• ? What decisions have you already had to make
  today?
• Discuss 3 decisions in pairs and feedback to
  the group
• Extension Can you think how you made these
  decisions?

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By the end of today, you will be able to

• State 2 different methods of decision making
• State 2 advantages of each method
• State 2 disadvantages of each method

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Task 1

• On your own decide which celebrities you would
  invest in. You dont need to actually buy the
  shares - just list the names of those you would
  choose.
• Remember that you have 10,000 to spend and your
  aim is to make good decisions in order to make as
  much money as possible by investing in celebrity
  shares.

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Discuss as a whole class

• ? How did you make your decisions?
• ? What did you base your decisions on?

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Task 2

• In groups decide on a team name

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Task 3

• In groups vote on your favourite celebrity
  between eitherMadonna or Guy Ritchie
• After selecting the celebrity, in your group buy
  10 shares in your chosen celebrity.

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Discuss

• ? How easy was this decision?
• ? Identify 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage of the
  voting method of decision making

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Task 4

• In groups now chose 2 celebrities that you all
  want to buy shares in.
• Decide and buy 50 shares.

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Discuss

• ? How did you make your decision?
• ? Did you vote?
• ? Did you argue?
• ? Did you want more time?

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To sum it up

• ? Which methods of decision making have you used
  today?
• ? Which was most effective? And why?

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Homework

• Decide on a Celebdaq celebrity and complete the
  campaign sheet
• Be prepared to come to the next lesson and
  present your ideas
• Use Celebdaq news to help you decide on a
  profitable celebrity to support