Deliberative debate: should we review the age of criminal responsibility?

Deliberative debate: should we review the age of criminal responsibility?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at a clip of a speech from UK MYP Isaac Codjoe in the Houses of Parliament. We will then critically analyse source materials to help us write our own speech to answer the question, 'should we review the age of criminal responsibility?'

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which is the correct definition of a speech?
Correct answer: A formal address delivered to an audience
A rant at your brother who ate all the biscuits
A talk on the phone with a friend
Q2.
Which of these is a formal conversation that happens in the Houses of Parliament?
Correct answer: Debate
Fight
Rant
Recital
Scrap
Q3.
Whose famous speech started with 'I have a dream'?
Barack Obama
Correct answer: Martin Luther King Jr
Nelson Mandela
Rosa Parks
Q4.
Which famous teenager used this persuasive phrase in a speech about climate change 'Our house is on fire'?
Amika George
Correct answer: Greta Thunberg
Malala Yousafzai
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Q5.
What is the Latin expression that allows for children's age in law?
Ad hoc
Bona fide
Correct answer: Doli incapax
Quid pro quo
Vice versa

Lesson appears in

UnitCitizenship / What is the law and how is it changed?

Citizenship