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Life

sex

• sex – not the whole story
• the age of consent
• unlawful sex
• grooming
• lesbian and gay relationships
• contraception
• STI
• Prostitution
• brief case: under-age sex – Martin

pregnancy

• you think you’re pregnant
• what if it’s positive?
• having your baby
• adoption
• abortion
• brief case: keeping your baby – Alice
• brief case: abortion – Michelle

hiv & aids

• what is HIV?
• how do you get HIV?
• HIV and work
• brief case: HIV and AIDS – Jenny

drugs

• taking drugs
• the risks
• controlled drugs
• other drugs
• drugs and the law
• brief case: supplying LSD – Dennis
• brief case: a heroin overdose – Alex

health

• confidentiality
• your records
• doctors
• dentists
• opticians
• complaints
• your body
• brief case: tattoos – Julie
• brief case: the right to die – Mary
• brief case: living wills – Winston

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Safety

violent crime

• fighting back
• self defence
• reasonable force
• citizen’s arrest
• calling the Police
• knives
• types of crime: assault and battery
• types of crime: burglary, robbery and theft
• victims of violent crime
• brief case: violent crime – Raj’s reaction
• brief case: reasonable force

harassment

• what is harassment?
• stalking
• abusive telephone calls
• what if it happens to me?
• brief case: harassment – Marcia’s neighbours

sexual assault

• indecent assault and rape
• what is rape?
• if you are raped
• if you are accused of rape
• brief case: accused of rape – false accusations

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Education

attendance

• which school?
• costs
• leaving school or staying on
• truancy
• brief case: Peter’s wishes

rules & regulations

• who makes the rules?
• religious worship and education
• sex education
• punishment
• home-school agreement
• school uniform
• confiscation
• drugs in school
• brief case: school uniform

exclusion

• exclusion: fixed or permanent?
• reasons for exclusion
• appeals against exclusion
• brief case: treated as a pariah

reports & records

• brief case: no names

teaching standards & exams

• teaching standards
• sitting exams
• re-marking
• brief case: teaching standards and exams – not good enough

bullying

• bullying policy
• brief case: bullying
• brief case: being bullied

safety

• …on school trips
• brief case: drowning on a school trip

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Work and Training

training

• youth training
• a training plan
• the Connexions Service
• New Deal
• brief case: training – no job for a woman

work

• applying for work
• part-time work
• at what age?
• brief case: part-time work – too young

terms and conditions

• a written statement
• contracts
• pay
• hours
• holidays
• brief case: hours - sacked for oversleeping

health and safety

• during training
• in the workplace
• brief case: health and safety – driven out by the smoke
• brief case: accidents at work – off guard
• brief case: trainee safety – no supervision

employment rights

• maternity rights
• family rights
• trade unions
• brief case: maternity rights – pregnancy is not a sackable offence

equal opportunities

• discrimination
• direct and indirect discrimination
• sex discrimination
• race discrimination
• disability discrimination
• other discrimination
• help and advice
• dealing with harassment
• brief case: race discrimination – racist taunts
• brief case: sex discrimination – unsocial hours
• brief case: harassment – hands off

losing your job

• notice
• redundancy
• unfair dismissal
• brief case: redundancy – not needed?

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Money

buying goods and services

• doing the research
• it’s a contract
• buying goods
• excuses
• buying services
• the small claims court
• brief case: small claims

banks and building societies

• why have an account?
• choosing a bank or building society
• current accounts
• using plastic cards
• savings accounts
• tax on interest
• brief case: savings accounts

borrowing and credit

• borrowing and credit
• credit cards
• overdrafts
• loans
• getting into debt
• brief case: getting into debt

insurance

• why insure?
• buying insurance
• the words they use
• brief case: insurance

tax and benefits

• income tax
• pay as you earn - PAYE
• part-time work
• tax credits and benefits
• information

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Family

names

• registering names
• changing your name under 18
• changing your name over 18
• changing your name if you marry
• brief case: names – parents and children

citizenship

• what is citizenship?
• defining British citizens
• becoming a British citizen
• brief case: naturalisation – turned down

parents

• how the law works
• parental responsibility
• brief case: children in care – caring enough?

adoption

• who can be adopted?
• birth records
• brief case: adoption – new parents

living together and marriage

• money and finance
• children
• home
• getting married
• brief case: getting married – forced marriage
• brief case: bigamy – double trouble

splitting up

• separation
• getting a divorce
• grounds for divorce
• procedure
• children
• step-parents
• grandparents
• brief case: children – responsible?
• brief case: children – how many homes?
• brief case: grandparents – across the generations

violence in the home

• brief case: domestic violence – out of bounds

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House and Home

finding a place

• …and paying for it
• where do I look?
• questions to ask
• discrimination
• leaving home
• brief case: discrimination – room at the inn
• brief case: discrimination – the spice of life

renting a house, flat or room

• tenancy agreements
• assured shorthold tenancy
• lodgings
• council tenants
• repairs and maintenance
• eviction
• noisy neighbours
• insurance
• brief case: harassment – locked out
• brief case: council tenants – making their lives a misery

homelessness

• homelessness
• qualifying as a priority need
• sleeping rough
• squatting
• brief case: squatting – squatters’ rights

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Leisure

going out

• going out
• events and cancellations
• pubs and off-licences
• drinking in public
• cafés and restaurants
• raves
• clubs
• gambling
• getting back
• brief case: raves – licence required

staying in

• staying in
• alcohol
• drugs
• gatecrashers
• safety
• insurance
• noise
• TV licence
• copying tapes and CDs
• brief case: illegal music uploads

sport

• risks – and the duty of care
• alcohol
• banned!
• brief case: football – foul!

the open air

• walking
• footpaths
• boating
• fishing
• beaches
• pollution
• brief case: pollution – half-baked?

pets and wild animals

• wildlife
• bulls
• dangerous animals
• pets
• dogs
• brief case: cruelty to animals – dying of thirst

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Travel and Transport

holidays

• package or independent holidays?
• misleading information
• a change to the arrangements
• before you go
• ABTA, IATA and ATOL
• passports
• if something goes wrong
• in trouble abroad
• taking a car or motorcycle
• coming home
• brief case: being searched – all for your own use?

buses and trains

• fares
• travelling without a ticket
• cheaper fares and travel cards
• complaints
• brief case: buses and trains – the right fare?

cars & motorcycles

• cars and motorcycles – at what age?
• learning to drive
• the licence
• road tax
• insurance
• buying a car
• brief-case: insurance – are you covered?
• brief case: buying a car – damaged goods
• brief case: stolen vehicles – vehicle cloning

offences and accidents

• traffic offences
• drinking and driving
• stealing vehicles and joyriding
• accidents
• brief case: traffic offences – who was driving?
• brief case: drinking and driving – no defence

cycling

• using the roads
• brief case: cyling – furious cycling

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Police and Courts

police

• powers and duties
• police discipline
• complaints against the police
• brief case: police discipline – video evidence

stop and search

• stop!
• searching people
• in the know
• special powers
• searching property
• arrest
• brief case: resisting arrest don’t breathlyse my daughter!

at the police station

• helping police with enquiries
• being detained
• legal advice
• being questioned
• the caution, and the right to silence
• other rights
• fingerprints and photographs
• brief case: being detained – unreasonable force?

charge, caution, release?

• the decision
• being charged
• bail
• a formal caution
• brief case: a formal caution – no second chance
  

crown prosecution service

• deciding to prosecute
• which court?
• brief case: not attending court – no escape

the courts

• youth court
• magistrates’ court
• crown court
• the public gallery
• the Criminal Defence Service
• the Court Service
• brief case: violence in court – a crime of passion?

juries

• the jury’s job
• who can be a juror?
• if you are called
• brief case: jury service – not this week

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Law, Government and Human Rights

making the law

• parliament
• the courts
• European law
• brief case: making the law – marital rape

human rights

• The European Convention on Human Rights
• The Human Rights Act 1998
• brief case: human rights – corporal punishment

voting and elections

• who can and cannot vote?
• registering to vote
• voting systems
• standing for election
• local elections
• general elections
• European elections
• brief case: voting – rigging the vote

having your say

• get involved
• writing to your councillor, MP or MEP
• protest
• complaining
• judicial review
• brief case: judicial review – anti-war protest
  

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The European Union

membership and origins

• being part of Europe
• a list of members
• origins
• brief case: the Treaty of Rome – equal pay for equal work

the single market, travel and work

• the single market
• a single currency
• travel
• health care
• work
• brief case: work – part-timers’ rights
• brief case: travel and work – migrant workers
• brief case: redundancy – let us know your plans

governing europe

• constitution
• The European Council
• The Council of Ministers
• The European Commission
• The European Parliament
• European law
• brief case: the European Parliament - fraud
• brief case: petitioning the EU - Greek museums
• brief case: European Court of Justice - winter fuel payments