Global/International Local/National Family/Personal

Topic
Perspectives Perspectives Perspectives
Which groups seem to be What causes conflicts
Why do wars and conflicts
in conflict within my own between me and my family
begin? Are wars an inevitable
country or community? Is it or peers? How are these
part of being human? Where
Conflict and peace their interests or ideas that conflicts best resolved?
is there conflict in the world
are conflicting? What political/ How can this help me to
today? What is the role of the
ethical systems enable people understand conflict on a wider
UN in times of conflict?
to live with their differences? scale?
What can I do to keep
How do infant mortality How good are my local health
myself healthy? Do I have a
rates and expected life spans care and sports facilities?
responsibility to keep myself
compare in different countries? Are they equally available to
healthy, and if so, why?
What are the reasons for this? everyone? Which people in
Disease and health Where should I go if I have a
What are the major health my locality have the greatest
health worry or need advice
problems facing the world health care needs? How well
about staying healthy? How is
today? Is access to good does my community cater for
my health effected by
health care a right?  people with disabilities?
pollution?
What are Human rights? How much do I value my
How do they vary around the What are some of the main human rights? Do I take them
world? What are some of the Human rights issues in my own for granted?
Human rights main human rights issues? community? Are some groups How much do I value others
Do all Societies value human of people less fairly treated human rights? What could I do
rights in the same way? than others? to further human rights in my
Why do differences occur? community?
Language and How has the internet How do people in my country How does the way I
communication transformed the world? communicate differently communicate with my family
Why is it not always easy to with each other? How does and friends differ? How easy
make yourself understood in the role of the media affect is it to be misunderstood?
another country, even if you political decisions in my Why is it important to speak
speak the language? Do other country? What investment other languages? How does
societies have different means has my country made in my personal use of the internet
of communication to those communication systems? social media impact myself
 and others?
How could I develop more
available in my country?
efficient communication within
my community?
Why are some countries
poorer than others and are all How does local society treat
How would I defi ne being
the people in these countries people differently? What is
poor? Why do I feel superior
poor? How has the gap in my country doing to combat
or inferior to other people?
Poverty and inequality equality changed between poverty? How have some
How do the roles in my
countries in recent years? people in my country become
family demonstrate equality/
In what way should richer wealthier than in comparison
inequality?
countries be concerned about to other countries?
poverty in other countries?
How might leisure
Has the Olympic movement facilities be improved in What part does sport play in
contributed to global my community? What role my life? What would be an
wellbeing? does sporting success play ideal work-life balance for me
Sport and recreation Why do some countries in a nation’s development? and how would I sustain it?
have more of a tradition in the Why do professional artists, Why do I or members of my
arts than others? What is the musicians or sportsmen and family support a particular
purpose of museums? sportswomen earn so much team?
money?
Why do people value tradition?
Why do people divide into What traditions give my
What makes me proud of my
nations? Why do some people country a sense of national
country? What traditions does
move from one country to identity? What role does
Tradition, culture and my family have? What does
another? How does this culture play in the values of
identity national identity mean to me
affect their lives? If we have my society? How are people
and my friends? What cultural
‘European citizens’, should we from my country identifi ed
traditions have I inherited?
aim eventually for all people to when they are abroad?
be ‘world citizens’?
Water, food and Why do some countries have What foods are important Where does my food come
agriculture an inadequate supply of clean in my community and why? from?
 How does my own
consumption of food How can I
develop a more environmental
water? Why do some countries What emergency measures impact of my own food? How
have a surplus of food and are in place for coping with is my health being influenced
others do not have enough droughts and floods in my by food? How can my personal
food? How can growing community or country? What and family's  food waste be
genetically modifi ed (GM) causes famine and drought reduced? How can hunger be
crops solve food shortages and how do they affect my addressed in my own
around the world? community?  community?
What decisions or actions can
I make about food to help
others?