CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 7

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Analysis Lesson 7
Prior learning
Good for: Building on previous knowledge, learning and understanding. This might be from Primary
Global Perspectives, from other subject areas, or from previous Stage 7 Global Perspectives lessons
(especially Section 2 ‘Analysis’).
Activity: Review learning from Section 2 ‘Analysis’. Read out the quick quiz questions
(see below) and learners write down answers.
Differentiation: Allow learners to look back in their Learner's Skills Book 7.
Some will not need to. Learners to work individually and then share ideas with a
partner/whole class in the Starter activity.
Quick quiz questions and suggested answers: Answers to be discussed in the Starter activity
(see table below).

1 What is an issue? Problem, something that needs resolving.

2 Give an example of an
issue.
3 What is an
opinion/viewpoint?
4 What is a perspective?
5 Give an example of a
perspective.
6 What’s the difference
between a global and
national perspective?
7 Give some words that
signal ‘causes’
8 Give some words that
signal ‘consequences’
9 Why might a graph be
useful?
Loss of language/culture; poverty, etc.
What someone thinks about something, which may / may not be
supported by evidence.
A view of the world made up of opinions and viewpoints,
supported by evidence.
Global, national/local, personal, cultural, positive, negative.
A global perspective may come from a specific country, organisation, institution or
even an individual, but it will have influence that spreads
beyond any one country. For example: ‘Globalisation has more benefits
than disadvantages globally.’
A national perspective is based on the needs of a whole country.
For example, ‘Without globalisation, we would not be as economically developed as we
now are and more people would be living in poverty.’
because, due to, since, as, so long as … , as long as … , now that.
as a result, therefore, that’s why, so, consequently, this means, this leads to,
for this reason, due to this, if … then.
To gain evidence for a perspective; to present findings from primary research.

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