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GCSE Coursework: Elderly

GCSE Coursework The Elderly Project

LESSON 1

Your Portfolio

• GCSE coursework is assessed by portfolio

• Make sure you keep everything to include in your portfolio. Things you could use include: – Pieces of work you have done– Photos of your event– Notes from planning– Letters you wrote– Research you did – And anything else that proves what you

did!

What is the project?

• You must work in groups of 3-4 • You must work towards

visiting an elderly and also making a change in the life of elderly people in general

Why is it important?

• Your elderly coursework is 40% of GCSE Citizenship Mark

• First part of the exam is all to do with your elderly coursework (10%)

• Overall 50% your mark will be determined on how well you have done in your elderly coursework

What do we do?

• You will explore some of the issues faced by the elderly i.e. social isolation

• You will visit elderly people to talk about these issues

• You will take with you a box full of goodies for an elderly person

• You will work in groups• You will write up what you have done • You will write to someone in power• You will evaluate how well you worked

Who will we visit?

• Option 1: Bring the details (name/address/ phone) of an elderly person whom you will like to visit

• Option 2: We will allocate each group

an elderly person (this could be someone living in a Nursing Home or a Residential Home)

When will we visit?

• You will visit elderly people on Thursday 17th December 2009

More information:• You will be dismissed before lunch • YES YOU WILL BE WEARING YOUR SCHOOL

UNIFORM• Your group is expected to take a box full of

goodies for an elderly person

Well what are we waiting for? Lets start…

• Get in to groups of 3 or 4• Write who is in your group on a piece

of paper • And hand this to your teacher

Sorry! You can not work individually. Considerable part of your marks come from “How Well you work in a

group”

What’s next?

• For this project, you need to work as if every lesson is a meeting.

• You need to choose someone to be your group chairperson, and someone to be a secretary.

• The secretary’s main job will be to take “minutes” at every meeting. They need to write down what everyone said, and what decisions were made.

YOU WILL NEED TO MEET OUTSIDE LESSONS AS YOUR TIME TO COMPLETE

THIS PROJECT IS LIMITED

Minutes

Present: Kirsty, Rebecca, Aycan, Natasha

1. Roles in our groupa) Chairperson b) Secretary

2. Our issuea) We looked at news articles about X, Y and

Zb) We decided to focus on X because…

3. Our chosen activity is…

Roles in the group

• What jobs need to be done? • Who will do those jobs?

• You must each write at least 150 words on your own role, and why it is important.

• Put in as much detail as possible!

• You must also write a paragraph on the roles of other people

Organise what presents to buy

Write to Ms Flanagan for permission to visit

Buy the presents

Organise transports

Write to Prime Minister

Research

Check List

I understand the importance of this project

I am part of a group ( I understand that I will not be able to change my group)

We have allocated roles in our group We have written up our first minutes,

detailing the roles and responsibilities I understand my homework

Homework

Find two news articles about the elderly

1. Put a copy of these in your folder2. Summarise the articles in your own

words.3. How are old people represented in

these articles?4. Do you agree with these articles?

Why, why not?

Individual Homework

Find two news articles about the elderly

1. Put a copy of these into your folder2. Summarise the articles in your own words.3. How are old people represented in these articles?4. Do you agree with these articles? Why, why not?

Individual Homework

Find two news articles about the elderly

1. Put a copy of these into your folder2. Summarise the articles in your own words.3. How are old people represented in these articles?4. Do you agree with these articles? Why, why not?

Individual Homework

Find two news articles about the elderly

1. Put a copy of these into your folder2. Summarise the articles in your own words.3. How are old people represented in these articles?4. Do you agree with these articles? Why, why not?

Individual Homework

Find two news articles about the elderly

1. Put a copy of these into your folder2. Summarise the articles in your own words.3. How are old people represented in these articles?4. Do you agree with these articles? Why, why not?

Individual Homework

Find two news articles about the elderly

1. Put a copy of these into your folder2. Summarise the articles in your own words.3. How are old people represented in these articles?4. Do you agree with these articles? Why, why not?

Individual Homework

Find two news articles about the elderly

1. Put a copy of these into your folder2. Summarise the articles in your own words.3. How are old people represented in these articles?4. Do you agree with these articles? Why, why not?

GCSE Coursework The Elderly Project

LESSON 2

My coursework

There are 4 parts to your coursework. Each worth 10 marks

A. Planning (10 marks)B. Activity Log (10 marks)C. Communication (10 marks)D. Evaluation (10 marks)

TOTAL 40 marks

Planning (Lets get 10 marks)

Planning

Mind Map A project proposal to Ms Flanagan asking

permission to carry out your project Roles and Responsibilities in your group

(who/what/why you chose them?) Impact analysis: a list of all the things you plan to do

and the impact you wish to have An introduction to your whole project (what did you do?

who was involved? etc.) Minutes of your meetings Photographs of you and your group working A copy of everything you produced (letters, posters, flyers

etc.)

Mind Map

Task to complete two mind maps:

Second Mind Map(positive things to do with elderly people)

First Mind Map(negative things to do

with elderly people)

They help others working in charities

Little understanding of technology

Write a letter to Ms Flanagan

In this letter you must cover:- Who you are?- What you are doing?- Ask permission to visit elderly people in the

society?- Tell what you aim to achieve

Dear Ms ….My name is …. I am a Y10 student currently studying …. As part of our GCSE citizenship coursework

…

To: Miss FlanaganFrom: [your names]

Re: Our Active Citizenship Project

Hypothesis: We think that there is a lot of ageism in the community, and that if the year 10s did their GCSE project in …

Reasons:Why is this a good activity? Why should Miss Flanagan let you do it? Think about (a) benefit to society (b) benefit to the school (b) benefit to yourselves

Method:- What are everyone’s individual responsibilities? Why did you choose them for that job?- What things will you need to gather together? Where will you get them from?- How will you know if you are successful? Can you measure something? Do a survey? Interview people?

Therefore we would be grateful if you would let us do this activity. Signed… [your names and signatures]

Project Proposal

Impact Analysis

Blue skies:

What can you do to help the elderly people. At this stage think without any limits. Write down all the things that could help elderly people (i.e. more financial help, more residential support, easy access to health services …)

Now time to be more specific … what do you think you could do? and how will what you do help elderly people?

- We will visit elderly people this will break down barriers between young people and elderly- We will write a letter to the Prime Minister to show …- We will take them a box full of goods…this will- I will talk to other elderly people to…- I will visit Age Concern so that …

GCSE Coursework The Elderly Project

LESSON 3

My coursework

As you will remember there are 4 parts to your coursework. Each worth 10 marks

A. Planning (10 marks)B. Activity Log (10 marks)C. Communication (10 marks)D. Evaluation (10 marks)

TOTAL 40 marks

ACTIVITY LOG

• You will have to keep this through out your project

• Fill the log after each activity• Make sure you link it to a Citizenship

Topic or Skill as main part of your marks come from this column

ACTIVITY LOG

TASK Who did it? DateLink to

Citizenship

1. Choose my group members

Whole group 17th November 09 Working with others to create change on an issue we care about

Communication

Your Letter to the Prime Minister (with clear description of what you want him to do) A Survey establishing others’ views on your topic Your 500 word essay on your chosen topic (E.g. Gun crime: What is it? Who suffers? What is being done? How does it make you feel? Etc. you must use your own words and reference all your work) Research: Articles from newspapers/internet etc. MAKE SURE you summarise what they are saying and how you intend to use it in your project Research: Information on organisation/s which support elderly people (Using your own words) A list of everything you produced (i.e. poster) and information on why you produced it, and how you used it.

Elderly Video• Watch the Age Concern Video and answer the following

questions :

Click here to watch the elderly video

• What shocked you most in the video?• Did you learn anything new about the elderly?• What did you already know about the elderly?• Write down the issues that are affecting the

elderly?

Case Study: Mr PurvisMr Purvis is 68. He lives in a small, dark flat near King’s Cross station in central London. It is damp, and a thin skin of mould lies on some of his furniture. He lives alone and sees few people.

He has a rule that he never spends more than £5 a week on gas. In winter, the flat is cold, so he spends most of the day in bed. He is not complaining about that. He has the same rule for electricity: not more than £5 a week. From time to time he does have to sit in the dark, but he keeps costs down by using the microwave his daughter bought him instead of the oven.

Mr Purvis has cut down on eating. Every week he buys 2 tins of pease pudding for 50p each and a large loaf of sliced bread. Every morning he toasts 2 slices of bread and spreads some pease pudding on them, not enough to cover the bread, but enough to get a taste of it.

His state pension comes to £92 a week. After food, rent, gas and electricity, he has £19 a week to spend on enjoying himself. Case studies adapted from stories in the Guardian Newspaper

Today's older people have lived through more change than any preceding generations. They have a huge amount of offer to society.

They are the ones who developed today's computer technology and space travel and pushed the frontiers of science forward.

Inter-group contact and positive relationships

across the generations seem to be an important way of combating ageist

stereotypes   

Prof Dominic Abrams, Kent University

Mr Purvis1. What is the impression you get

from the first article about Mr Purvis’ life?

2. How much food does he get?

3. What luxuries does he have?

4. Do you think that the current pension gives people enough to live on? Why/Why not?

5. Do you think Mr Purvis is capable of working longer? Would he like to?

6. Should he have to? Would he be in a better financial position if he could get a job?

7. Read the article and make 3 brainstorms:

a. Physical Changes

b. Emotional Changes

c. Intellectual Changes

Eight pensioners in Britain will die of a cold-related illness every hour this winter. It is estimated that more than 20,000 older people will die as a result of the cold. 1. How many pensioners will

die this winter as a result of the cold?

2. How do the British compare with other countries in Europe?

3. How does this statistic make you feel?

4. Do you think something should be done about this? If so, what would you suggest?

5. What are Age Concern calling for the Government to do? How will this help?

In the last 5 years, more than 150,000 people over 65 have died as a result of the winter months in Britain and the warning from the Met Office of a harsh winter this year could mean even more deaths.

Shamefully, Britain has one of the highest rates of winter deaths in Europe. And older people in Britain are at greater risk of cold-related illnesses such as pneumonia than those in colder countries such as Finland or Austria. 

The high cost of heating, the poor standard of Britain’s housing, low incomes and time spent outside in the cold all leave older people vulnerable. Those most at risk tend to be pensioners living alone.

Age Concern today is calling on the Government to increase the basic state pension to at least £109 a week so all older people have enough money in their pockets to heat their homes. 

“It is a national scandal that so

many older people over 65 are put at risk every winter. More needs to be

done for older people so that they

can heat their homes adequately without worrying about the cost.”

Gordon LishmanAge Concern’s Director General

Homework• Write a 500 word essay covering the following

points. Try to use facts and quotes from the research you will carry out

• What problems do the elderly face in society? – Loneliness and isolation – Ageism and Stereotypes– Pensions

• How does reading about these issues make you feel?

• What could individuals, like you, do about these problems?

• Are there any organisations, like charities for example, that could help? What could they do? Why would that work?

• What could the Government do about these problems?

UK growing older

Over the next thirty years the proportion of the population over the age of 65 will rise from 16% to 25%.

The more people that are drawing a pension, the more demand there will be on government resources – taxpayers’ money.

Who will pay the bill? Is it the job of the government or should individuals pick up the slack?

Relying on the state pension

Pensioners currently receive on average about half their income from the state pension and other benefits. The government has said it would like to see the proportion of retirement income coming from private pensions, savings and investments rise.

But, at present, younger people are saving too little to make this a reality.

Declining state pension

In 1980 the Conservatives abolished the link between state pensions and earnings, and Labour has ruled out restoring it.

As a result, the value of the basic state pension compared to average earnings is falling.

Are the people who rely on the state pension condemned to live in relative poverty?

Is compulsion the answer?

Forcing people to save a proportion of their income has been suggested as a way of solving the UK’s pension crisis.

Many people seem to favour this option, provided employers contribute as well.

Alternatively, the government could increase the starting age for the state pension from 65 to 67 or even 70.

The Pensions

Crisis

HOMEWORK

Write a 500 word essay covering the following points. Try to use facts and quotes from the research you will carry out • What problems do the elderly

face in society? - Loneliness and isolation - Ageism and Stereotypes- Pensions

• How does reading about these issues make you feel?

• What could individuals, like you, do about these problems?

• Are there any organisations, like charities for example, that could help? What could they do? Why would that work?

• What could the Government do about these problems?

HOMEWORK

Write a 500 word essay covering the following points. Try to use facts and quotes from the research you will carry out • What problems do the elderly

face in society? - Loneliness and isolation - Ageism and Stereotypes- Pensions

• How does reading about these issues make you feel?

• What could individuals, like you, do about these problems?

• Are there any organisations, like charities for example, that could help? What could they do? Why would that work?

• What could the Government do about these problems?

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• What could individuals, like you, do about these problems?

• Are there any organisations, like charities for example, that could help? What could they do? Why would that work?

• What could the Government do about these problems?

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GCSE Coursework The Elderly Project

LESSON 4

Questionnaire

Plan what you will get for your elderly present box

Risk Assessment

TODAY WE WILL COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

Risk Assessment

• Schools have to do them for every trip and you have to do one for your visit

• In your groups write a Risk Assessment – This is what could go wrong and how you will

deal with it– Try to write at least 5– Write a few sentences about why risk

assessment is important• For example, taking a mobile phone with

you and knowing the schools telephone number in case you need to contact them

Presents

1. Think about what presents you should get the elderly. Make a list and tell why you think they might need this.

2. What will you put in your boxes to take to your elderly visit

3. Who will be responsible for this4. Who will be responsible for the

collection of the money

Design a questionnaire!

From all that you have learnt about the elderly so far, design a questionnaire to ask the elderly when you visit.

There should be at least 5 questions but no more than 10. Make some of them open ended and some closed.

Make sure they are sensitive and will not offend anyone!

15 mins

GCSE Coursework The Elderly Project

LESSON 5

Letter to Prime Minister

Plan what you will get for your elderly present box

Pension Crisis

TODAY WE WILL COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

Letter to Gordon Brown

You need to write a letter to Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister about the pensions crisis

Look back at the worksheets, today’s work and what you did in your essay to help you

PM Gordon Brown

10 Downing Street,London,

SW1A 2AA

(today’s date)

Dear Gordon Brown

[Include who you are, where you are from and what school that you go to, why you are writing to him, what do you think can be done about the pensions crisis, how you are trying to make a difference (and anything else that you can think of)]

Yours sincerely

[Your name]

15 mins

The Pensions Crisis

UK growing older

Over the next thirty years the proportion of the population over the age of 65 will rise from 16% to 25%.

The more people that are drawing a pension, the more demand there will be on government resources – taxpayers’ money.

Who will pay the bill? Is it the job of the government or should individuals pick up the slack?

The Pensions Crisis

Relying on the state pension

Pensioners currently receive on average about half their income from the state pension and other benefits. The government has said it would like to see the proportion of retirement income coming from private pensions, savings and investments rise.

But, at present, younger people are saving too little to make this a reality.

The Pensions Crisis

Declining state pension

In 1980 the Conservatives abolished the link between state pensions and earnings, and Labour has ruled out restoring it.

As a result, the value of the basic state pension compared to average earnings is falling.

Are the people who rely on the state pension condemned to live in relative poverty?

The Pensions Crisis

Is compulsion the answer?

Forcing people to save a proportion of their income has been suggested as a way of solving the UK’s pension crisis.

Many people seem to favour this option, provided employers contribute as well.

Alternatively, the government could increase the starting age for the state pension from 65 to 67 or even 70.