How well are children's rights protected and supported in the UK? | Citizenship

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What international agreement are children's rights outlined in?
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child ✓
- Universal Declaration of Children's Rights
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of All
Something that you are guaranteed by law is called a ...
- 'right' ✓
If this is the definition, 'able to be trusted, believed and verified', what is the word?
- relevant
- reliant
- reliable ✓
- regulation
What is knowledge communicated about a particular fact or subject, often presented to us in the media, that can be trusted, believed and verified with external sources called?
- reliable information ✓
- unreliable information
- bias information
Where do children aged 12-15 get most of their disinformation?
- TV
- radio
- social media ✓
- newspapers
Match the word with the question you would ask for spotting information that is unreliable and inaccurate.
- reputation
  
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  have you heard of the source? ✓
- evidence
  
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  what facts are there in the information? ✓
- verify
  
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  can you find this information anywhere else? ✓
- intent
  
  ⇔
  
  why was this information published? ✓
- emotion
  
  ⇔
  
  how do you feel about the information? ✓
- weigh it up
  
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  does the information sound possible? ✓

What law was created in 1989 to protect children?
- 'The Children Act' ✓
Organisations like the NSPCC aim to ______ children from harm.
- 'protect' ✓
Which charities support and improve children's lives?
- UNICEF UK ✓
- RSPCA
- Save the Children ✓
- WWF
Match the start of the sentence with its ending.
- Individual changemakers
  
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  like mentors can be instrumental in changing children's lives. ✓
- Community groups
  
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  like PTAs can support children's rights. ✓
- The Government
  
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  can change children's lives by making laws to protect them. ✓
Which of the following issues can be used to argue that children's rights are not adequately protected in the UK?
- child wealth
- child luxury
- child security
- child poverty ✓
Match the word with its definition.
- protect
  
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  to keep someone safe from harm ✓
- support
  
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  to provide the necessary in life ✓
- legislation
  
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  to provide a legal framework ✓
- deliberate
  
  ⇔
  
  to carefully consider a topic ✓

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Laws like the Children’s Act 1989 and international agreements like the UNCRC support and protect children’s rights.
Organisations like the NSPCC work to protect children from harm.
Charities like Save the Children and UNICEF UK support vulnerable children and improve their lives.
Community groups and individual changemakers also help protect and support children’s rights.
Some believe the UK protects children’s rights well, others argue issues like poverty still deny many their rights.

There is nothing that protects and supports children’s rights in the UK.

There are lots of organisations that protect and support children’s rights in the UK.

Right - something guaranteed by law
Protect - to keep someone or something safe from injury, damage or harm
Support - to provide someone with care, advice, or encouragement, especially when they’re facing a problem or challenge