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Learning From the News – Daylight Saving Time KS2 Lesson Plan – Daylight Saving Time KS2 p.01 Articles on Daylight Saving Time and glossary list p.02-05 Related Teachers’ TV Videos p.06

Lesson Plan: Pumpkins Lesson overview: Pupils will learn how to debate and write persuasively Key Stage 2 English Year 5: Persuasive writing Objectives Outcomes Pupils should learn to: Pupils should be able to:  evaluate the news (Unit 3)  have an oral and written debate Resources  Video lesson starter: http://www.teachers.tv/videos/learning-from-the-news-daylight- saving  A whiteboard to show the video on  News article on page 2 of this lesson plan Starter  Whole class activity: Before you begin, ask the class what they know about clocks going forward or backwards. Have they heard anything about the debate to change the way they are changed?  Whole class activity: Show the video lesson starter http://www.teachers.tv/videos/learning-from-the-news-daylight-saving and hand out the news article on page 2 of this lesson plan and get them to read them

Main activity 1  Whole class activity: Don’t talk about the video or the news articles yet – you will want pupils to discuss their opinions in Main Activity 2. But ask if there is anything they don’t understand from the video and explain it  Pair work: Put the pupils in pairs and tell them that they are going to look through the news articles and highlight any persuasive language such as 'surely', 'it wouldn't be very difficult…') persuasive definitions ('no one but a complete idiot…', 'every right- thinking person would…, 'the real truth is…'), rhetorical questions ('are we expected to…?', 'where will future audiences come from…?'), pandering, condescension, concession (e.g. 'naturally it takes time for local residents…'), deliberate ambiguities (e.g. 'probably the best…in the world', 'known to cure all…', 'the professional's choice')

Main activity 2  Whole class activity: Ask the pupils to vote: which would they prefer – the way it is now, or the proposed changes? If possible, get them to do this vote privately. If you have a voting system on your whiteboard, this would be ideal  Pair work: Now tell the pupils that they are going to debate this issue in with their partner. One must be for and one against  Written activity: Get the pupils to write their arguments, sequencing points logically

Plenary  Get the pupils to vote again which they would prefer. Did anyone’s opinions change after their debate? If so, why? Page 1 of 6 Articles on the Daylight Saving Debate

The BBC, March 22, 2010 Lighter Evening Group wants two-hour clock change

A campaign group in Devon and Cornwall is calling for clocks to be put forward by two hours in the summer.

The South West Lighter Evening Group believes people in the region would benefit from increased tourism, energy savings and more outdoor activity.

Clocks in the UK currently follow Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) from October to March and British Summer Time (BST) - one hour forward, March to October.

A similar trial was conducted in 1968, but rejected by the government.

If the clocks were put forward by two hours, it would mean summer evenings would be lighter for longer, with the sun setting at about 2200 BST in June.

Under the group's proposals, clocks would be one hour ahead of GMT in the winter, which would also mean lighter evenings.

Sunrise though - normally at about 0750 - would be delayed until 0850, meaning a darker morning commute to work and school.

Spokeswoman Angela Wright, who runs an adventure park that benefit from such a change, said: "It's about making the most of the available daylight we have."

But Devon poultry farmer Colin Carter said for him it would mean a longer working day.

"I'd have to get up an hour earlier in the morning for my chickens and they wouldn't go to bed any earlier - it would be about 1130 [2330] in the summer."

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) is in favour of the change.

"It would cut down on the high peak of accidents which occur on the way home from work and school," spokesman Tom Mullarkey told BBC News.

"The net effect would be to save about 100 lives a year in the UK."

Any new trial in the UK would have to be approved by Parliament.

of 6 The Sun, October 27, 2010 Time to Save the Planet?

CLOCKS go back an hour on Sunday October 31, 2010, as Britain returns from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time.

But if a group of influential MPs has its way, it will be for the last time. They want the UK to join the Central European time zone. It would mean putting clocks forward TWO HOURS next March. In the summer we would be on Greenwich Mean Time +2 and in the winter on GMT +1.

We would have an extra hour of daylight in the evening all year round but an hour's extra darkness in the morning.

Climate-change campaigners 10:10 say CO2 emissions would be cut by 500,000 tons a year - equal to removing 200,000 cars from roads. Opponents include farmers.

Tory Rebecca Harris's Private Member's Bill backing the change gets its second reading in December. So is it a good idea? Here, TIM SPANTON is given two very different views.

YES TOM MULLARKEY, Chief Executive of RoSPA

ONE of the consequences of the UK system now is that more people are killed and injured on the road because of darker evenings in the autumn and winter.

During the working week casualty rates peak at 8am and 5pm for adults and 8am and 3.30pm for children, with the afternoon peak higher for both.

Road casualty rates increase with the arrival of darker evenings and worsening weather conditions.

Every autumn when the clocks go back, road casualties rise.

Effects are worse for the most vulnerable road users, including children, the elderly, cyclists and motorcyclists.

Peaks The relative peaks are explained by several factors:  Motorists are more tired after a day's work and concentration levels are lower.  Children tend to go straight to school in the morning but often get diverted on their way home, increasing their exposure to road dangers.  Adults tend to go shopping or visit friends after work, increasing their journey times and exposure to road dangers.  Social and leisure trips are generally made in the late afternoons and evenings.

of 6 As well as the road safety benefits, adopting the new system will bring business, leisure and tourism benefits, be more environmentally friendly and encourage people to take up active hobbies and sports.

NO SCOTT WALKER, Policy Director at NFU WE represent some 9,000 farmers and crofters and we do not believe sufficient justification has yet been given to make a change to the arrangements.

We remain sceptical about some of the arguments that have been offered in support of the change and nervous of the potential impacts.

For our part we would obviously be particularly interested in the consequences for agriculture and rural communities in Scotland.

The impact of winter and summer on daylight hours is most extreme for these groups.

Britain experimented with a change in the clocks from 1968 to 1971 but its relevance in 2010 would be questionable.

Dangerous While the problems farmers face from trying to go about their business in the dark are now fewer than in the past - because of increased use of modern technology and lighting - the issue remains one of concern for farming and the whole rural community.

Handling livestock during hours of darkness remains inherently more dangerous than doing it during daylight. And it is not always an option to delay this important work. For example, gathering livestock in the morning to go to the market in time for it to open cannot always be delayed by an hour to wait for sunrise.

A change would also mean more time on the roads for farm and other heavy vehicles in hours of darkness.

of 6 Glossary

CO2 emissions: CO2 is a gas released from cars and factories. It rises into the atmosphere and starts behaving like the glass in a greenhouse, keeping in heat from the sun and making the world hotter

Greenwich Mean Time: When early explorers were sailing around the world, they discovered that the sun rose and set at different times depending on how far east or west they were from home. To stop arguments about what the right time was, the British Admiralty decreed Greenwich Mean Time to be a constant time around the world, based on what the time was in London. It is called Greenwich Mean Time because the imaginary line for telling the time runs through the Greenwich Observatory in London.

British Summer Time: During the summer months in the United Kingdom, the clocks are moved forward from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) by one hour.

Central European time zone: Central European Time is a time zone. Time zones have been agreed around the world because the sun rises and sets at different times in different places. For example, when it is the middle of the day in London, it is the middle of the night somewhere else in the world! Central European Time (CET) is one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. So when it's 7am in London, it's 8am in Paris.

MP: Member of parliament

10:10: It is a movement of people, schools, businesses and organisations cutting their carbon by 10% in a year

Tory: A member of the Conservative party

Private Member’s Bill: Private members' bills, not to be confused with private bills, are public bills introduced to the UK Parliament by back-bench MPs or peers

RoSPA: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

NFU: National Farmers’ Union

of 6 Related Teachers TV Videos

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