[zink2k9]

hi there,

really unusal history topic really dont understand it or what it has to do with history hope i can find some help here!

what is the legal definition pf British Citizenship

The '' uniformed publice services definition'' of British Citizenship

A typical pressure groups definition of british Citizenship

The public views of british citizenship

and most off all how has history played a part in citizenship

i have a few ideas such as the green peace party for the group definition, as well as the public veiws but i am findin it hard to word it as well as understand why my history lesson is teaching citizenship . . . .pleassssse help

many thanks

[MrJohnDClare]

WHAT a difficult homework!

zink2k9, on Oct 9 2009, 08:41 PM, said:

What is the legal definition pf British Citizenship

Legally, you can now (from 1983) be a british citizen on five grounds; this wikipedia article defines them.

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The '' uniformed publice services definition'' of British Citizenship

Read this google book, pages 34-62

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A typical pressure groups definition of british Citizenship

You have lost me there. Is the idea about how a group can be part of the British Citizen body whilst still holding views and attitudes radically different to 'the norm' (e.g. radical Muslims/ the gay and lesbian community). Don't know - if it were my homework I'd ask for the question to be defined more clearly.

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The public views of british citizenship

I think here the idea is that mpost people don;t think of 'British citizenship' in legal terms, but rather in cultural terms of 'Britishness'. So if I were doing this homework I'd google Britishness and follow the links, and talk about views of 'Britishness' (this topic recently became a hot topic after Gordon brown suggested that an appreciation and acceptance of 'Britishness' was the way to stop schismatics such as the July bombers.

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and most off all how has history played a part in citizenship

The British concept of 'British citizenship' is completely different to other countries' ways of looking at citizenship because Britain once controlled the British Empire, and that turned into the Commonwealth, and that always assumed a corporate 'oneness' which meant that the idea of British citizenship developed peculiarly after 1900, and was only defined in law in 1983. It is all tied up with Britain's reaction to immigration. There is an incredibly difficult google book on this, but it would be worth reading at least the first chapter if you can understand it.

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i am findin it hard to word it as well as understand why my history lesson is teaching citizenship

Because it is now part of the National Curriculum that History may cooperate in the obligatory teaching of Citizenship. You seem to be going into it in absolutely the most difficult, abstract way possible. If you're inteersted, you can read the KS Citizenship curriculum here; it involves studying democracy and justice, rights and responsibilities, and 'living together' (in a multi-ethnic society) - come to think of it, you might want to take THAT definition of what 'citizenship' isw as your 'pressure group' (i.e. the government's 'take' on citizenship)!!!!!

[zink2k9]

Thank you so much

helped alot

[zink2k9]

Hi there,

i was wondering if you could help me aout again!
To understand the need for discipline in the uniformed public services

not really a question i have done 100 words on it . .jst need another 700<<could u give me some ideas as to what to write, i am not askin got 700 words lol

thxs

[MrJohnDClare]

'Understanding discipline within the uniformed public services' is Unit 5 of the BTEC National qualification on the Uniformed Public Services.
This Scheme of Work will help you, not only by telling you what the topic involves, but by giving you a list of the kind of considerations you might want to be writing about.

You may also find this newspaper article interesting.

[zink2k9]

thxs very much