Citizenship Theme A

• Census


  An official government count of the population to find out about the changes taking place
• Emigration

  Leaving your homeland to live in another country
• Ethnic


  Someone's cultural background
• Immigration

  Coming to another country to live there
• Migration


  Moving between regions or countries
• Improved life expectancy

  More babies live to adulthood, more adults live to old age
• Increased Net Migration

  More people are moving to the UK, than are leaving the UK
• Asylum seeker


  Someone who says (s)he is a refugee, but whose claim has not yet been definitively assessed by the host government
• Commonwealth

  A voluntary organisation of independent countries, some of which were former British colonies
• Economic migrant


  A person who travels from one country or area to another in order to improve their standard of living (i.e. better paid jobs / better schools etc)
• European Union

  A group of 28 countries which work together on issues like democracy, trade & economy, environment etc. Now only 27 countries since the UK Brexited on 31-12-2020.
• Refugee

  A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
• Economy

  The economy of a country is made up of all the organisations that provide goods and services in a country, plus all the individuals and organisations that buy them
• Entrepreneur

  A person who sets up a business and takes on financial risks in the hope of making a profit
• Diversity


  The range of different groups that make up a wider population
• Integration

  Bringing together different groups of people in a society. Usually integration means helping immigrants to feel included and encouraging them to behave like the 'host' / 'native' people
• Community


  A group of people who are in close contact and who share common interests and values
• Minority


  A small part of a larger group of people.
• Majority

  The largest group of people in a whole group.
• Neighbourhood


  A local area within which people live as neighbours, sharing living space and interests
• Tolerant (adj) or Tolerance (noun)


  Tolerant = someone who has tolerance (see below)

  Tolerance = being open-minded, being accepting of others different from yourself
• discrimination


  Treating someone less favourably because of their colour, ethnic origins, age, gender or disability
• harassment


  Repeatedly threatening, humiliating or pestering someone
• respect


  Show consideration for someone's feelings, wishes or rights
• United Nations

  An international organisation of all 192 countries in the world. It tries to encourage peace, cooperation and friendship between countries.
• victimisation


  Specifically targeting someone and discriminating against someone unfairly
• Community cohesion

  Creating a community where there is a sense of belonging for all communities and people's different backgrounds are valued. The community is harmonious as a result
• democracy

  Government by the people, either directly or through elected representatives
• Legal identity

  The legal identity registered with the government of your country to identify you for legal / government purposes.
• Identity


  Who or what someone or something is
• Identity card

  An identification card issued by a government to establish someone's legal identity - we do not have these in the UK.
• Personal identity

  A person's social and cultural identity, all the factors that make them a unique person: gender, age, race, family heritage, friends, hobbies, interests, place someone lives
• Multiple identity

  When a person feels they have more than one "personal" identity
• Inclusive education


  Schooling that involves everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, disability or non-disability etc
• Discrimination


  Treating someone less favourably because of their ethnicity / race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability etc.
• Homophobia

  The idea that gay / bisexual / transgender people are not as good as others
• Racism


  The idea that some people of different origins are not as good as others
• Compensation


  Making amends for something; something given to the victim of an incident to make good on their loss
• Hate Crime

  A crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, typically one involving violence.
• Convention


  An agreement (often between governments), for example the European Convention on Human Rights (1950)