As a practitioner who has experienced my fair share of “brainwashing” the youth (not,
however, from a single teacher on here I must say) think it’s good to discuss how Priti Patels recent tweet could make for an ace cross curricular, relevant lesson.

(1/5)
Is ending free movement the “will of the British people?” It’s a question that could be posed to a class. Stemming from this could be discussions around responsible use of social media, imagery etc

Of course, students need to be presented with a balanced range of sources. (2/5)
The BSA is seen by some as a reliable gauge of the British public (BBC, Herald & Guardian all reference it).

Pupils can be presented with these figures, discuss whether a sample of roughly 4,000 is representative of the UK. Can also look at the age ratios. Lots of maths! (3/5)
Students can consider the results & voter spread by region of the referendum.

They could also consider the results of the 2019 general election, before, together with the sources & of course their own thoughts, try and conclude what the ‘will of the British people’ is (4/5)
Students can also be provided with an iPad so as to google & attempt to critically assess any information they felt was missing in such a discussion.

At no point does the teacher express their own opinion - merely ensure discussion is open & accepting of reasoned thought (5/5)
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