This year you will study for the first time a new subject called Education for Citizenship and Human Rights. But what is it about?
Many years ago, when aristocrats and kings ruled, everyone had to behave as powerful people said. In those times people were called subjects, because they were subjected to the king's power, so obeying was compulsory and nobody could protest even if the situation was clearly unfair.
Fortunately, things have changed a lot. Nowadays all people are equal and the law is the same for everyone. This means that we are no longer subjects, but we have become citizens. A citizen is a person who has rights and who can take part in important decisions. Clearly, being a citizen is much better than being a subject!
But coexistence with other people is not easy. Problems and conflicts appear frequently, so we must learn a proper way to solve them. In the Citizenship class we are going to study all these topics. We will analize how to coexist with other people, we will learn our rights and we will study the rules that organize our common social life. Knowing about all these things is important, in order to prevent problems. I hope you will be interested in learning about it!
To begin with, you can start downloading these notes that will help us during the school year.
