What is Right and Wrong Who Decides Where Do Values Come From And - Other Big Question

A highly topical look at how our decisions about what is right and wrong play out on an individual, local, national and global scale

List of contents

• 1: Introduction
• 2: My experience: Michael Rosen
• 3: My experience: Annemarie Young
• 4: What do we mean by right and wrong?
• 5: Where do values come from?
• 6: What is society?
• 7: What is democracy?
• 8: What is justice?
• 9: What's the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
• 10: My experience: Richard Rieser
• 11: How does fairness and unfairness affect people?
• 12: How does inequality affect educational opportunity?
• 13: My experience: Tulip Siddiq
• 14: How does language communicate what's right and wrong?
• 15: My experience: Laura Bates
• 16: How does right and wrong work on a global scale?
• 17: Is it ever right to go to war?
• 18: How do children learn about right and wrong?
• 19: My experience: Alex Wheatle
• 20: How do disasters make us question what's right and wrong?
• 21: What are your values?
• 22: Glossary
• 23: Further information
• 24: Index

About the author

Michael Rosen held the post of Children's Laureate from 2007 to 2009. He is one of the best-known figures in the children's book world, renowned for his work as a poet, performer, broadcaster and scriptwriter. As an author and by selecting other writers' works for anthologies, he has been involved with over 140 books.Annemarie Young is a writer of fiction and non-fiction for children, and an editorial consultant for children's books and primary education. She was a publisher for many years and has worked with hundreds of children's authors and illustrators. She has lived and travelled all over the world, from Australia to Southeast Asia, Egypt and Europe, and she now lives in Cambridge.

Summary

A highly topical look at how our decisions about what is right and wrong play out on an individual, local, national and global scale

Product details

• Authors: Michael Rosen, Rosen Michael, Annemarie Young
• Publisher: Wayland
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781526304971
• ISBN: 978-1-5263-0497-1
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 8 mm
• Series: And Other Big Questions
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Values & Virtues, Work & industry / world of work (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 10 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For primary education, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 3, For secondary education