成人快手 Three - Free Speech, Series 1

Create the Debate

Free Speech has teamed up with Parliament Week and the UK Youth Parliament to Create the Debate with these five short films and downloadable PDF.

锘縁ronting the films are three Free Speech veterans:

锘�- Georgie Okell, master of T4

- Jamal Edwards, founder of SB.TV

- Gemma Cairney, legend of Radio One

锘縀ach film sets up a debate on an issue that has been voted for by over 250,000 young people across the UK. Those debates are:

- Should the national curriculum place more emphasis on life lessons?

- Should every young person be required to take one week's work experience before they leave school?

- Should public money be invested in making transport less expensive for under 18鈥檚?

- Should same sex marriage be allowed across the whole of the UK?

- Should the National Minimum Wage be changed to one even level?

So, here鈥檚 what we think you should do.

, watch the five short films below 鈥� they鈥檙e only one minute long each - then debate the issues with your class. The pack is full of tips on how to run a good debate, and once you鈥檝e finished in the classroom you can head to:

and

where the debate continues online with young people from all over the country. These five debates are building up to Parliament Week 2012, which runs in the House of Commons from Monday 19th November for one week.

You can share the outcome of your classroom debates with Parliament, who will feed in your results of the House of Commons. Which is pretty cool.

Just go to once you鈥檝e had your debate.

So that鈥檚 it. Go forth and Create the Debate.

Should the national curriculum place more emphasis on life lessons?
Should same sex marriage be allowed across the whole of the UK?
Should public money be used to make transport cheaper for under 18鈥檚?
Should the National Minimum Wage be changed to one even level?
Should every young person be required to take one week's work experience before they leave school?