Teachers' notes
Secondary lesson objectives
- to consider the general need for regulation in respect of private behaviour
- to raise some issues for critical examination, consider the different roles of the law, and evaluate different approaches to dealing with particular issues
- that certain areas of public life are regulated by local authorities, under powers devolved from central government
Secondary curriculum links
Citizenship at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)
Unit 05: How the law protects animals - a local-to-global study
Section 1: How does the law protect our pets?
Glossary
Compensation money paid to try and cover expenses of a wrong done to someone, such as being attacked by someone's dog
Extended made to go further
Fundamental basic
Home secretary politician in charge of issues within the UK, eg crime
Insurance policies when you pay a company a fairly small amount of money in case an accident happens - if it doesn't happen the insurance company just keeps the money, if it does happen they have to pay your expenses
Intimidate frighten
Microchipped when a microchip the size of a grain of rice with a code number on it is injected under the dog's skin
Neuter remove the reproductive organs of a dog so they can't have babies - in males this makes dogs less aggressive
Sole only
Status dogs tough looking dogs such as bull breeds being owned by people who want to look tough
Third party covering someone else as well as the person insured. For example if someone ese gets attacked by your dog the insurance company will need to pay for their treatment etc
Unique one of a kind