Pupil Assessment Tool: Assessment2

The table contains the questions for Assessment 2 and examples of question types.

Question / Answers / Drop down and container choices / Type of question
  1. Where do you find out about people living in other countries?
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  • School
  • TV
  • News
  • Internet
  • I don’t know much about it
  • I have family in other countries
  • I have visited other countries
  • Parents
  • Friends
/ Multiple choice
  1. Can people and events in the UK affect people’s lives in Africa, Asia or South America?
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  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
/ Multiple choice
  1. How can people and events in the UK affect lives in Africa, Asia or South America?
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  • Through trade (buying and selling things)
  • By looking after the environment (e.g. turning off the lights, recycling)
  • By raising money for charity
  • Through politicians making decisions
  • They can’t
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  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Not sure
/ Drop down
  1. How can people and events in Africa, Asia or South America affect lives in the UK?
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  • Through trade (buying and selling things)
  • By looking after the environment (e.g. turning off lights, recycling)
  • Through wars and disasters
  • Through politicians making decisions
  • They can’t
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  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Not sure
/ Drop down
  1. How well connected (e.g. through travel, communications, business) do you think countries in the world have been in recent years?
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  • Now
  • 50 years
  • 100 years
  • 300 years
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  • Very well connected
  • Well connected
  • Some connections
  • No connections
/ Drag and drop into containers
  1. Why do you think connections have increased between countries, places and people over the last 20 years?
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  • It just happened
  • Technology got better
  • People wanted to help others
  • Businesses wanted to make money
  • Political changes
  • People wanted to help the environment
/
  • Very important reason
  • Important reason
  • Not important reason
/ Drag and drop into containers
  1. If you visited a country in Africa, which of these do you think you would see?
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  • Cars
  • Mobile phone
  • Cities
  • Supermarkets
  • Schools
  • Hungry children
  • Skyscrapers
  • Historic buildings
  • Hot dry weather
  • Mud houses
  • Computers
  • Wild animals
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  • Definitely see this
  • Might see this
  • Wouldn’t see this
/ Drag and drop into containers
  1. Some people in the world are poor. How would you describe being poor?
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  • Not being able to go to school
  • Not being able to see a doctor
  • Not having enough money
  • Not being able to go to the cinema occasionally
  • Not having the same as most other people
  • Not having a choice about what to do or where to live
  • Not being able to have a say about things that matter
/
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Not sure
/ Drop down
  1. What do you think is the best description of being poor? Why?
/ Open ended
  1. Why might not having enough money make someone poor?
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  • It doesn’t make someone poor
  • They can’t afford essential things to live, e.g. food
  • They can’t afford to buy desirable things, e.g. mobile phone
  • It makes their life different to those around them
  • I’m not sure
/ Multiple choice
  1. Why might not having a say about things that matter make someone poor?
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  • It doesn’t make someone poor
  • Freedom of speech is a basic right
  • Being able to give your opinion is as important as being able to buy food
  • It makes their life different to those around them
  • I’m not sure
/ Multiple choice
  1. Do you agree or disagree with these statements?
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  • Global issues affect my life
  • I care about the planet
  • I want to make the world fairer
  • Reducing poverty in the UK is important to me
  • Reducing poverty across the world is important to me
  • Working with people in other countries to reduce poverty is important
  • I know what to do to reduce poverty in the world
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  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Not sure
/ Drop down
  1. What do you think are the main reasons why people in the world are poor?
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  • Richer countries used to rule poorer countries (colonialism)
  • People have too many children
  • There are problems with the environment
  • There are unfair trade rules (buying and selling goods)
  • People don’t work hard enough
  • Governments don’t do enough to help the poor in their countries
  • Big businesses are too powerful
  • People in rich countries don’t give enough help
  • Some people are discriminated against
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  • Very important
  • Important
  • Not important
  • Not sure
/ Drop down
  1. Which of the reasons for people being poor do you think is the most important? Why?
/ Open ended
  1. Over the last 10 years, what do you think has happened across the world?
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  • Number of people dying from diseases like malaria
  • Number of children in school
  • Air pollution from greenhouse gases
  • Number of people living on less than £1.50 a day
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  • Got higher/worse
  • Got lower/better
  • Not really changed
  • Not sure
/ Drop down
  1. In which part of the world do you think poverty has reduced the most in the past 10 years?(Measured by the drop in the number of people living on less than £1.50 a day.)
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  • South America
  • Africa
  • South and East Asia (e.g. Pakistan, China, India, Bangladesh)
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Not sure
/ Multiple choice
  1. Match the different types of development below with their meaning.
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  • Meeting the needs of people now, without harming the needs of people in the future
  • Development which is slower than it should be
  • To enable all people to be active citizens, with good health, education and living standards
  • Improvements in the money businesses make, which allow better standards of living.
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  • Sustainable development
  • Rights-based development
  • Underdevelopment
  • Economic development
/ Line matching
  1. Which do you think is the most important aim of development?
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  • People get richer
  • More people learn to read and write
  • The environment gets looked after better
  • All aims are equally important
  • Not sure
/ Multiple choice
  1. Which of these statements about development do you agree with?
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  • Development is about poor countries becoming like rich countries
  • Development always goes forward
  • Development means eventually all countries will be the same
  • Not all countries can be developed
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  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Not sure
/ Drop down
  1. What are rights? Do you agree or disagree with these statements about rights?
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  • Everyone has rights
  • Rights help protect people
  • Rights make some people more important than others
  • Rights make society fairer
  • Rights mean you only care about yourself
  • Rights abuses are a problem in the UK
  • Rights abuses are a problem in India
  • People in India have the same rights as people in the UK
  • I know what to do if I see rights being abused
  • I know where to find out about rights
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  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Not sure
/ Drag and drop into containers
  1. Children have their own set of rights. Which of the following do you think are children's rights?
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  • Being able to go to school
  • Having food
  • Not being treated differently from others
  • Having a TV
  • Having a computer
  • Having somewhere to live
  • Having money to spend as you like
  • Being able to play
  • Being able to celebrate your religion
  • Having fast food
  • Being able to say what you think
  • Having your own bedroom
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  • Yes
  • No
/ Drag and drop into containers
  1. Which of these things are most important to you?
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  • Being healthy and safe
  • Being fair and making sure everyone has a fair chance in life
  • Making a difference – trying to help others
  • Learning about different ideas, cultures and ways of life
  • Having close friends who care about you
  • Being successful – achieving your goals
  • Enjoying life – e.g. food, relaxing, free-time, play
  • Caring for others, looking after the environment and nature
  • Having money and owning things – like a car, TV, house
  • Respecting other people
/ Drag and drop into preferred order
  1. This advert is asking people to do something about global poverty.
Which of the following statements do you agree with? /
  • The advert tells me what the problem is
  • The advert tells me where it is happening
  • The advert helps me to understand global poverty
  • I need more information to understand the situation
  • The advert is designed to make me feel a certain way
  • The advert is factual
  • The advert is based on opinion
  • The advert was written to show the woman's view
  • The advert was written to show the views of a charity
  • There are other ways the advert could show poverty
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  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Not sure
/ Drop down
  1. There are many ways people and organisations can respond to povertyin the world.
What do you think of the following ideas? /
  • Governments make global agreements
  • People do nothing
  • Rich governments give aid (e.g. money)
  • Rich people in countries with poverty help
  • People contact MPs to ask them to help
  • People give money to charity
  • People change how they shop
  • People work together across countries to help
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  • Very good idea
  • Good idea
  • Bad idea
  • Not sure
/ Drop down
  1. If you had to choose one way to respond to global poverty, what would it be?
/ Open ended
  1. Can you explain why you thinksome ways of tackling global poverty are better than others?
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  • I think richer people have a responsibility to help poorer people
  • Changing the rules about how things work (e.g. trade rules) makes the most difference
  • I don’t know, I am just guessing
  • Individual actions make the most difference
  • Global agreements make the most positive difference
  • I think governments have the most power to change things
/ Multiple choice
  1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
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  • I can make a difference in my school
  • I can make a difference in my local area
  • I can make a difference in my country
  • I can make a difference in the world
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  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Not sure
/ Drop down
  1. Have you done any of these things in the past six months?
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  • Raised money for an international charity
  • Written a letter to a newspaper about a global issue
  • Raised a global issue with the school council
  • Worked with a group on a global issue
  • Bought a Fairtrade item
  • Recycled/reused/didn't buy
  • Read about something important that's happening in the world
  • Volunteered for an international charity
  • Signed a petition on a global issue
  • Written toan MP about a global issue
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  • Yes
  • No
/ Drag and drop into containers
  1. The best way I can be a global citizen is...
/ Open ended

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