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Social studies

Let's get ready for the real world!

One neighbourhood, one football pitch and a lot of decisions. Your child makes rules, shares money fairly, deals with rumours and has a say.

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Cleopatra

Queen of Egypt, 69 to 30 BC

Cleopatra ran a country and knows how groups work. She asks who decides, who is affected, and what a fair rule looks like.

An AI character inspired by Cleopatra, not the real person.

What’s inside

2 courses, lesson by lesson

12 modules in the curriculum

  1. 01

    The neighbourhood

    • Making a fair rule
    • Enforcing a rule
    • Sharing limited money
    • Rumours and jokes
    • Who belongs?
    • Campaigns and the council
  2. 02

    Missions

    • Taking turns
    • Found property
    • Sharing costs
    • Sharing a space
    • Planning together
    • Reporting a problem
Levels:Making and keeping fair rulesSharing, belonging and getting alongHaving a say in your community

A sample lesson, about 10 minutes

A lesson with Cleopatra

  1. 1

    One pitch

    Twenty-four children, one pitch, fifteen minutes. Every day it ends in a fight.

  2. 2

    Meet Daan

    Football is how Daan makes friends, though nobody knows it.

  3. 3

    How to decide

    Choose how the group will decide who plays.

  4. 4

    Build the rule

    Put together a rule everyone can live with.

Skills to grow towards

What your child practises

  • Chooses a fair way to decide in a group

  • Changes a rule fairly when it does not work

  • Checks a rumour before passing it on

Questions from parents

No. It explains how communities and decisions work, without taking sides.

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