Citizenship
This area of TeacherNet contains articles, resources and information to help with your citizenship classes and will be added to in the coming weeks and months.
Read TeacherNet's introduction to Citizenship, plus the article
about active citizenship and how this subject can
be applied across the curriculum. Find further information in our
main TeacherNet section on citizenship.
ICT in citizenship teaching
For practical help on using ICT in your teaching, visit Learning and
Teaching Using ICT — Practical Support Pack, a TeacherNet website
which has lesson plans, multimedia resources, video case studies and ICT
support materials. Written by experts in teaching subjects using ICT, and with
the support of the Primary and Secondary National Strategies, the support
pack has everything needed to teach citizenship using ICT, from
preparation and planning to homework and evaluation.
Teaching about the European
Union
The European Union is a complex subject, and teaching it can at first seem
rather daunting, however there are many useful online resources available to help you make the EU an
interesting and accessible topic for all pupils.
Resources and information:
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Increase teenagers' financial knowledge with Learning Money Matters, a PFEG initiative offering free support to 4 000 English secondary schools. During the next five years the PFEG aim to give 1.8 million students the opportunity to learn about money management in a way that works for them. (13 February 2007)
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Follow the live video diaries of nine east London pupils on an expedition to explore the culture of Oman and Dubai from 8-20 February 2007.
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Raise children's awareness of the Criminal Justice system by getting involved in Inside Justice Week 2006. Children can get involved in mock trials, investigating a crime scene or even playing the role of a barrister.
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Get involved in the 2006 My Friend Needs a Teacher challenge where you are asked to make cut-out teachers to represent the thousands of teachers needed all over the world.
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The new Active Citizens in Schools (ACiS) toolkit can be used as a training resource for students in Key Stages 3 and 4 and is complementary to the exsisting ACiS Know How Pack.
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The charity Education Action works with teachers and refugees in the UK to help educate young people about the realities of war. Its Insight programme runs visits for teachers to share and exchange skills with colleagues in Africa and the Middle East, and its £25 Challenge offers teaching resources with lesson plans.
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See our articles on the work that Comic Relief and Childline are currently doing, and the citizenship-related resources they provide. There are factsheets, schemes of work and other activities linked to the national curriculum available to download.
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The G8 summit was held in Gleneagles, Scotland on 6 July 2005, and was preceded by the J8 youth summit held in Edinburgh.
- For an international dimension, Global Gateway offers a collection of teaching resources and lesson plans for teachers of pupils aged 4 to 18.
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Giving Nation (G-Nation) is a youth initiative which empowers young people to give their time and voice to charity. There are teachers' resources aimed at delivering the citizenship curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4 by covering topics such as how charities make a difference and how they gather support.
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The Go-Givers site uses interactive animation characters, the Go-Givers, to show primary children what it means to be part of a caring society, encouraging them to think about others through community action, charitable support and the democratic process. As well as sections for parents and children, teachers will find case studies suited to assemblies, activities to stimulate discussion and access to a wide range of resources that can be used in citizenship teaching.
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The Send My Friend to School Challenge offered a unique opportunity for young people to speak up for the millions of children around the world who are too poor to go to school. Buddies were presented to Tony Blair on 1 July, International White Band Day. Find out how the challenge went, how many buddies were made worldwide, and more about the 2006 challenge.
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Who Do We Think We Are? This programme explores identity, diversity and citizenship across the curriculum.
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Right Here, Right Now aims to facilitate effective teaching and learning of human rights, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, for Key Stage 3 students.
You can also find more resources from our list of useful links and charities websites.
Remember that Teachers TV offers lots of resources for teachers, including curriculum-based programmes for use in the classroom.
Don't forget you can also search for resources by subject in TeacherNet's useful sites directory.
Last updated: 04 July 2008
