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Accepting our differences
Looking at social groups that are discriminated against and how
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
Amnesty International protecting UDHR
Lesson looks at Amnesty International, their role and their logo.
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
British diversity - a history
UK diversity and the reasons behind it. Through a card-sort
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Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): National, regional, ethnic and religious identities
Celebrity voices
What responsibilities come with celebrity? How does this affect
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Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 09/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The media and public opinion
How do charities help in global crises?
Using Darfur as case study, students see how charities help in
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 09/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship
The child labour debate
Looking at the hidden economy of child labour across the world
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Y7 Y8 | Managing money | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities | The function and uses of money (KS3)
Community partners
Student learn about the different responsibilities of community
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Y7 Y8 | Democracy and government | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Local government and public institutions
For or against the death penalty
Students confront the harsh reality behind the death penalty
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Y7 Y8 | Law and justice | Published: 09/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The justice system
Fair trade and ethical spending
Introduces fair trade by looking at specific consumer choices
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Y7 Y8 | Managing money | Published: 21/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The function and uses of money (KS3)
Freedom of speech
Looking at the history of freedom of speech and exploring the
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Freedom of speech
A good citizen would ...
Thought-provoking activity as students look at real-life ethical
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Y7 Y8 | Teaching tools | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Understanding Citizenship
Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Students learn about the UDHR, pinpointing rights they think
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
How do political parties work for you?
Ask students to identify the leaders and key policies
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Y8 | Democracy and government | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Systems of government
What influences us?
Students look at who or what influences (e.g. the media, peer
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Y7 Y8 | Democracy and government | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Critical thinking | Systems of government
You and your area
Students represent life in their area by packing a 'suitcase'
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
What causes crime?
Looking at the social and economic causes of crime in the UK.
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Y7 Y8 | Law and justice | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The justice system
Introductory lesson to the UN
Brilliant fun as students play a game of Deal or No Deal (based
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 09/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Dealing with conflict and solving problems | The UK's relations with Europe, the Commonwealth, the UN and the wider world
How does the UK compare?
Looking at how different countries around the world are governed,
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Y7 Y8 | Democracy and government | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Systems of government
Why should we have a school council?
The value of having a school council as a forum for students'
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Dealing with conflict and solving problems
Making a difference to my school community – Lesson 1
Initiating an open debate based on the question: ‘How can we
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Active citizenship
Making a difference to my school community – Lesson 2
Implementing ideas for change that would improve the school community.
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Active citizenship
Making a difference to my school community – Lesson 3
Students get proactive by preparing to present their case for
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Active citizenship
The impact that individuals can have upon the environment
Looking at (and hopefully fostering!) green activism amongst
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 09/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
Making a difference to my local community – Lesson 1
Through this series of four lessons, students are asked to research
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Active citizenship
Making a difference to my local community – Lesson 2
Follows on from Lesson 1.
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Active citizenship
Making a difference to my local community – Lesson 3
Follows on from Lesson 2.
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Active citizenship
Making a difference to my local community – Lesson 4
Follows on from Lesson 3.
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Active citizenship
Does slavery still exist?
Hard-hitting lesson as students are asked to look at specific
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
Should we have a queen?
A card-sort activity helps students clarify their own attitude
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Y7 Y8 | Democracy and government | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The monarchy
Plastic recycling - Lesson 1
Creative fun as students learn about the issues around recycling
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
Plastic recycling - Lesson 2
Students present their own miniature TV ad campaign!
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
We left because we had to - Lesson 1
Vivid lesson bringing the reality of refugees' lives closer by
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): National, regional, ethnic and religious identities
We left because we had to - Lesson 2
Get creative by asking students to research and construct a display
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): National, regional, ethnic and religious identities
We left because we had to - Lesson 3
Groups present and explain their displays.
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): National, regional, ethnic and religious identities
Re-using things - Lesson 1
Challenge students to think about re-using things instead of
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
Re-using things - Lesson 2
Contains a little experiment that really hits home by showing
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
What is the role of an MP?
Enjoyable picture-matching and word-scrambling activities give
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Y7 Y8 | Democracy and government | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Parliament
Democracy
Challenging circle-time memory activity in which students
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Y8 | Democracy and government | Published: 20/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Systems of government
Has devolution been good or bad for the UK?
Identify component flags of Union Jack. Matching activity containing
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Y7 Y8 | Democracy and government | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Systems of government
Diversity of views
Students learn to differentiate between fact and opinion. Followed
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
Diversity
Takes a statistical look at the demographic of the UK population,
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Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
Handling local disagreements and conflicts
Fun card-sort activity helps students familiarise themselves
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Y8 | Democracy and government | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Local government and public institutions
Human rights - Lesson 1
Students are challenged to distinguish between human rights and
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
Human rights - Lesson 2
Using a simplified version of the Universal Declaration of Human
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
Immigration
Challenging and creative activity in which students write a diary
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Y8 Y9 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
The immigration debate
Using a news video about the debate over immigration, students
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Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
Introduction to community partners
Takes a look at how community partners deal with local issues
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 20/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Meeting community needs
Legal rights role-plays
Students get to have fun by performing role-play activities about
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 22/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Legal rights and responsibilities
Local communities
Through a tricky and fun codebreaker exercise, students are quizzed
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Meeting community needs
Local and national viewpoints on the environment
Fun and creative activity in which students familiarise themselves
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 20/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
Key features of local and national government
Students draw their own cartoons to illustrate twelve key points
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Y7 Y8 | Democracy and government | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Local government and public institutions
The media
Taking the standpoint that access to the media is a basic human
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The media and public opinion
Public funding and decision making
Makes learning about public funding rather more fun with a hectic
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Y7 Y8 | Managing money | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Budgeting and managing risk (KS3)
Sustainable schools
Students learn about eco-schools and consider the sustainability
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Active citizenship | Sustainability
Introduction to the UK economy
Broad introduction to UK economy in which students learn about
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Y8 | Managing money | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The function and uses of money (KS3)
Strategies for handling young people's conflicts
Lively group activity where students consider a range of local
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Y7 Y8 | Law and justice | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Dealing with conflict and solving problems
How can we tackle gun crime?
Students expore the causes behind the recent rise in gun crime
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Y7 Y8 | Law and justice | Published: 27/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The justice system
The view of the media
Challenging the unspoken values and frequent distortion in media
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The media and public opinion
What would you take?
Immerse students in an refugee emergency situation - if they
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 21/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
How the economy works
Enjoyable activity in which students create illustrated banners
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Y7 Y8 | Managing money | Published: 15/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The function and uses of money (KS3)
What are the causes and effects of youth crime?
Hardhitting lesson looks at government research on the causes
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 21/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
Whaling
Examining 'pro' and 'con' positions on the issue, students are
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 23/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
Reporters' ethics
Referring to the McCanns and images of the Princess Diana car
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Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 21/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The media and public opinion
Jamaica – shared values and diverse beliefs
Students acquaint themselves with Jamaican culture's influence
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 28/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
What makes a good citizen?
Students get creative by making their own 'Good Citizen Code'
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Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 27/05/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Understanding Citizenship
Bottled water - Lesson 1
Students perform a fun taste-test experiment to see if they can
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 16/06/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
Bottled water - Lesson 2
After the taste-test experiment in the previous lesson, students
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 16/06/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
Young people - the need for a different approach? Lesson 1
In the first of this series of three lessons, students learn
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Y7 Y8 | Law and justice | Published: 26/06/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The justice system
Young people - the need for a different approach? Lesson 2
Following on from Lesson 1, students begin to learn about the
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Y7 Y8 | Law and justice | Published: 26/06/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The justice system
Young people - the need for a different approach? Lesson 3
Following on from Lesson 2, students take turns to role-play
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Y7 Y8 | Law and justice | Published: 26/06/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The justice system
Product packaging - Lesson 1
Students engage with the issues surrounding overpackaging by
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 21/07/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
Product packaging - Lesson 2
Students consolidate their learning in the first lesson with
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 21/07/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
Immigration in the UK - Lesson 1
A probing start to this series of three lessons, which explores
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 24/07/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
Immigration in the UK - Lesson 2
This second lesson in a series of three looks at modern multicultural
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 24/07/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
Immigration in the UK - Lesson 3
This final lesson in a series of three looks at some key 'waves'
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 24/07/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
Shared values and diverse beliefs
Students examine the positive and negative aspects of diversity
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Y7 Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 24/07/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
Young people and the law
Exploring the links between young people and crime, students
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Y7 Y8 | Law and justice | Published: 24/07/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The justice system
The biofuels debate
Students look at the issues surrounding biofuel production from
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Y7 Y8 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 07/11/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | Sustainability
The contemporary relevance of the Holocaust - Lesson 1
Students are introduced to this series through both learning
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Y9 Y10 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 05/09/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
The contemporary relevance of the Holocaust - Lesson 2
This lesson draws links between the Holocaust and the formation
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Y9 Y10 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 05/09/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
The contemporary relevance of the Holocaust - Lesson 3
The learning here builds upon previous lessons by linking the
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Y9 Y10 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 05/09/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
The contemporary relevance of the Holocaust - Lesson 4
The final lesson ends the series by putting the Holocaust within
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Y9 Y10 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 05/09/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
But wearing that is one of my human rights!
Students use the UN Declaration of Human Rights to explore and
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Y7 Y8 Y9 | Diversity and identity | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 11/05/2009 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): National, regional, ethnic and religious identities
Links between European citizens
Students learn about some of the jobs that are performed by EU
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Y8 | Democracy and government | Published: 17/10/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The UK's relations with Europe, the Commonwealth, the UN and the wider world
Legal rights and young people
Students learn about what young people are allowed to do when
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Y7 Y8 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 29/10/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Legal rights and responsibilities
Diversity of identities
Students explore some of the ways in which citizens’ identities
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Y7 | Diversity and identity | Published: 23/10/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Identities and mutual understanding
Government spending – lesson 1
Pupils discuss the types of financial assistance that eight characters
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Y8 | Managing money | Published: 14/11/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Budgeting and managing risk (KS3) | The function and uses of money (KS3)
Government spending – lesson 2
Pupils consider eight characters’ stories and decide whether
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Y8 Y9 | Managing money | Published: 25/11/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Budgeting and managing risk (KS3) | The function and uses of money (KS3)
Children making connections
Pupils talk about their own experiences of meeting children from
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Y7 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 19/11/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Global citizenship | The UK's relations with Europe, the Commonwealth, the UN and the wider world
Beliefs about religion 1
Students look at the main beliefs of atheism and six well-known
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Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 17/12/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): National, regional, ethnic and religious identities
Beliefs about religion 2
Students explore opinions about religion’s place in society.
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Y8 | Diversity and identity | Published: 09/01/2009 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): National, regional, ethnic and religious identities
Taking action in school – lesson 1
Pupils discuss the things that they would like to change about
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Y7 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 26/11/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Active citizenship
Taking action in school – lesson 2
Pupils think back to the issue that they voted on during the
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Y7 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 26/11/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Active citizenship
Parenting
Pupils discuss opinions about parenting and explore their own
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Y9 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 11/12/2008 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Human rights and responsibilities
The media and the NHS
Pupils decide whether or not the media have a right and/or an
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Y9 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 06/04/2009 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): The media and public opinion
Relationships and legal rights
Pupils explore some key words linked to the legalities surrounding
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Plane stupid
Using the Stansted airport protests of December 2008, students
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Y9 | Informed action and global citizenship | Published: 22/04/2009 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Pressure groups
Categorising rights
The lesson looks at different sorts of rights and helps pupils
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Y7 Y8 Y9 | Rights and responsibilities | Published: 14/04/2009 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Legal rights and responsibilities
Britishness
Students investigate the national identity of the British. They
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Y7 Y8 Y9 | Diversity and identity | Published: 18/05/2009 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): National, regional, ethnic and religious identities
MPs' expenses
Students discuss the kind of expenses that MPs have claimed for
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Y8 | Managing money | Published: 20/05/2009 | From the Citizenship resource collection(s): Budgeting and managing risk (KS3) | The function and uses of money (KS3)
