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ACT : Association for Citizenship Teaching
ACT is the professional subject association for those involved in citizenship education. This website offers resources and information to help you deliver excellent citizenship education.
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Make a film about your community
24 August 2010
BT are running a competition for KS3-5 pupils to work in teams to develop their ideas for how to improve their communities and make a film to share their stories. This is a film competition about Citizenship issues, so you can work with your media and/or English departments if you want help.
The 36 best proposals will get support and £1,000 to help them make a brilliant short film.
Citizenship CPD in 2010-11
18 August 2010
ACT is planning a series of regional CPD events in February-July 2011. These will be for ACT members and will cover:
- Help! I'm teaching Citizenship
- Citizenship Education: curriculum and community
- Managing Citizenship in Changing times
- Citizenship across and beyond the school
PSHE/Citizenship event for Primary Teachers
16 August 2010
Together with the PSHE Association ACT will be hosting a day of CPD for Primary teachers on issues of PSHE and Citizenship education.
The event will be on 15th November at the British Library in London. More information coming soon! If you'd like to receive information by email please email Millicent Scott
Give us a job! Exploring policies that could have an impact on youth employment
06 August 2010
Give us a job! is an activity for use with learners which examines a selection of policies that central government could or might adopt as a response to the current economic situation. This is a topical issue since youth unemployment has been rising and this impacts directly on all groups of young people. This activity can be used to supplement the suggestions in Unit 3 of the LSIS Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme resource Citizenship through tutorial: a staff manual with activities for personal and social learning, which examines issues relating to the economy and employment.
Great New Citizenship Textbook
06 August 2010
The Rax Active Citizenship Toolkit focuses on the key skills and processes part of the curriculum: Critical thinking and enquiry; Advocacy and representation; Taking informed and responsible action.
