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This section of the site contains downloadable Secondary lesson plans complete with useful resources, articles from the ACT journal, extracts from various publications or other sources that teachers have shared with us.

ACT will continue to develop this section of the website and new material is posted each month.


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What is Citizenship?

Explain to your pupils or your colleagues what Citizenship education is and why it's quite so important. Especially useful for those new to Citizenship education.

Whole school Citizenship provision

Tools to help evaluate the provision of Citizenship education in secondary schools

Delivering Citizenship though other subjects

Although not recommended, this is the reality in many schools

Commuity Cohesion

Resources for classroom teaching and ideas for the whole school.

Assessment

Assessment using the 8-level scale, relative merits of the three exam boards, QCDA on assessment and ACT experts. Also whole-school assessment.

Identity and Diversity - Living together in the UK

Resources for teaching the new strand of the secondary curriculum "Identity and Diversity - Living together in the UK

Justice

Fairness and the fule of law, power and authority and accountability...

Democracy and Political Literacy

A selection of the best resources for teaching about democracy and political literacy. These range from hosting mock elections in schools to visiting Parliament.

Human Rights

The concept of human rights is central in Citizenship teaching. There are many resources from organisations ranging from Amnesty to the British Army. Here you'll find just some that ACT thinks are useful.

International Dimensions of Citizenship and Global Citizenship

This includes global citizenship and teaching about the EU

General Citizenship Resources

Resources that cover multiple categories

Cross Curricular Resources

Using the whole school approach it is useful to demonstrate that Citizenship affects all spheres of our school lives. You should already be working with other subject teachers. Here are some resources to try including links to Every Child Matters and inspection advice.

Financial Literacy

Understanding finance is a crucial part of taking an active role in society

Careers and Citizenship

As well as their unique contributions to young people’s development, there are many links between the content of the Citizenship programme of study and learning through Careers

Campaigning

This is an essential part of Citizenship education - and forms 60% GCSE!

Poverty & Micro-finance

Four lessons each for years 7, 8, 9 and 10/11. These lessons use the concept of microfinance to help students understand and engage with poverty in developing countries.

History of Citizenship

Resources tracing the history of the subject

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