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In recent years, knowledge has emerged as a contentious issue for curriculum designers and teachers, in England and elsewhere. In this series of...
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The resources in this Deliberative Classroom pack focus on the topic of Democracy, Protest and Change. The pack begins with a briefing paper to help...
The Deliberative Classroom General Guidance for teachers explains why schools need to address topical issues in the curriculum as part of their work...
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ACT is delighted to support a campaign launched by the Council of Europe, 'Free to Speak, Safe to Learn', which encouarges all schools to become '...
Creating a Democratic Culture through high quality curriculum and teaching
The Council of Europe Competency Framework for Democratic Culture
The...
In this article Lee Jerome, Associate Professor of Education, reports on an interview with Liz Moorse, Chief Executive of Act, about the activities...
Shakuntala Banaji, a lecturer in International Media and Film at the LSE, outlines the findings of a cross-European research project which...
Tags: Community action, Democracy, Members Only, ACT Journal, Article
ACT's one page Citizenship Curriculum Framework provides an outline of the Citizenship skills and aptitudes, values and dispositions, knowledge and...
Tags: KS2, KS3, Useful document
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'The Rule of Law for Key Stage 3 Citizenship Education' published by Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for...
'Magna Carta: My Digital Rights' published by the British Library has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching Resources.
From...
'Under Pressure - How Pressure Groups Operate' by CND Peace Education has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Education Resources. It...
'The Bomb Factor' published by CND Peace Education has been award the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Education Resources. It is a practical...
Tags: GCSE, Global concerns: war & conflict, KS3, KS4, Secondary, ACT Quality Mark, Book
Citizenship Education for KS3 has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching Resources. Teach the 2014 Citizenship curriculum with...
Tags: KS3, Secondary, ACT Quality Mark, Book
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The First News ACTive Citizenship Awards are based around three areas: learning, school culture and community.
To achieve an award, pupils design,...
This resource was devised by Professor Bridget Byrne* in association with ACT. Professor Byrne carried out interviews with new entrants to the UK in...
Youthquake: Young People and the Future of Democracy
National Teacher Conference for Citizenship, SMSC, British Values, Politics
Saturday 7 July...
Tags: Democracy, Discussing & debating, Handling sensitive & controversial issues, Members Only, Parliament, Participating in school & community decisions, Political literacy, Primary, School Council, Secondary, The internet as a source of information, Thinking skills, Voluntary organisations, Presentation
Youthquake: Young People and the Future of Democracy
National Teacher Conference for Citizenship, SMSC, British Values, Politics
Saturday 7 July...
Tags: Democracy, Democratic values, Discussing & debating, News values & news creation, Participating in school & community decisions, Political literacy, Primary, School Council, Secondary, Student councils, The internet as a source of information, The media & accountability, Thinking skills, Topical issues in citizenship, Presentation
This Summary provides an overview of the knowledge and understanding about democracy that should be developed through the subject of Citizenship....
Tags: Democracy, Democratic values, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, Primary, Secondary, Factsheet, Useful document
The resources comes with ready to use pupil resource sheets, to introduce pupils to some of the key characteristics of democracy using a balloon...
Teaching Democracy - using debate is an ACT teaching resource that has been designed to develop knowledge and understanding of the concept of ...
'Let's get elected' is a set of teaching activities and resources for students to help develop knowledge and understanding of local democracy and...
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The ACT Topic Guide on The Electoral System and Political Parties includes an overview of key concepts to address together with practical teaching...
ACT and the Global Learning Programme (GLP) have mapped out the connections between 'British values' and global learning through the perspective of...
Tags: Global community, KS2, KS3, Primary, Secondary, Useful document
'Education in a Diverse UK' published by Migrant Help UK has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching Resources.
This education...
'The Prevent Duty and Controversial Issues: creating a curriculum response through Citizenship' is a new publication that offers guidance to schools...
Tags: Analysing information, Arguing a case, Community cohesion, Democratic values, Discussing & debating, Empathising with others, Freedoms: speech, movement, religious expression, Handling sensitive & controversial issues, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, Primary, Respecting difference: religions & beliefs, Rule of law, Secondary, Teacher Training, Thinking skills, Topical issues in citizenship, Useful document
General Election 2015 - FREE material for teachers
Parliament has been brought to a close and the General Election is just around the corner....
ACT has created three resources to support Financial education within Citizenship, especially in Key Stage 3. This work was undertaken in...
ACT has created three resources to support Financial education within Citizenship, especially in Key Stage 3. This work was undertaken in...
This leaflet has been designed by the Expert Subject Advisory Group for Citizenship after discussion about how to raise the profile of primary...
Tags: KS1, KS2, Primary, Useful document
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Xiao Hui Eng, Research Fellow at the Bingham Centre, for the Rule of Law, introduces ‘the rule of law’ and outlines its relevance for Citizenship...
Tags: Activity, Justice system, Members Only, Rule of law, ACT Journal, Article
Amanda Moorghen, English Speaking Union, writes about supporting teachers to develop the use of speech and debate in the Citizenship Classroom....
Chris Waller outlines some of the major issues in the current EU debate and poses some key discussion questions to spark debate. This is helpful when...
Clare Duncan, Peace Education Assistant at CND Peace Education, reviews their new Cuban Missile Crisis themed active learning resource ‘Dial M for...
Hayle Davies, teacher of RE and Philosophy and Ethics, talks about a strategy on how to teach about the use of drones. This is helpful when teaching...
Sera Shortland, Citizenship Coordinator at Hamilton Community College, talks about MP6, a public speaking political competition she set up to help...
Balbir Sohal, Education Consultant, shares her thoughts on the Duty and the best resources she has encountered. This is helpful when teaching about...
Liam Taylor, teacher, examines the development and motivation of a new resource teaching about the 7/7 bombings. This will be helpful when teaching...
