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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
The 'Having a Say' Citizenship resources have been developed by ACT with support from the Historical Association, the Cabinet Office and the...
Tags: Active citizenship, Activity, Advocacy, Analysing information, Arguing a case, Bringing about social change, Change in communities, Democracy, Discussing & debating, Explaining views & giving reasons, Expressing & justifying opinions, Justice system, KS3, KS4, Local government, National government, Parliament, Political literacy, Political rights & responsibilities, Power, Secondary, Thinking skills, Voting, Working with others for change, Case study, Lesson plan
The First News ACTive Citizenship Awards are based around three areas: learning, school culture and community.
To achieve an award, pupils design,...
Joel Busher, a research fellow in the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social relations in Coventry University, presents an article about why the far...
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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...
'First Give Programme', published by First Give, has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching Resources.
The First Give resources...
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre, Kent
Teacher: Zoe Baker
Students in year 8 (12-13 year olds) analysed a number of case studies that focused on...
Active Citizenship Projects - Guidance for Supervisors
This guidance has been written by Kevin Walker. Kevin is a Citizenship teacher with many...
Tags: A-Level, Active citizenship, Post-16, Useful document
The resources in this Deliberative Classroom pack focus on the topic of Religious Freedom. The pack begins with a briefing paper to help teachers...
Tags: Arguing a case, Balancing competing rights, Democracy, Democratic values, Discussing & debating, Exploring values & attitudes, Expressing & justifying opinions, Handling sensitive & controversial issues, KS3, KS4, Respecting difference: religions & beliefs, Secondary, Thinking skills, Topical issues in citizenship, Lesson plan
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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
This resources digest has been put together by the Expert Group for Citizenship.
The Expert Group for Citizenship comprises teachers and others from...
Tags: A-Level, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, Post-16, Primary, Secondary, Teacher Training, Useful document
This curriculum briefing on Assessment and Progression in Citizenship is part of a series of guides produced to support the revised National...
Tags: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, Primary, Secondary, Teacher Training, Useful document
ACT has been developing a range of activities, advice and guidance to support the Global Learning Programme (GLP), which is a national initiative...
ACT have developed a range of CPD modules to support the training and development of all those engaged in teaching citizenship. Each module has the...
Tags: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, Post-16, Primary, Secondary, Teacher Training, CPD module
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Amanda Moorghen, Projects Officer at the English Speaking Union, tackles some of the obstacles to using debate before sharing some practical tips for...
Jamie Kelsey-Fry, author of the Rax Active Citizenship Toolkit, has outlined an overall approach to encouraging active citizenship, focusing...
John Hamer, Director of educational consultancy AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd and an expert consultant to the Council of Europe on history education,...
Debbie Newman shares some ideas for a practical lesson plan on voting. Debate lesson plan: voting (click to download)
This was first published in...
Holly Greenland and David Carr, from Parliament's Education Service, discuss some of the exciting opportunities to engage your students in ...
Ron Johnston, Professor of Geography at the University of Bristol, Charles Pattie, Professor of Geography at the University of Sheffield and David...
Philip Cowley, Professor of Parliamentary Government at the University of Nottingham and Rob Ford, Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester,...
Tags: Democracy, Electoral process, Members Only, Voting, ACT Journal, Article
Leigh Canning, Head of Citizenship, makes a strong case for the incorporation of Music in Citizenship lessons and shares two successful examples. It'...
Tags: Members Only, Team work, Thinking skills, ACT Journal, Article
