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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...
ACT's one page Citizenship Curriculum Framework provides an outline of the Citizenship skills and aptitudes, values and dispositions, knowledge and...
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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
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, 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
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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
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
Misconceptions and extremism
Scott Amott, Head of Citizenship and PFL, led work on The ACT Building Resilience Project at Heanor Gate Science College...
Exploring extremism
Lorellie Canning, Head of Citizenship, led work on The ACT Building Resilience Project at St Bede's & St Joseph’s Catholic...
Community People
Nick Hills, Head of Citizenship, led work on The ACT Building Resilience Project at the Anglo European School in Essex.
This project...
Tags: Arguing a case, Community cohesion, Community involvement, Conflict in communities, Considering views of others, Democratic values, Discussing & debating, Diversity: in communities, Handling sensitive & controversial issues, Interdependence: groups & communities, KS3, Making informed choices, Political parties & pressure groups, Power, Respecting difference: cultures & traditions, Secondary, Topical issues in citizenship, Case study, Lesson plan, Presentation
Immigration and protest - a case study of Dover in 2016
Zoe Baker, Citizenship Teacher, led work on The ACT Building Resilience Project at The Towers...
Tags: Analysing information, Balancing competing rights, Community cohesion, Conflict in communities, Democratic values, Discrimination & prejudice, Diversity: race & ethnicity, Exploring values & attitudes, Freedom of the press, Freedoms: speech, movement, religious expression, Handling sensitive & controversial issues, KS3, Migration, Refugees & asylum seekers, Secondary, The internet as a source of information, The media & accountability, The media & public opinion, Thinking skills, Topical issues in citizenship, Case study, Lesson plan, Presentation
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The purpose of this training module is to find out about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Rights Respecting School Award...
The aim of this module is to demonstrate how to engage children in discussing and exploring topical and controversial issues so that they might think...
This module is an introduction to active citizenship for primary practitioners. It aims to clarify the role of active citizenship in the primary...
Tags: KS1, KS2, Primary, Teacher Training, CPD module
Go-Givers aspires to give children of primary age a foundational understanding of how people care for each other and for the wider world, in the...
This resource from Christian Aid is now downloadable from the ACT site. The resource is for key stage 2 and 3 pupils.
Teachers can download the pdf...
Junior Urgent Action Network
Junior urgent actions are monthly appeals which have been specially designed for young people aged 7-11 working with...
These activities are grouped into four broad areas: ideas for assemblies; lessons for the under 5s; lesson ideas for ages 5-7; and lesson ideas for...
A comprehensive website of information, links and resources to support the teaching of rights from The Children's Rights Alliance.
The Children's...
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