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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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'First Give Programme', published by First Give, has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching Resources.
The First Give resources...
'AQA GCSE (9-1) Citizenship Studies' published by Hodder Education has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching Resources.
The book...
Tags: GCSE, KS4, Secondary, ACT Quality Mark
OCR GCSE (9-1) Citizenship Studies has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching Resources.
The book includes:
A variety of...
Tags: GCSE, KS4, Secondary, ACT Quality Mark
'Education in a Diverse UK' published by Migrant Help UK has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching Resources.
This education...
'Tax Facts', published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching Resources.
HMRC has designed...
‘Citizenship Today - Edexcel GCSE Student’s Book 4th Edition’ published by Collins has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching...
Tags: GCSE, KS4, Secondary, ACT Quality Mark
‘A teaching framework for exploring and understanding criminal sentencing in England and Wales’ published by Sentencing Council for England and Wales...
'Magna Carta' published by the British Library has been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching Resources.
From images of the original...
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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,...
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...
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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 First News ACTive Citizenship Awards are based around three areas: learning, school culture and community.
To achieve an award, pupils design,...
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 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...
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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
Joel Busher, a research fellow in the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social relations in Coventry University, presents an article about why the far...
This article from the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law considers some of the international issues related to the Rule of Law in KS4. In doing so,...
Tags: Activity, Justice system, Members Only, Rule of law, ACT Journal, Article
This article is the third in a series from the English-Speaking Union, supporting teachers to develop the use of speech and debate in the Citizenship...
Jennifer Brouhard, a fifth grade teacher, revisits the relationship between history and citizenship education and presents a scheme of work...
Robert Jackson, Visiting Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Education at Stockholm University, explores the inter-...
Aliya Azam MBE, Interfaith Coordinator at the Al Khoei Foundation and Deborah Weston OBE, Director of Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural...
