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This article was written by Liz Moorse, ACT Chief Executive in 2018. It provides a summary of the requirements for tacking citizenship action in the...
Tags: GCSE, KS4, Members Only, Article
Teacher members of ACT have been developing lessons and activities to support teaching about the election, voting and democracy.
Our thanks to...
Tags: Activity, Democracy, Electoral process, KS3, KS4, Political literacy, Voting, Lesson plan
Elections provide a key moment for teaching about the political system, voting and democracy. This resource on Parallel elections has been developed...
Briefing for Schools on political education, maintaining impartiality and avoiding partisan activity
This briefing is based on DFE advice to schools. It summarises key things for schools to consider when teaching politics and political issues in a...
This curriculum framework will help you think about the opportunities for teaching Economic and Finance Education (EFE) in Citizenship.
High quality...
Curriculum planning, personal development and the new Ofsted framework - CPD materials and resources
Citizenship Matters! CPD day for teachers on curriculum planning, personal development and the new Ofsted inspection framework
Friday 5 July 2019,...
Tags: GCSE, Members Only, Primary, Secondary, Case study, Presentation, Useful document
This short briefing provided by the Association for Citizenship Teaching provides senior leaders in schools with key information about Citizenship,...
Tags: GCSE, Primary, Secondary, Factsheet, Useful document
Issue 49 of ACT journal Teaching Citizenship is out! Download free article 'Glasgow Girls in the Classroom', the third of three related articles in...
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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', and 'Junior Tax Facts' published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), have been awarded the ACT Quality Mark for Citizenship Teaching...
‘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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This article was written by Liz Moorse, ACT Chief Executive in 2018. It provides a summary of the requirements for tacking citizenship action in the...
Tags: GCSE, KS4, Members Only, Article
Teacher members of ACT have been developing lessons and activities to support teaching about the election, voting and democracy.
Our thanks to...
Tags: Activity, Democracy, Electoral process, KS3, KS4, Political literacy, Voting, Lesson plan
Briefing for Schools on political education, maintaining impartiality and avoiding partisan activity
This briefing is based on DFE advice to schools. It summarises key things for schools to consider when teaching politics and political issues in a...
Curriculum planning, personal development and the new Ofsted framework - CPD materials and resources
Citizenship Matters! CPD day for teachers on curriculum planning, personal development and the new Ofsted inspection framework
Friday 5 July 2019,...
Tags: GCSE, Members Only, Primary, Secondary, Case study, Presentation, Useful document
This short briefing provided by the Association for Citizenship Teaching provides senior leaders in schools with key information about Citizenship,...
Tags: GCSE, Primary, Secondary, Factsheet, Useful document
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...
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
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Briefing for Schools on political education, maintaining impartiality and avoiding partisan activity
This briefing is based on DFE advice to schools. It summarises key things for schools to consider when teaching politics and political issues in a...
Curriculum planning, personal development and the new Ofsted framework - CPD materials and resources
Citizenship Matters! CPD day for teachers on curriculum planning, personal development and the new Ofsted inspection framework
Friday 5 July 2019,...
Tags: GCSE, Members Only, Primary, Secondary, Case study, Presentation, Useful document
This short briefing provided by the Association for Citizenship Teaching provides senior leaders in schools with key information about Citizenship,...
Tags: GCSE, Primary, Secondary, Factsheet, Useful document
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
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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...
