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Citizenship
Websites
Association for Citizenship Teaching
www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk
The professional subject association for those involved in citizenship education which aims to promote mutual support, knowledge and good practice, skills and resources for the teaching and learning of Citizenship in schools and colleges.
The Chartist Movement 1838-1848
www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/
protest_reform/chartist_01.shtml
The history of the movement which fought for, and achieved, the establishment of Britain's modern democracy.
Citizens Advice Guide
www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/family_parent/family/young_
people_rights_and_responsibilities_a-c/index/family_parent/
family/young_people_rights_and_responsibilities_a-c.htm
This information covers the general rights of children and young people, including education, employment and consumer rights.
CitizED
www.citized.info
A project focused on citizenship teacher education which seeks to develop the professional knowledge of citizenship education teachers through research and development in professional learning.
Citizen Power
www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/C/citizenpower/
index2.htm
Check out the 'Who Rules' section for information on who makes the laws and how, and take a look at voting and elections.
Citizenship curriculum
An outline of the Citizenship curriculum.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm
The international treaty which sets out the human rights of children and the standards to which all governments must aspire in realising these rights for all children.
DfES Citizenship Website
www.dfes.gov.uk/citizenship
Lots of resources for students, parents and teachers on this site, where you can learn more about citizenship education, a national curriculum subject, and how you can contribute in a positive way.
Need 2 Know
www.need2know.co.uk/
This website is an independent government-funded website. Need 2 Know provides information and links on many subjects affecting young people today.
Power
www.powerinquiry.org/index.php
An independent inquiry into Britain's democracy, set up to explore, through public engagement, research and a high profile commission, the causes of our disillusionment and to examine new approaches to political participation. The website includes information about how you can get involved.
QCA
www.qca.org.uk/citizenship
The information on this section of the QCA website will help all those interested in knowing more about citizenship education in England, in schools and in post-16 learning settings.
Unicef Voices of Youth
www.unicef.org/voy
Offers all children and adolescents, including the hard-to-reach, a safe and supportive global cyberspace within which they can explore, discuss and partner on issues related to human rights and social change.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
The text of the document adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Books
Citizenship in Britain by Charles Pattie, Patrick Seyd and Paul Whiteley (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
There are increasing concerns about changes in society and the economy which are undermining the effectiveness of democracy and weakening traditional conceptions of citizenship. What does it mean to be a British citizen in the early part of the 21st century?
Get this book
Citizenship Studies for OCR GCSE Short Course by Tony Thorpe and David Marsh (Hodder Arnold H&S 2002)
This work has been written to support the teaching of Key Stage 4 Citizenship, combining text with case studies, relevant activities, and a selection of written and visual sources.
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This Is Citizenship! Pupils' Book 2 by Terry Fiehn and Julia Fiehn (John Murray 2002)
Providing a structured course for citizenship education in secondary schools, this book includes chapters on: rules and fairness; rights, responsibilities and tolerance; mass media; and national government.
Get this book
Organisations
The Citizenship Foundation
Ferroners House
Shaftesbury Place
Aldersgate Street
London EC2Y 8AA
Tel: 020 7367 0500
E-mail: info@citfou.org.uk
Website: www.citfou.org.uk
The Citizenship Foundation promotes citizenship education through a wide range of programmes, particularly in the fields of law and the legal system, human rights, education for democracy and moral and critical thinking.
