Introductions to citizenshipResources and informationActive Citizens in Schools (ACiS): Active Citizens in Schools (ACiS) is an award scheme that empowers young people to get involved in projects that benefit the school and wider community. It supports schools to address the citizenship curriculum through real-life opportunities. The scheme provides an innovative and exciting approach to school and community-based work, which can help schools address the citizenship curriculum through motivating, real-life opportunities for young people.
Aimhigher: The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills' Aimhigher campaign encourages young people to think about the benefits and opportunities stemming from HE — especially young people from families with no tradition of HE. From this section of TeacherNet, you can access the Aimhigher resource packs for teachers and tutors, which contain activities, factsheets and the information you need to help you encourage your students to explore the benefits of HE.The materials here have been designed for you, to help your students decide which careers and further qualifications are right for them. citizED: citizED is an organisation funded by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA). It is a collaboration within higher education for all providers of initial teacher education in England. citizED is organised principally around teacher education in primary, secondary, cross curricular, post 16 and community involvement contexts with outputs in the form of conferences, seminars, workshops, research papers and practical resources for teaching. Citizenship Foundation: The Citizenship Foundation is an independent education and participation charity that exists to encourage and enable individuals to play an effective role in democratic society. Our vision is of a just, inclusive and cohesive society in which individuals have the knowledge, skills, confidence and motivation to engage effectively in their communities.
Citizen X (BBC Online): What does it mean to be a citizen? This website helps to explain exactly what that means for you! Watch the animations, do the activities...plus the chance to talk to others on our message board.
Community Service Volunteers (CSV): The CSV Community Partners website is designed to help universities, colleges and schools develop opportunities for citizenship education through community involvement. It provides access to organisations interested in community partnership work.
Direct Gov Kids: This is an interactive website for pupils, teachers and parents with downloadable fact and work sheets. For 4 to 11-year-olds, it is aimed at developing an understanding of the place of tax in society and the basics of how taxes are collected and spent.
Food Force: Food Force is a new educational video game presented by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). It is free to download and is aimed at 8 to 13-year-olds. The game consists of six missions, and following each mission a Food Force character returns to present an educational video showing the reality of WFP's work in the field. WFP has also teamed up with the 'Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger' website to provide downloadable lesson plans for teachers in multiple languages on what hunger is, why it exists, and how it can be ended. Givingnation: This site contains materials and tools to help you and your students run charity and community activity . Our work helps fulfil the charity related topics in the Citizenship curriculum and encourages active citizenship. Go-givers: Go-Givers has been developed in the belief that our children's education should have its basis in a philosophy of personal responsibility, mutual respect and concern for the world we live in. Its purpose is to create 'Ripples of care across the World' by means of educating children to care for their family and friends and about issues relating to the local, national and global communities.
Icons: Icons: A Portrait of England is a rich resource of material about our lives and cultural heritage comprised of the top 100 icons that best represent England, as voted by you. Teachers use it to stimulate classroom learning. Inspiring content sparks visits to arts venues and events. It whets the appetites of tourists and provides valuable reference material for students. The content for the site has been created by the ICONS team and our partner organisations, as well as valued contributions from you - the public.
Institute for Citizenship: The Institute for Citizenship is an independent charitable trust. Our aim is to promote informed, active citizenship and greater participation in democracy and society through a combination of community projects, research, education and discussion and debate.
My Life: My Life is a FREE Citizenship and PSHE teaching resource for teachers of children aged 7 to 11, produced by The Children's Society in association with our Good Childhood Inquiry.
National Centre for Citizenship & the Law: All of our activities are designed to engage your learners in history and citizenship, with particular focus on the curriculum they are studying. Through experiential learning, students are encouraged to embrace the opportunity to learn about real objects in real places outside the classroom. Bringing History and Citizenship to life, the Learning and Access department is here to teach about the past, for students to act in the present and empower them to change the future.
Natracare: The Natracare Schools' Programme is a learning tool for students and teachers at Key Stages 2 to 4, tackling the subjects of puberty, menstruation, reproduction and environmental issues in a simple and informative way. It offers comprehensive lesson plans, teaching notes, fact files and practical task sheets for teachers, as well as a range of information for students to access themselves. Access to schools is free, all you need to do is complete a short registration on the website.
Offscreen Education Programme: This website records two expeditions made by students to different countries and cultures. An excellent resource to get students interested in very different communities to those that they live in.
Oxfam Education : Oxfam Education offers a huge range of ideas, resources and support for developing the global dimension in the classroom and the whole school. All of the resources here support Education for Global Citizenship – education that helps pupils understand their world and make a positive difference in it. A new Global Citizenship Guide for newly qualified and trainee teachers is now available.
pfeg (Personal Finance Education Group): pfeg is an independent charity helping schools to plan and teach personal finance relevant to students' lives and needs. Our mission is to ensure that all young people leaving school have the confidence, skills and knowledge in financial matters to participate fully in society. pfeg provides free support, resources and expert consultancy to teachers and school leadership teams. We do not offer a 'one size fits all' philosophy, and we know our approach works as more and more schools are coming to pfeg for support every day.
Right Here, Right Now  : Teaching citizenship through Human Rights is a unique resource and part of a package of education materials, including a booklet offering guidance on putting human rights at the heart of school life; its ethos and culture, policies and practice. The pack aims to link the concepts of universal human rights with everyday experience, focusing on what human rights mean for young people in England. It is intended to help teachers to bring human rights to life, enabling them to explore with students concrete issues such as poverty and discrimination and to facilitate challenging debates about identities, diversity and rights and responsibilities.
Rockford's Rock Opera: This is a multi-media musical story, for children and adults, featuring Rockford the Dog and his adventures on the Island of Infinity. It is the first in a new breed of internet and podcast-empowered audio visual entertainment. Scripted by Steve Punt, Rockford's Rock Opera is a story about animals, extinction and the effect man is having on the planet. It is available free to stream and to download.
Royal British Legion: This School's Pack is designed to assist teachers to introduce specific themes into the classroom. Although it primarily covers the History and Citizenship curricula, it can also be used to support literacy and aspects of PSHE and Religious Studies. The pack should be used as a starting point for certain topics, or to inspire primary and secondary teachers to complementary routes on tackling these themes. Also available in Welsh.
RSPCA: We provide free online tried and tested curriculum-linked resources written by teachers. There are more than 90 different lesson ideas with teacher and pupil factsheets, pupil activity sheets and engaging photos and pictures.
Scout Association: The aim of the Scout Association is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, as individuals, as responsible citizens, and as members of their local, national and international communities. This website has resources that can be incorporated into the classroom such as bullying, and equal opportunities for girls and boys.
Understanding Slavery: In 1807 the transatlantic slave trade was abolished in Britain. Many people and events forced the British Government to make this trade illegal. This site explores how this history is connected to being a citizen in today's society.
Unicef: Free resources on many topics, but citizenship is a key theme and focus throughout.
Whizz-kidz: Whizz-Kidz is a charity that is all about giving disabled children the chance to lead a more independent life. Our service meets their individual mobility needs and ensures they get the right mobility equipment, advice and training at the right time. Has educational resources and activities.
Who do we think we are?: The Who Do We Think We Are? educational programme engages primary and secondary school teachers in the exploration of identity, diversity and citizenship with children and young people - in their schools, local communities and nationally. Use this website to explore a wide range of teaching and learning resources to support identity, diversity and citizenship education - structured around four Who Do We Think We Are? themes: School and community Relationships, belonging and faith History and settlement 'Britishness', national identity/values and the 2012 Games
Young TimeBank: Young TimeBank supports groups of young people (11-19 years old) in schools and colleges around the country to tackle the issues they care about, by involving them in creative, youth-led community projects. Youth-led means that the young people involved make all the important decisions for their project, from identifying the most effective and relevant way to tackle their chosen issue, to the allocation of roles within the group. Young TimeBank provides trained facilitators, and all necessary resources and equipment to support and guide the young people to turn their ideas into reality.
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