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Film and TV
Archive materials
Games
Social studies
Film and TV
Pantocracy (BBC)
A surreal family sitcom encouraging learners to think about how Democracy
works.
The Glasgow Girls’ Stories (BBC)
In 2005, the lives of seven 15-year-old schoolgirls from Drumchapel High
School in Glasgow changed forever when one of them, Agnesa Mursulaj, was
removed in a dawn raid carried out by UK immigration authorities.
Into Film: Scottish Identity and Voice Through Film
These resources for primary and secondary engages children and young
people with themes of identity and political representation. Identity and Voice
also seeks to prompt consideration of what Scottish identity might mean to
different people, how it might be constructed and expressed, as well as how it
is represented and seen by others.
Into Film: Parliament Week Resources
Handpicked film titles for all ages that entertained as well as provoked debate
and discussion, inspiring young people to take a more active role within
democracy.
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Into Film Refugee Week resource
Using films like An American Tail, Monsieur Lazhar and The Terminal, this
resource will help bring the stories and struggles of refugees to young people
and celebrate the contribution refugees make to their adopted home.
Into Film: National and Cultural Identity
These resources show how identity can be explored across the curriculum,
with links to English, History, Media Studies, Science and more. Browse and
download here.
Into Film: International Woman’s Day resource
This assembly resource called, Women in the Film Industry, aims to champion
the significance of female roles in the world of film.
Into Film: Selma assembly resource
This assembly resource will help raise awareness of, and stimulate discussion
around, the issues surrounding civil rights, which remain hugely relevant to
the world we live in today.
Into Film: Malala Youth Voice resources
The Malala Youth Voice programme will use the inspirational story of Malala
to enable young people across the UK to develop their own confidence, public
speaking and campaigning skills, inspiring them to become active citizens
who speak up on the issues that matter the most to them.
Austerity Bites (Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People)
The project is made up of 32 short films created by young people from 8
different countries across Europe. Through a mixture of live film, animation
and other techniques, the shorts give an insight into what austerity policies
mean for the young people involved. Watch the short films here
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Archive materials
Scotland on Screen
This has vast selection of films archive films that could be used to develop
political literacy skills. A useful place to start is this feature resource on
Politics and Representation.
North East Folklore Archive
‘Hard Vrocht Grun’ is an education resource for schools, colleges and
researchers that explores the effect of World War 1 on the North-east of
Scotland. The resource, in pdf format, can be downloaded here.
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Games
Democracy 3 Computer Game
Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Democracy 3
simulates the motivations, loyalties and desires of everyone in the country.
SimCity Computer Game
In SimCity, the player is given the task of founding and developing a city,
while maintaining the happiness of the citizens and keeping a stable budget.
Chess Board Game
Chess is the classic two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard,
a checkered game board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid.
Chess is played by millions of people worldwide in homes, urban parks, clubs,
online, correspondence, and in tournaments.
Xiangqi (or Chinese Chess) is a classic variant on the Western chess board
which has different features, such as a river and a palace, and a different
board design.
Risk Board Game
Risk is a turn-based strategy board game for two to six players. The standard
version is played on a board depicting a political map of the Earth, divided into
forty-two territories, which are grouped into six continents. The object of the
game is to occupy every territory on the board and in doing so, eliminate the
other players.
‘Pank-a-Squith’ board game
The Pank – a Squith board game was released in 1909. It was designed to
teach people about the issues involved in the suffragette campaign to win the
right for British women to vote and to raise money for the movement.
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Social studies
People in society, economy and business: 3rd Level
BBC Bitesize resources covering lots of themes
People in society, economy and business: 4th Level
BBC Bitesize resources covering lots of themes
The Magna Carta: BBC iWonder
Magna Carta – 'the Great Charter' – was a desperate attempt, made 800
years ago, by a violent and hated king – John I of England – to avert civil war.
But what started as a peace treaty has become, over the centuries, the basis
and byword for the freedom, justice and democracy enjoyed by billions across
the world.
Scottish Enlightenment: Education Scotland
The Scottish Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that ranged across
the fields of philosophy, chemistry, geology, architecture, poetry, engineering,
technology, economics, sociology, medicine and history.
Scotland’s History: Education Scotland
Explore 5000 years of Scottish history through its people, events and artifacts.
Studying Scotland: Education Scotland
'Studying Scotland' is a comprehensive web-based resource, encompassing a
wide range of areas, which draws on a wide range of geographical, historical
and cultural perspectives in a coherent and relevant way.
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Political and Protest Songs: Scots Language Centre
Scotland's complex history means it has never been short of political and
protest songs in the Scots tongue.
Creating A Fairer Scotland
The Scottish Government is inviting you to have your say on what a fairer
Scotland should look like in 2030, and the steps that should be taken to make
this vision a reality.
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