Websites Useful for Citizenship
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Contents
Human Rights
Animal Rights
Diversity
Homelessness
Abortion and Euthanasia
Democracy and elections
National and Local Government
Trade and the Economy
WTO
EU (European Union)
UN (United Nations)
Peace and Conflict
History
RE
Law-Related Education
Employment Law
Media and Useful Image Sites
Global Citizenship
Local Agenda 21
Active Citizenship
General websites
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Human
Rights
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Human Rights
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http://www.unicef.org.uk/re 
Fairly comprehensive UNICEF site on Rights – games, factsheets,
sources/index.asp
suggested activities
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/e 
Lots and lots of info and resources
ducation/
www.amnesty.org.uk
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Good resources
Education:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/
content.asp?CategoryID=10
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http://eycb.coe.int/compass 
A very comprehensive manual of human rights education with young
/en/contents.html
people
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"Chapter 2" has 49 different lesson plans on a variety of topics
http://www.equalityhumanri 
The newish UK body with responsibility to promote equality - useful
ghts.com/
info. No citizenship resources yet but useful list of recommended links.
Recommended links:
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www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
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Looks at myths and gives facts.
www.hrea.org
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Not bad for researching human rights
www.hrw.org
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Human Rights monitoring organization, profiles on all countries. Good
range of videos that can be used in class.
www.witness.org
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Source for videos and stories for narratives.
http://www.liberty-human- 
Good sections on Young People’s Rights
rights.org.uk/
http://www.yourrights.org.u 
Another Liberty site, particularly focusing on the impact of the 1998
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Human Rights Act.
http://www.ihrc.org/
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Focus on Islamic Human Rights, for getting point of view from Muslim
perspective.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/world 
BBC World Service site, gives good examples of violations of each the
service/people/features/iha main rights.
vearightto/index.shtml
http://www.annefrank.org.u 
Anne Frank inspired site to combat racism. Download assembly ideas
k
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ 
Details human rights issues occurring within the UK.
world/human-rights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbc 
Newsround – oodles of useful stuff
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news/hi/teachers/default.s
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoo
ls/citizenx/being/index.sht
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http://www.antislavery.org
www.savethechildren.org.uk
http://www.irr.org.uk
http://www.unicef.org.uk/re
sources/index.asp
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/e
ducation/
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Citizen X’s section on rights and responsibilities.
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Good resource including lesson and assembly ideas.
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Great child specific site with extensive rights section.
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Good for following stories of human rights abuses around the world.
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Fairly comprehensive UNICEF site on Rights – games, factsheets,
suggested activities
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Lots and lots of info and resources
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Animal
Rights
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Animal Rights
URL
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People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA)
www.peta.org.uk
General animal rights
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This site is excellent - covering all areas of animal rights, globally.
Excellent fact sheets, leaflets and posters can be downloaded. Animal
liberation is viewed as a positive force for change and promoted as such.
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Interactive content includes links to social networking sites etc.
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Education section: relevance to global citizenship projects.
Animal Aid
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A comprehensive site that covers most animal abuse areas and
www.animalaid.org.uk
campaigns for a cruelty-free lifestyle. Good educational resources, but
General animal rights
overshadowed by PETA for style and content.
Royal Society for the Protection 
A very good site from a particularly respectable (and unfortunately
of Animals (RSPCA)
influential) animal welfare organisation. A good starting point for KS3
www.rspca.org.uk
children – nothing too upsetting or challenging. However, the RSPCA are
General animal issues - welfare
not a force for change in terms of animal rights and this is reflected in
their campaigning stance. Good range of campaigns and education area,
but essentially conservative. If you want images of sad looking abandoned
dogs and happy free range hens – this is the site for you.
Animal Liberation Front
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The closest you will get to a website for the Animal Liberation Front.
Supporters Group (ALFSG)
The ALF Supporters Group site explains the ALF’s objectives, recent
www.alfsg.org.uk
actions and what they consider constitutes animal abuse. Nice action
Animal Liberation
pictures of animals being rescued by hooded ALF people – good images for
stimulating a debate on what lies behind the walls of the vivisection
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National Anti-Vivisection
Society (NAVS)
www.navs.org.uk
Vivisection
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laboratory, slaughterhouse etc..
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I have a particular bias towards this site as a number of photos and
clips I took of animal suffering inside a laboratory for NAVS can be
found here. You’ll find most of the arguments here to counter the
inevitable “Your child or the rat?” arguments here. Also a good list of the
medical charities using animals is available – which could be used to
discuss the ethics of collecting for organizations such as Cancer
Research, British Heart Foundation etc. Good source of information, but
put over in a fairly dry way.
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No specific education section; however up to date and good for
campaign ideas.
www.BBC.co.uk
CBBC Children’s website about helping wildlife
International Fund for Animal
Welfare (IFAW)
www.ifaw.org
General animal issues
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A slick streamlined US-orientated site which covers most worldwide
animal issues in a fairly neutral way. No contentious issues here such as
vivisection, meat industry etc. Much focus on seals (particularly the very
sweet baby ones) – IFAW’s biggest campaign ever, whaling, wildlife etc.
Good for KS3 soft animal welfare discussion. Seals are always a winner!
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The ‘Global Challenges’ and ‘Endangered Species’ areas are thought
provoking and comprehensive, and the ‘Fun & Games’ quizzes are really
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
www.wwf.org.uk
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Animals and conservation
The Vegan Society
www.vegansociety.com
good – ideal for end of terms and putting a lot of VAK into practice!
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Quite a basic site in appearance, but nonetheless quite informative.
Not much obvious (quick access) stuff for Teachers to use.
The Countryside Alliance
www.countryside-alliance.co.uk
 This is a comprehensive, well-organized site, which deserves a look.
 No specific education and resource section for teachers.
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Homelessness
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Homelessness
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www.housemate.org.uk
www.homelesslondon.org
www.shelter.org.uk
www.crisis.org.uk
www.centrepoint.org.uk
www.youthinformation.com
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Bestest website on homelessness.
2nd Bestest website on homelessness
All you need to know about homelessness ness
All you need to know in a homeless crisis
The place to go if you’re homeless
The place to go if you’re homeless and young
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Diversity
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Diversity
URL
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http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/m 
Case Studies for multiple citizenship topics; includes
ain/resource.php?y0
anti-bullying, Diversity/Race equality, Human rights, etc.
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Rest of the site has some other resources, but the case
studies are the most useful IMHO
www.becal.org.uk/lc/re_pshe_ce/citizenshi 
25 lesson plans created by Debbie Peskett for use in
p/
year groups 7-11 and covering a variety of themes organized
around 4 key concepts of Power, Story, Success and Trust.
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Immigration and Stories and multiculturalism perhaps
the most useful in this category
www.teaching
SOW for units of citizenship
resource.co.uk/teachers/citizenship2.htm 
Great resource for ideas for units; all secondary years
included
http://www.headliners.org/storylibrary/
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Lesson ideas based on narratives. Subjects covered
Teenage pregnancy, Crime, Family, Racism, Homelessness and
Poverty
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/your- 
EHRC website;
rights/
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Good for finding out information about your rights in
various areas
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/citizenx/
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Excellent! Online lesson plans, quiz, and activities which
can be used in the classroom
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www.britkid.org
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A site on race and racism. Some interesting activities
for students to explore the roles of different characters.
An easy site for them to navigate around. For the teachers
there is a section on “serious issues” which contains some
useful background information on race issues, which is
explained in simple language. There are not that many lesson
ideas, but what there is, is ok.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/citizenx/bei 
In the Identity section, there is an Animation on Asylum
ng/index.shtml
Seekers, a Photostory on children’s take on British Culture,
and a ‘Create your own pop group activity’ which helps
students to think about identity.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/static/ 
News based lesson plans for citizenship and PSHE
teachers/default.stm
updated daily. Includes one on media stereotypes.
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Newsround general page; always useful.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
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Information on asylum laws and process, statistics on
asylum seekers, takes headlines from tabloids and disputes
the myths with facts, diary of conferences, talks and
courses Up to date info but not really resources or aimed at
education or a specific education section
www.heartstone.co.uk
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An organization aimed at 8-18 year olds which challenges
racism, prejudice and intolerance. There is a photo library
and story resources, but you have to order them, there is
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nothing much to download for free.
www.statistics.gov.uk
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Office for National Statistics – the UK population by
ethnic group April 2001. You can also get local statistics
from your council website.
www.kickitout.org
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Football’s anti-racism campaign. Lots of ways that
schools can get involved, events etc… and a resource pack
available to purchase.
http://www.blss.portsmouth.sch.uk/resourc 
Has lots of very useful links.
es/citiz.shtml
http://www.irespect.net/index.htm
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Really good, loads of lesson plans on race equality and
human rights
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp 
It is an American site, there are practical lesson
activities, and some resources for sale.
www.citized.info
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SOW on Identity and Diversity for teaching in a rural
school with not many non-white students.
http://www.cleo.lancsngfl.ac.uk/slide/index 
Schools Linking in Diversity Education. Not that exciting
.php?category_id=95
but a useful list of activities to use with students, in order
to challenge the stereotypes and perceptions that they have
of each other.
http://www.centres.ex.ac.uk/historyresour 
University of Exeter website. Has some good lesson
ce/resources/citizenres.htm
plans on Stereotypes, Diversity, Refugees and lots more…
www.multiverse.ac.uk
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Good site – looks at Black and Asian History, has some
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http://www.islamonline.net
http://learningtogive.org/lessons/search/
#keyword
http://www.esrnational.org/otc/
http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/ceres/Proje
cts/Resources/DramaLessonPlans.pdf
http://www.benjaminzephaniah.com/conten
t/index.php
http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/m
ain/resource.php?y0
www.becal.org.uk/lc/re_pshe_ce/citizenshi
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lesson plans
 Islam online is an informative website about Islam, bringing
up contemporary topics in the Muslim community in the UK.
No resources though.
 Lesson plans on a variety of issues including racism, etc…
US site.
 Dealing with issues of stereotyping, prejudice,
discrimination and scapegoating.
 Online teacher centre with lesson plans
 Pure lesson plans on issues of Racism.
 PDF
 Benjamin Zephaniah’s homepage
 Lots of poems about London diversity and whatnot.
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Case Studies for multiple citizenship topics; includes
anti-bullying, Diversity/Race equality, Human rights, etc.
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Rest of the site has some other resources, but the case
studies are the most useful IMHO
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25 lesson plans created by Debbie Peskett for use in
year groups 7-11 and covering a variety of themes organized
around 4 key concepts of Power, Story, Success and Trust.
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Immigration and Stories and multiculturalism perhaps
the most useful in this category
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URL
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www.teachingresource.co.uk/teachers/citizenship2.htm
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SOW for units of citizenship
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Great resource for ideas for units; all secondary years
included
http://www.headliners.org/storylibrary/
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Lesson ideas based on narratives. Subjects covered
Teenage pregnancy, Crime, Family, Racism, Homelessness and
Poverty
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/your- 
EHRC website;
rights/
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Good for finding out information about your rights in
various areas
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/citizenx/
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Excellent! Online lesson plans, quiz, and activities which
can be used in the classroom
www.britkid.org

A site on race and racism. Some interesting activities
for students to explore the roles of different characters.
An easy site for them to navigate around. For the teachers
there is a section on “serious issues” which contains some
useful background information on race issues, which is
explained in simple language. There are not that many lesson
ideas, but what there is, is ok.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/citizenx/bei 
In the Identity section, there is an Animation on Asylum
ng/index.shtml
Seekers, a Photostory on children’s take on British Culture,
and a ‘Create your own pop group activity’ which helps
students to think about identity.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/static/ 
News based lesson plans for citizenship and PSHE
teachers/default.stm
updated daily. Includes one on media stereotypes.
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Newsround general page; always useful.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
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Information on asylum laws and process, statistics on
asylum seekers, takes headlines from tabloids and disputes
the myths with facts, diary of conferences, talks and
courses Up to date info but not really resources or aimed at
education or a specific education section
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Abortion
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Abortion/Euthanasia
URL
www.abortion-help.co.uk
www.brook.org.uk
www.abortionfacts.com
www.standupgirl.com
www.abortionrights.org.uk
http://newzcrew.org
www.dignityindying.org.uk
Cmf.org.uk
Humanism.org.uk
www.rethinking.co.,uk
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/r
e/sanctity
http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdoc
uments/GCSE%20New%20GCSE/Religi
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Part of the Marie-Stopes Group. Informative.
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Facts and advice on abortion. Very teenager friendly.
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Has information of both abortion and euthanasia.
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American site
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Has great narratives on personal experiences on unwanted
pregnancy. The site contains great visuals.
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Pro and abortion Anti debates. Very informative.
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Youth debates on abortion and euthanasia. Not exactly
factual, but great for opinions.
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Has great narratives and personal stories. More suitable for
KS4.
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Anti-euthanasia website. Facts and opinions.
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Lists recent relevant court cases/challenges
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Very text heavy, not much interaction, but talks about
euthanasia from a Humanist point of view.
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Good for euthanasia teaching resources
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Summarises the position of the major religions on Euthanasia
and Abortion
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SOW on Euthanasia and abortion from Edexcel
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URL
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ous-Studies-Unit-1-Matter-of-Lifeand-Death.doc.
http://www.righttolifetrust.org.uk/edu 
Provides teaching packs for Euthanasia and Abortion for
cational-work#packs
KS3-5
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Short Drama/Documentary on abortion issues
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Democracy
and Elections
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Democracy and Elections
URL
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http://www.parliament.uk/
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Loads of stuff including short/long videos, lesson plans, lots
of crap to sieve through, but is useful. Loads of PDF files. The
“explore” section is geared towards students and can be helpful
for planning or as a homework research activity.
http://www.charter88.org.uk/
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Not great, mainly charity stuff. Some useful templates for
leaflets and pamphlets which can be utilized for making resources
but generally not great.
http://www.electoral
Provides description of all the main types of electoral system
reform.org.uk/
and where they are used. Also reports on last election. Really good
debate topics and arguments for and against which is useful. For
example making voting compulsory.
http://www.channel4.com/learnin 
Lots of games, good interactive activities on a number of
g/microsites/C/citizenpower/ind
topics (incl democracy). Not a lot of info about this topic but
ex2.htm
good website for citizenship topics in general.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ci 
Good broad website with lots of info and resources for all
tizenx/index.shtml
citizenship areas. Good for interactive and teacher ideas. Very
useful basic information to be used for schools. No need to think
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews
/hi/teachers/default.stm
www.dopolitics.org.uk
http://www.citized.info
http://www.civicsandcitizenship.
edu.au/cce/
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about how to dumb it down for pupils.
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Very good, lesson plans and resources for all subject areas.
Lots of information and very easy to use.
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Very good site ran by electoral system for young people to
get involved in 'doing politics'. Good activity ideas and well written
information sheets for students.
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Excellent website. Lots of SOW ready to be used in all areas
of citizenship icnlduing democracy and elections
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Site specific for Australia but perhaps good for comparative
democracies and elections
http://www.democracyeducation. 
Site specific for Canada, but good info on Canadian political
net/gov.htm
system/democracy and elections
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/elect 
Collection of links about electoral systems in countries all
ion.htm
over the world. Excellent information available. Good for getting
lists of MP’s, results on elections etc.
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/po 
Another good collection of links relating to voting/elections
r/elections.htm
and democracy
http://www.citizenshipteacher.c
o.uk
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Really good website for ready made resources and lesson
plans for you to use. Need to register or have membership. If you
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register you can have access to the PDF files which is all you need
really.
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Local and
National
Government
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National and Local Government
URL
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http://www.ukyouthparliame 
The site for the UK Youth Parliament. Lots of info on what the
nt.org.uk parliament does and regional links.
http://www.beingheard.org. 
Website aimed at young people, has good links to new citizenship news
uk/
articles. Might be usable as part of an ICT based lesson.
http://www.london.gov.uk/yo 
The GLA site for young Londoners with opportunities for debate and
ung-london/
comments. Good for brief intro to subjects affecting young Londoners – has
good links
http://www.demgames.org/ 
A few flash games aimed at teaching young people about politics. Not
very practical for whole class activity. Would be great in an ICT room.
http://www.explore.parliam 
Very comprehensive resources in the Teacher’s Centre. And the kids
ent.uk/
can use it themselves. Split into clear age bands effectively KS 2, 3 & 4
www.hansard-society.org.uk 
Full records of parliamentary proceedings and a schools MPs education
pack is also available. Has some good links. More for teachers than directly
for pupils
http://www.mockelections.c 
Good site with all resources needed to undertake a mock election.
o.uk/
Wikipedia entry on the UK
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Lots of links to other useful websites; also links to “British Political
Government:
Scandals, real or alleged” which is quite interesting! Quite handy summaries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Uk_government
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Direct Gov:
www.direct.gov.uk
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Info on rights, responsibilities and voting. Great site linking to most
Governmental resources: the “Guide to Government” is particularly useful.
(for Parliament, also see www.parliament.uk) Links to other depts. A bit dry
BBC Schools
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National and Local Government – basic information (there’s also an
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoo
online quiz). Accessible to most pupils
ls/citizenx/national/govern
ment/lowdown/government_
basics_1.shtml and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoo
ls/citizenx/local/community
/lowdown/la_basics_1.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbc 
What is the Cabinet? (excellent lesson plan for KS3). Lots of material
news/hi/newsid_4510000/n
that can be used directly with pupils
ewsid_4518300/4518309.st
m
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbc 
Balance the Budget (a great site, including a good lesson plan on
news/hi/teachers/citizenshi Government spending)
p_11_14/subject_areas/gov
ernment_central/newsid_29
09000/2909737.stm
Individual websites for each 
Variable. Some government sites not very accessible (i.e. defra), others
Government Department /
better i.e (statistics.gov.uk)
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Local Government Authority
(e.g.
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/con
sultations/)
http://www.dopolitics.org.uk 
Electoral Commission website. Links to page with resources that could
/
materials, guidance and resources for all things to do with voting. Not very
easy to navigate
http://www.communities.gov 
Good for information on community cohesion projects, some useful
.uk/
examples of Local Agenda 21 in action
http://www.icele.org/site/in 
Site about local edemocracy, with some focus on the role of local and
dex.php
national government. Has some downloadable case studies
http://www.ukyouthparliame 
The site for the UK Youth Parliament. Lots of info on what the
nt.org.uk parliament does and regional links.
The following sites all contain lots of information but none have any resources.
URL
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www.open.gov.uk
www.parliament.uk
 Comprehensive information on all aspects of government.
 Detailed information about Parliament, its members and workings including
comprehensive educational resources.
www.locata.co.uk/commons To find out the name of your constituency and MP.
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www.royal.gov.uk
www.pm.gov.uk
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 Comprehensive guide to the role of the monarchy in Britain, but with no
resources
 Up to the minute information from Downing Street, press releases and
speeches. Good if you want information, but nothing else.
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Trade and the
Economy (inc.
Fairtrade)
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Trade and the Economy (inc. Fairtrade)
URL
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Fairtrade – “Milking it!”
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/
milkingit/index.htm
www.maketradefair.com
Milking it is a fun interactive website about fair trade created by
Oxfam to use with 13-16 year-olds – really good and with useful ideas
for teachers
A good resource to use in lessons for ideas on how pupils can act to
make trade fair.
Good information about global trade, although it does have a overt antifree trade agenda
Has links to other websites and publications covering citizenship and
young people.
Topical news stories with economic analysis. Also international news.
Maybe better for informing you rather than for resources.
For info or statistics on government spending etc.
http://www.globalexchange.or
g/campaigns/index.html
www.citizen.org.uk.
The Economist
www.economist.com
The Treasury
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Treasury educational website
Provides financial information and links to other websites.
www.redbox.gov.uk
The Fair trade Foundation
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Has info and ‘get involved’ pages with advice on turning school into a
www.fairtrade.org.uk
fair-trade school. User-friendly, good for student research.
Cool Planet – Fair trade

Fair Trade resource section from Oxfam’s Cool Planet. Most are
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/cool
focused on systems of global trade. Go here for info on the popular
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planet/teachers/fairtrade_re
sources/index.htm#free
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trading game and chocolate game, and lots more.
Dubble – Fair trade continue
www.dubble.co.uk

Website of the Dubble Fair trade chocolate bar for children, run
by Comic Relief. Various teaching resources including lesson plans – and
you can order free ‘Pa Pa Paa’ Comic Relief Fair trade packs for KS3:
it’s a good visual resource and source of activities (including chocolate
game) & background info.
Co-operative Stores – Fair

Big new Fair trade Schools pack by Co-operative Stores. Most info
trade
is primary-school oriented but it’s got relevant sections on making the
http://www.cocase for Fair trade, introducing it into your school (e.g. by giving
opfairtrade.co.uk/schools_pac
specific details of suppliers who can provide Fair trade drinks etc), and
k/pdf.asp
further info sources. Good if you want to set up a Fair Trade group.
You have to register to use it but it takes seconds.
Economic Development – ‘On

Not exactly economic but good if doing development work. This site
The Line’
explores key social issues in countries on the meridian line. Nice
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/cool
photography and short, interesting information pieces. Excellent for
planet/ontheline/index.html’
global research.
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World Trade
Organisation
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WTO (World Trade Organisation)
URL
http://www.wto.org/englis
h/thewto_e/whatis_e/10b
en_e/10b00_e.htm
http://www.wto.org/englis
h/thewto_e/whatis_e/10m
is_e/10m00_e.htm
http://www.wto.org/englis
h/thewto_e/thewto_e.htm
http://www.wto.org/englis
h/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu
_subjects_index_e.htm#p
otatoes
http://www.wto.org/englis
h/thewto_e/countries_e/e
uropean_communities_e.ht
m
http://www.wto.org/englis
h/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_
e/org6_e.htm
Description / Review
 Good for gathering quickly some ideas on the pro and cons of the
present world trade system; it summarises 10 benefits of having the WTO.
Good visuals and easily accessible. It would provide prompts for classroom
debates.
 Similar to above but focused on 10 ‘misunderstandings’ about the WTO.
 General introduction to the WTO – suitable for teachers’ background
knowledge.
 Case studies of trade disputes – from ‘A’ as Apple to ‘W’ as Water
(bottled); it would introduce to a dispute that you could then retrieve in a
concise form from the BBC (or any other news agencies) web site.
 Similar page regarding disputes involving the EU can be found listed at
the bottom of this link.
 For a list of disputes for any other country, select from the following
link:
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URL
http://www.wto.org/englis
h/forums_e/students_e/s
tudents_e.htm
http://www.unctad.org/Te
mplates/WebFlyer.asp?int
ItemID=3432&lang=1
http://hdr.undp.org/
http://hdr.undp.org/report
s/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbb
cnews/hi/newsid_3090000
/newsid_3096600/309663
4.stm
Description / Review
 Source of links for in depth knowledge on world trade; suited for
teachers’ background knowledge or GCSE/A-level students who want to
more - some teachers claim they still exist.
 Lists of developing countries and links to other informative resources
for background knowledge on ‘development’.
 Valuable source of information for teachers’ background knowledge on
globalisation and ideas for classrooms’ debates and readings – if shaped
into a language suitable to students. To access global, national and regional
statistics and articles related to ‘globalisation’. From this link you can
access every article printed on the Human Development Reports of the
UN; their chapters and articles are easily accessible and have titles and
headings that would direct your eyes and clicks towards what you
searching for.
 This link leads to those reports

What is the World Trade Centre? Key Facts
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European
Union
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EU (European Union)
URL
Description / Review
http://www.europa.eu.int/euro  There you’ll find interactive tests and quizzes on EU member states
pago/welcome.jsp
cultures and various curiosities from national anthems to the Euro. It is
quite hard to see how to get to the quiz section- you click on the main
picture. It could be a ‘fun’ intro to the EU; probably best suited for younger
students.
http://www.europa.eu.int/yout  ‘European Youth Portal’ - this link leads to many others where one could
h/info_on_europe/index_eu_
gather information on EU news, how the EU works, your rights as an EU
en.html
citizen etc.
http://www.europa.eu.int/abc/  A general introduction to the EU: its institutional workings and role,
index_en.htm
symbols, country briefings, history, key facts and figures, treaties and law
and informative resources for 12 lessons – that could easily be stretched
to, say…120 lessons?
http://www.euro This is the opening page of the EU ombudsman leading to other links. It is
ombudsman.eu.int/home/en/d
informative and contains many other links as, for example the following link:
efault.htm
http://www.europarl.eu.int/me  Easy access to all Members of the European Parliament (MEP); divided by
mbers/public.do?language=en
constituencies, with their profile, personal emails personal websites. Useful
is you are interested in contacting your MEP and to know what they might
be involved with.
http://www.europarl.org.uk/uk  Gives access to similar information but just UK MEPs
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URL
Description / Review
_meps/MembersMain.htm
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet  Information about Britain within the EU; how the policies affect us etc…
/Front?pagename=OpenMarke
t/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Pag
e&cid=1007029391674
http://bubl.ac.uk/Link/e/euro  Catalogue of resources, websites etc. on Europe.
peanunion.htm
http://www.europa.eu.int/euro  There you’ll find interactive tests and quizzes on EU member states
pago/welcome.jsp
cultures and various curiosities from national anthems to the Euro. It is
quite hard to see how to get to the quiz section- you click on the main
picture. It could be a ‘fun’ intro to the EU; probably best suited for younger
students.
http://www.europa.eu.int/yout  ‘European Youth Portal’ - this link leads to many others where one could
h/info_on_europe/index_eu_
gather information on EU news, how the EU works, your rights as an EU
en.html
citizen etc.
http://www.europa.eu.int/abc/  A general introduction to the EU: its institutional workings and role,
index_en.htm
symbols, country briefings, history, key facts and figures, treaties and law
and informative resources for 12 lessons – that could easily be stretched
to, say…120 lessons?
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UN (United
Nations)
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United Nations
URL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/
hi/teachers/citizenship_11_14/su
bject_areas/united_nations/new
sid_2763000/2763001.stm
http://www.un.org/
www.unicef.org.uk/tz/resources
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/
hi/teachers/
http://www.learningtogive.org/les
sons/unit65/lesson2.html
Description / Review
 A good starter quiz on the UN. Includes a role play and some sample
proposals to debate in class.
 United Nations website
 Has lots of links to UN organizations and explains what they do.
 Includes ‘the basic facts’ about the UN.
 Has a Teacher Zone!
 Education resources available
 Lots free to download.
 Wants and needs cards, Thinking rights, Discussing Global issues,
Assembly, Teaching pack
 Some stuff to buy.
 Really good and useful site, covers lots of areas and does a good job of
focusing on how young people see things. Good site for information on the
UN and especially on what the UN does for children. Provides many good
ideas for classroom activities.
 Learning to Give’s UN lesson Plan.
 Conflict Resolution
 Good links
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URL
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbu
s/peace/index.asp
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSc
hoolBus/
http://www.una.org.uk/mun/
Description / Review
 Helpful handouts for lessons.
 Briefing papers for students, quizzes and games, lots of information,
including a facility to compare country data.
 UN’s Cyber SchoolBus homepage
 Links to different aspects of the curriculum inc Human Rights, Peace
education, Racial and Ethnic discrimination, rights at work, world hunger,
etc.
 Lots of information and materials to use on each
 Model United Nation portal
 Includes Introduction, Glossary, Info on Un,
 How to organize, tips for participants and teachers at all levels
 How to organize for one day or half day Model Un
 Simple, easy to use, no frills website.
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Peace
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Peace and Conflict
URL
Description / Review
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbc 
Opinions on various world issues from child reporters. Some useful
news/hi/club/your_reports/ stuff, but quite time consuming to find genuinely useful stuff
newsid_2883000/2883887.
stm
http://www.crinfo.org/

Not very user friendly, in that it has piles and piles of not that useful
stuff, but some good contents if you can bothered filtering through.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki 
Good for general introductory information on various issues. Especially
/Conflict
handy for giving the teacher some background information before planning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Conflict_resolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Peace
http://www.emints.org/ethe 
Some very useful general CR information and lesson plans. Highly
mes/resources/S00001717.
recommended.
shtml
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URL
Description / Review
http://www.martinauer.net/ 
Martin Auer, The Strange War, Stories for a Culture of Peace. Lots of
KINDER/kriegnarratives about the culture of peace, some of the stories are a little daft
us/index.htm
but great for KS3, or even a bit of tongue in cheek for KS4.
http://www.internationalalert.org/

Conflict resolution site, great for getting some current case studies. An
all round great resource, both for giving teachers background information,
and providing useful narratives etc for students.
http://www.globalvillage200 
Global Village site with loads of games and activities under the banner
6.org/en/do_something_abo ‘do something about … Conflict and Peace’ and a teacher link – bonus!
ut
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/co 
Oxfam’s site, again packed with teacher resources and activities –
olplanet/teachers/resource
Including entire lesson plans!
s/peace.htm
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History
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History
URL
Description / Review
www.historylearningsite.co.u 
2 very good sites for history, can help with citizenship too!
k
www.spartacus.school.co.uk 
This site takes you to suppliers of History materials like The New
Internationalist & The UK history shop. Not useful unless you are
thinking of buying resources.

http://www.schoolhistory.co 
Really good resources including quizzes, flash cards, word searches
.uk/
etc. Includes stuff for all age groups

primary to A- Level!
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/ 
navId/00500300f
National maritime museum (good for slavery)
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Religious
Education
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RE
URL
Description / Review
http://www.buddhanet.net/elearning/index.htm
www.thebricktestament.com

Buddhist educational material for primary and secondary.

The bible stories told using lego. Great for year 7
www.rejesus.com

Resources
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesiz 
e/
Resources and lesson ideas
www.themiraclemaker.co.uk

The story of Jesus also resources to order
www.reonline.org.uk

Resources for all age groups
www.religiouseducation.co.uk

Worksheets and stories
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URL
www.retoday.org.uk
Description / Review

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Law-related
Education
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Law-Related Education
URL
General topics for debate
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/d
efault.stm
Jargon Buster
http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/law/
Youth Offending Service
http://www.rizer.org.uk/
Making and Shaping Laws
http://www.citized.info/pdf/briefi
ng/Student_Briefing_The_Law.do
c
The Criminal Justice System
http://www.citized.info/pdf/briefi
ng/Student_Briefing_Criminal_Ju
stice.doc
Forum
http://forums.citizenshipfoundatio
n.org.uk/
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 General information on how law works and issues on info such
as knives and downloading and kids behind bars. Not very
interactive but lots of good quotes from young people that could
be used to start debates.
 Good resource that provides simple explanations of complex
legal words and concepts. Useful for knowledge base.
 Good interactive website to guide young people through the
criminal justice system and to think about the consequences of
actions. But could be filtered by some schools.
 Briefing paper with lesson ideas, information for teachers and
narratives that could be used.

Briefing paper with lesson ideas and descriptions of terms.
 A discussion forum about law related education. Underused
at the moment but a few useful bits of information on there.
Very few users.
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URL
Mock Trials
http://www.citizenshipfoundation.
org.uk/
In school mock trials
http://www.citizenshipfoundation.
org.uk/main/resource.php?s100
Debates on Legal Topics
http://www.idebate.org/debatabas
e/
Rights and Responsibilities
http://www.direct.gov.uk/RightsAn
dResponsibilities/fs/en
The work of Magistrates and the
Magistrates Court
http://www.magistratesassociation.org.uk/youth_site/mag
_court_.html
Law relating to children
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.c
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 Good interactive competitions on the Crown Court and
Magistrates Court. Participation requires a lot of dedication and
help from students. But is a very rewarding and enjoyable
experience.
 A resource about running a mock trial in school can either be
used to run a full mock trial or pick and choose bits. A very in
depth (long) document.
 Debating website that lists the pros and cons of a variety of
different topics including about 100 related to Law and Crime
 Information on laws relating to various rights and
responsibilities.
 Good youth site relating to young people in magistrates
courts, some narratives and good emphasis of the fact that not
every young person found in courts are accused of committing
crime. Includes interactive activities that could be good for an
IWB. Plus look at Magistrates in the Community which offers
magistrates to come into schools to give talks.
 Useful resource on questions and answers about the laws
relating to children – good for research
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URL
om/Templates/Topic.asp?NodeID=
89632
Department for Constitutional
Affairs
http://www.dca.gov.uk/
Victim Support/ Witness Services
http://www.victimsupport.org/vs_
england_wales/index.php
www.rethinking.org.uk
www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk
www.thamesvalley.police.uk/underz
one
www.nayj.org.uk
www.nya.org.uk
http://www.consumereducation.org
.uk
http://www.katefarrell.co.uk/testme/citizenship/harrypotter/legal.
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 Information about legal processes, court systems and the role
of magistrates and judges – good for research. Plus has a
“What’s new” section on the homepage to keep up to date with
statistics, points of law.
 Information about victims and witnesses of crime. Ok for
basic information but no lesson plans or such like.
 good on reforming criminal justice
 accessible sites on youth justice made for young people.
Ideal for research. Good site
 accessible sites on youth justice made for young people.
Ideal for research.
 National association for youth justice
 Short description/ review – Quite dry sections on police,
general law and employment law. But basic information there
that could be used to make more exciting resources.
 Site giving lesson ideas based on subject matter in Harry
Potter, might work for some KS3
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URL
Description / Review
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk
/
User-friendly government website offering consumer advice.
Good for knowledge and research ahead of consumer rights
lessons and also a good point of reference for students.
Website for those intending on entering the legal profession but
is also offers a good range of information on the legal profession
(helpful for AS Citizenship unit)
A law firm specialising in human rights, some good case studies
can be found on their website which provide useful narratives
htm
http://www.chambersstudent.co.uk
/
http://www.christiankhan.co.uk/
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Employment
Law
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Employment Law
URL
Description / Review
www.globalgateway.org.uk

Contains lesson ideas for all ages and Ofsted reports. Links you to other
very useful websites (1000+).
www.chalkface.com

Has a number of schemes of work and lesson plans that you can buy. It
also gives you a free sample for each lesson plan, which you could adapt to
make a whole lesson – but quite limited.
http://news.bbc.co.uk

Has a number of ideas that can be used for different lessons. Very user
friendly, thus quite good for children to access themselves. Also access to
Newsround website.
www.drc-gb.org

Relates employment law to disability. Has useful and relevant lesson
plans to use.
www.womenandequalityunit.g 
Useful resource. Loads of info about laws relating to equality in the
ov.uk
workplace, also gives info about cases / findings.
http://www.proquestk12.co
m/curr/teachers.shtml

Some interesting lesson ideas – also links to Government policy and
copyright law.
www.standards.dfes.gov.uk

Has a good unit of work on “rights and responsibilities in the place of
work”.

User-friendly website with information on aspects of law such as ‘what
should be included in a contract’. Good for pupils to use.
www.compactlaw.co.uk
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URL
Description / Review
http://www.workplacebullyin 
Provides an interesting link between bullying and employment law – could
g.co.uk/
be useful especially if combined Scheme of work with PSHE. Lots of
examples of case law to use as discussion points in class.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en 
Easy to use, good information for background research in this area –
/Employment/index.htm
facts etc. Also useful for students to use as a research tool into rights as an
employee.
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Media and useful image sites
URL
Description / Review
(Advertising) www.benetton.com

‘Hello world’ videos may be useful for, global consumerism
and identity
http://www.visit4info.com/

Easy access to a range of adverts, they also offer a pack
for teachers, comes at a hefty price though!
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching 
2 links to guidance for teaching about film and TV in a
/secondary.html#citizenship
citizenship context, highlights relevance to PoS. Very practical.
Media/conflict/identity & diversity

Citizenship pack: media's portrayal of marginalised groups:
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/54
it costs £14.95 though.
_7502.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/teach 
Lots of lesson ideas regarding media influence in a range of
ers/default.stm
areas: mainly KS3
http://www.channel4.com/learning/breaki 
Full detailed lesson plans for 4 units on television news,
ngthenews/schools/learningmaterials/def
enables students to critically analyse TV news. All the hard
ault.html
work done for you!
www.centres.ex.ac.uk/historyresource/res 
ources/citizenres.htm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/

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Excellent SOW for citizenship and news media
Times
URL
http://www.independent.co.uk/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
http://www.firstnews.co.uk/
Description / Review



Independent
Daily Telegraph
Newspaper for kids, well pitched articles on current affairs
http://www.becal.net/lc/re_pshe_ce/citiz 
Four well plannedSOW around the media for use in
enship/index.htm
citizenship
http://www.tes.co.uk/searchResults.aspx? 
Media in society - Developing an animal welfare media
parametrics=WVCATEGORY%7C10384,W
campaign, good active citizenship. Need to sign up to TES
VCATEGORY%7C10406,WVCATEGORY%7 website, its free.
C10322&area=resources&PageNo=1&cmd=
AddPm&val=WVCATEGORY%7C10286
http://www.citizenshipteacher.co.uk/inde
x.asp?CurrMenu=searchresults&keyword=
media

Variety of Media Lesson plans covering the responsibilities
of celebrities and comparing sources – pdf is free.
(Advertising) www.benetton.com

‘Hello world’ videos may be useful for, global consumerism
and identity
http://www.visit4info.com/

Easy access to a range of adverts, they also offer a pack
for teachers, comes at a hefty price though!
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching 
2 links to guidance for teaching about film and TV in a
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URL
Description / Review
/secondary.html#citizenship
citizenship context, highlights relevance to PoS. Very practical.
Media/conflict/identity & diversity

Citizenship pack: media's portrayal of marginalised groups:
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/54
it costs £14.95 though.
_7502.htm
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Global Citizenship
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Global Citizenship
URL
Description / Review
Global Dimension

An absolutely essential site for searching for resources to help
http://www.globaldimension.org.
teach about global issues. You can search by subject, by theme and by
uk/
price (including lots of free stuff).
Global Express
http://www.dep.org.uk/

The rapid response information series for schools on world events
in the news… you have to buy the most recent editions but all the back
copies are available to download. Informative, tailored to students, and
relevant.
Global Eye

A decent, interactive site for students to explore pertinent global
http://www.globaleye.org.uk
issues using a regularly-updated topics approach – current topics
including Kenya and Telecommunications. Useful sets teaching notes
for each topic, and previous topics all available.
BBC Newsround

The ubiquitous newsround site – with a variety of articles and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews
associated lesson plans based around the theme of globalisation –
/hi/teachers/default.stm
trade, hunger, aid, Band Aid, Live8, September 11, G8 etc. 9/10 for
accessible articles and ideas… but as with anything they often need a
fair bit of tailoring.
http://www.myfootprint.org/

Good internet resource for lessons on the environment.
Americanised so may need to do some translating for students!
G Nation

Websites centred on charities, volunteering, campaigning on
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URL
http://www.g-nation.co.uk/
Description / Review
sorting out world problems. Useful ideas for active global citizenship
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldclas
s/
How to sign up to twin school with an overseas school. Case studies on
schools who already have twinned. Games and ideas from schools from
overseas.
Teach Global
http://www.teachandlearn.net/t
eachglobal/
Click on the link to secondary education and you will be given a scheme of
work with lesson resources for each lesson. Lessons such as: The school
in a global society, Child Rights and the Global Dimension, Creating Links
with overseas
Teachernet
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/e
ducationoverview/international/
globaldimension/
Links with the global dimension website but easily categorises
information so that you can access it easily rather than having to search
through the global dimension website. Includes things such as Global
calendars for international events which may help with planning or whole
school participation.
Citizenship Foundation
Specific lesson ideas on Darfur, Aid/Development and Europe. Links to
http://www.citizenshipfoundatio lots of different websites on these topics and explains content of each
n.org.uk
web page.
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URL
Description / Review
Global Kids Connect
Very user friendly for students and lots of resources for teachers.
http://www.globalkidsconnect.or However, resources mainly focus on Afganistan. Bear in mind this is an
g/
American website. Also, some of the links are not set up yet and some
of the site is still under construction.
Global Gateway
Lists resources and lesson plans for teachers and links to other
http://www.globalgateway.org.uk websites. How to organize a school twinning.
Chalkface
www.chalkface.com
Has some good resources to buy on issues such as world hunger but not
very many free resources.
Unicef
http://www.unicef.org.uk
Loads of free teaching resources and lesson plans on specific global
topics.
Save the Children
Again, lots of free teaching resources and lesson plans. Focused
http://www.savethechildren.org. specifically on children.
uk
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/educa
tion/
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URL
Description / Review
http://schools.surfaidinternatio
nal.org/
http://www.rafi.ki/site/
Global Dimension

An absolutely essential site for searching for resources to help
http://www.globaldimension.org.
teach about global issues. You can search by subject, by theme and by
uk/
price (including lots of free stuff).
Global Express
http://www.dep.org.uk/

The rapid response information series for schools on world events
in the news… you have to buy the most recent editions but all the back
copies are available to download. Informative, tailored to students, and
relevant.
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Local
Agenda 21
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Local Agenda 21
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Citized website
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Briefing Paper for Trainee Teachers of Citizenship Education on
http://www.citized.info/pdf/bri
the Local Agenda 21. Good starting point gives general information,
efing/Student_Briefing_Local_
lesson ideas and useful websites for teachers and students.
Agenda_21.pdf
Young Peoples LA21

Children’s Parliament on the environment. Good resource and has a
http://www.la21.org.uk/
number of projects which schools have done.
Friends of the Earth
http://www.foe.co.uk/

Friends of the Earth school resource. Useful as has a number of
good links. Also various activities with info on
local/national/international campaigns.
Sustainable Transport

2003 Report (from Scotland) about children’s attitudes to
www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/tr
sustainable transport. Highlights how schools with whole-school
ansport/cast.pdf
environmental policies (e.g. Eco Schools) help to develop a greater
understanding and recognition of the wider benefits of sustainable
transport. Interesting but long!
Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Summary of the local agenda 21
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http://www.jrf.org.uk/publicatio
ns/local-agenda-21-communityplanning-and-neighbourhoodrenewal
Soil Association

Includes lesson ideas and further links for students’ interactive
http://www.soilassociation.org/
learning. Good resource
web/sa/saweb.nsf/manuf/secon
dary.html
Sustainable Development

Government’s comprehensive website- Overview
http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustain
able/government/
National Geographical xpeditions 
Focuses on the global aspect of sustainable development with some
http://www.nationalgeographic.c
lesson ideas.
om/xpeditions/lessons/16/g912/
sustdevafrica.html
UK OXFAM

A teacher’s guide with loads of ideas and activities on Global Issues
http://oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/
and case studies. Can also be used for Global Citizenship- very good
teachers/getglobal/get_global.p
df
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URL
Education for Sustainable
Development
http://www.esd.rgs.org
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
LA21 officers from various London Boroughs worked with local
schools to raise awareness of sustainable development. It includes case
studies, figures, series of presentations and displays and even more
useful: lesson ideas!
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Active
Citizenship
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Active Citizenship
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Global Eye

Fantastic! Focuses on individual countries, looking at a range of issues
http://www.globaleye.org.u
from democracy to the environment. Loads of online lessons (if you have
k/index.html
access to a computer suite) All include info and activities and active
citizenship element.
E.g. Fair Trade – Coffee

Online lesson on coffee and fair trade (your class will need to be online
(Columbia)
for this). Would make a great lesson for year 9 above (too much reading for
http://www.globaleye.org.u
younger classes?). At the end of the activities there is a ‘do something!’
k/secondary_autumn04/ey
section where active citizenship can be incorporated e.g. take up café direct’s
eon/coffeetrade.html
free trade campaign getting teachers drinking fair trade coffee in the staff
room.

(if you have facilities – although lessons could be adapted, i.e. making the
resources instead, for regular classroom use)
We Are What We Do.

Good site for introducing ideas on active citizenship, covering a range of
We Are What We Do at
topics and types of campaigns. Suitable for year 7s upwards. Includes short
school
video clip on how to start a campaign
Oxfam – Get Global

Get Global is a teacher’s guide on how to facilitate and assess active
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/c global citizenship in the classroom. It is supposed to help us move students
oolplanet/teachers/getglo
beyond thinking about issues that are important to participating in action.
bal/get_global.pdf
Skills based, rather than content based approach.

Gives advice on how to teach active projects and then gives loads of
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activities, with examples of work undertaken by pupils in schools.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/c 
Worksheets to go with the above
oolplanet/teachers/getglo
bal/steps_worksheets.pdf
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/c 
Self-assessment worksheets to go with the above
oolplanet/teachers/getglo
bal/assessment_worksheet
s.pdf
Speak Out on European

Invites young people to discuss issues around European Citizenship with
Citizenship
fellow Europeans over the internet. Teacher pack contains ideas and
http://www.citizen.org.uk/
instructions for lesson activities and debates. Covers areas such as diversity,
speakout/pdfs/speakout.p
human rights, electing euro parliament etc. Contains lots of information about
df
the EU.

Looks useful, but too much to browse through to be sure.
Amnesty International

Amnesty International UK provides ideas on how to raise money for
AIUK : Take Action
human rights; information on getting involved in volunteering, campaigning,
youth action etc.
Street Children

Gives information on street children around the world and what the
Toybox - Let the street
charity does
children in Latin America

Provides extensive list of ideas that students could do to raise money and
live through child
a simple guide on how to complete the fundraising event.
sponsorship
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbb 
Loads of lesson plans including worksheets and quizzes on all sorts of
cnews/hi/teachers/default issues - the one on "Can small actions change the world" is quite handy.
.stm
http://www.activecitizensh 
This organisations mission is to promote and support the construction of a
ip.net/
European citizenship as an “active citizenship” meaning the exercise of powers
and responsibilities of citizens in policy making. Not something you could use
in a lesson with the pupils but maybe useful in finding examples or some ideas
from an international perspective.
Together We Can | Home

Good links, with lots of information about how to get involved. More of a
teacher resource.
http://www.csvcommunityp 
Really useful! Lots of links and info and ways of finding local schemes for
artners.org.uk/
schools to get involved with.
http://www.citizen.org.uk/ 
Info on how to teach active citizenship. Bit wordy, but might be useful as
teaching.html
a starter point.
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General
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General Websites
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http://puzzlemaker.school. 
...allows you to make 6 different kinds of puzzles, including crosswords,
discovery.com/
wordsearches etc.

...not bad, cuts prep time in half
http://www.teachers
This site has a facility where you can make a blockbusters quiz. You make
direct.co.uk/resources/qui
it, then submit it and a few days later it appears on the site once they have
z-busters/index.aspx
checked the content is OK

Make sure you test on the classroom computer/IWB you are going to use
properly though, content can be blocked.
www.headsup.org.uk

Good basic info on most subjects – aimed specifically at students so
useful research tool for them.
http://www.evildetentions. 
Funny!
co.uk/
http://www.teachers
Make your own wordsearches. Quick and easy.
direct.co.uk/resources/wor
dsearches/wordsearchdirectory.aspx
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/ 
An extensive teaching tips website. Very comprehensive, covering a wide
intranet/committees/FacD
range of topics.
evCom/guidebk/teachtip/t
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eachtip.htm
https://www.cia.gov/librar 
Great for country profiles, maps and stats, and generally getting your
y/publications/the-worldfacts right.
factbook/index.html
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