Practical resources for teaching citizenship in secondary classrooms / Ruth Tudor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tudor, Ruth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : David Fulton Publishers, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on the New Curriculum for Citizenship, this book provides practitioners in secondary schools with the essential tools needed to teach citizenship. The authors provide an overview of the citizenship order and give guidance on how to fulfill its three main elements: social and moral responsibility, community involvement and political literacy. The book focuses on curriculum developments, teaching, learning and assessment issues and includes a rationale for planning schemes of work in citizenship for the whole school. It also includes lesson plans, teaching ideas and resour

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Identity and Belonging; 1. Who am I?; 2. Who are the British?; 3. Where have my family come from?; 4. Who is a British citizen?; 5. What does it mean to be British today?; 2. Human Rights for Human Beings; 1. What are my rights and responsibilities?; 2. What are human rights? Do all people have them?; 3. What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? What are the challenges for human rights in the world today?; 3. Law, Justice and Crime; 1. What is a law? Who makes the law?; 2. How can we get justice?; 4. Power, Democracy and Politics

1. Who has power?2. About different political systems; 3. All about voting and democracy; 4. How democratic is Britain?; 5. Government in the United Kingdom; 5. Rights, Responsibilities and the World Around Us; 1. Rights, responsibilities and the environment; 2. All about rubbish!; 3. Rights, responsibilities and sustainable development; 4. Food, farming and famine; 5. Science, people and dilemmas; 6. Rights, disability and the built environment; 6. All about the Media; 1. What is news?; 2. Who owns information?; Useful Contacts

Appendix A: Assessment for learning: Making progress in citizenshipAppendix B: Assessment: Using a range of assessors; Appendix C: Ground rules for discussion and debate

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144).

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ISBN:

1-136-60828-1

0-203-42230-9

1-299-47956-1

1-136-60829-X

9780203422304

OCLC:

842262400