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The '100 Tips' series gives 100 invaluable and practical ideas for teachers of all levels. Citizenship has recently become a compulsory subject within secondary education. Ian Davies gives teachers 100 practical ideas on how to incorporate citizenship into all aspects of teaching.
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100 IDEAS FOR TEACHING CITIZENSHIP CONTINUUM ONE HUNDREDS SERIES 100 Ideas for Managing Behaviour - Johnnie Young 100 Ideas for Teaching Citizenship - Ian Davies 100 Ideas for Teaching Creativity - Stephen Bowkett 100 Ideas for Teaching History - Julia Murphy 100 Ideas for Teaching Languages - Nia Griffith 100 Ideas for Teaching Mathematics - Mike Ollerton 100 IDEAS FOR TEACHING CITIZENSHIP Ian Davies continuum LONDON • NEW YORK To Lynn, Hannah, Matthew and Rachael Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building 11 York Road London SE1 7NX 15 East 26th Street New York NY 10010 www. continuumbooks .com © Ian Davies 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 0-8264-8494-8 (paperback) Designed and typeset by Ben Cracknell Studios | Janice Mather Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin CONTENTS PREFACE SECTION I What you need to know [ 1 | Citizenship 2 | 2 | Politics 3 | 3 | Economics 5 | 4 | Law 6 | 5 | The World Trade Organization 7 | 6 | The United Nations 8 | 7 | The GS 9 | 8 | The European Union 11 | 9 | The Council of Europe 13 | 10 | Agenda 21 15 SECTION 2 Organizations [ 11 | The Citizenship Foundation 18 [ 12 I Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) 19 | 13 | Institute for Citizenship 20 | 14 | The Development Education Association 21 [ 15 | Hansard Society 22 | 16 | Oxfam 23 | 17 | Carnegie Foundation 24 [ 18 | Politics Association 25 | 19 | Association for the Teaching of the Social Sciences 26 I 20 I Schools Councils UK 27 SECTION 3 Teaching citizenship | 21 | History 30 | 22 | Geography 31 | 23 | English 32 | 24 | Science 33 | 25 | Mathematics 34 [ 26 | Religious Education 35 | 27 | Statistics 36 | 28 | Physical Education 37 | 29 | Design and Technology | 30 | Modern Foreign Languages SECTION 4 38 39 Developing students' skills | 31 | Political literacy 42 | 32 | Social and moral responsibility 43 [ 33 | Community involvement 44 [ 34 [ Group discussions 46 | 35 [ Presentation skills 47 [ 36 | Understanding bias 48 [ 37 [ Participation 49 [ 38 | Understanding diversity 50 I 39| 52 Effective support for special educational needs students 40 | Effective support for gifted and/or talented students SECTION 5 53 Whole-school approaches 41 | Charitable activity 56 42 I Action groups 57 43 I School links/twinning 58 4