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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
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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
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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
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