| Materials available for citizenship education |
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| www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/resource.php?w |
| Very reach selection of resources for teachers, students and all categories of people working on General Citizenship Education. |
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| www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers/globciti/why.htm |
| Presents Global Citizenship: The Handbook for Primary Teaching. |
| Comprising a wealth of lesson plans, worksheets and practical ideas, Oxfam's latest handbook is an invaluable resource for incorporating citizenship into every aspect of study at primary level. - Junior Focus |
| A clear, easy-to-use, and comprehensive guide to teaching the existing curriculum in a way that promotes social justice and equity. This handbook helps readers develop their own understanding of global citizenship, and provides practical pointers on how to integrate the subject into the classroom or school. Full of activities and photocopiable resources for use in assemblies and classroom teaching. |
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| www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/index.htm |
| Oxfam - is Cool Planet for Teachers.Colourful website with innovative classroom resources for ages 5-16. Topics include peace and conflict, rights and social justice and sustainability. |
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| www.iyp.oxfam.org |
| Global network of young activists - Oxfam Community Aid Abroad leads an initiative called the International Youth Parliament. This project brings together more than 250 young, active people running projects on issues that affect them and their communities. Read the reports available in pdf format, send your opinions through the open forums, or sign up to receive updated information. |
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| www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk |
| ACT - the Association for Citizenship Teaching - is the first professional subject association for Citizenship. It provides reach resources to give knowledge and skills on Citizenship education. |
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| www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/top/top_5 |
| This section of the site contains Case Studies and useful Downloads. The former provides examples of how other teachers have delivered aspects of Citizenship across all phases of education. The latter contains downloadable lesson plans complete with resources, articles from the ACT journal, extracts from various publications or other sources that teachers have shared with us. |
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| www.citizenship-global.org.uk |
| Portal site for teachers and educators keen to explore the global dimension of citizenship education. While it focuses explicitly on the English curriculum, there is a good teaching ideas section, information on how to handle controversial subjects, advice and training and a useful citizenship calendar. |
| An essential tool for teachers - Global dimension bringing the world into the classroom. You can find borrow resources from Development Education centers allover GB and find helpful materials for classroom with any age of students. |
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| www.dfes.gov.uk/citizenship |
| Learn more about citizenship education, a national curriculum subject, and how you can contribute in a positive way. See the teachers', pupils', parents' and governors' sections for more materials and resources about classroom and after-class activities, school self-government etc. |
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| www.citizen.org.uk |
| Institute for citizenship provides: |
| Democracy and life skills, School question time challenge, A vision of Europe. Discussion about the future of Europe, Get the Vote Out Resource Pack |
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| www.citizen.org.uk/education.html |
| Institute for citizenship. Young people may not be able to vote before they are 18 but they can make a positive contribution to their communities. Young people should be encouraged to be involved in decision-making, both in schools and in the wider community, and they should be encouraged to think critically about their role in society and their potential as agents of change. |
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| www.citized.info |
| Informative source for Primary, Secondary, Post 16 levels of students, Cross Curricula activities, Community Involvement. |
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| www.nfer.ac.uk/nfer/index.cfm?440DC01A-0243-53AD-C4ED-5E74E629A630 |
| The Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study |
| The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has commissioned the NFER to undertake a groundbreaking longitudinal study of citizenship education in schools over eight years (2001 to 2009). The main aim of the study is to assess the short term and long term effects of citizenship education on the knowledge, skills and attitudes of pupils. |
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| www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce |
| Austrian Government, Department of education, science and training |
| This website contains resources, information, activities and links for teachers, students and parents involved in civics and citizenship education. |
| Civics and citizenship education promotes students' participation in democracy by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, values and dispositions of active and informed citizenship. |
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| www.qca.org.uk/7907.html |
| Citizenship education equips children and young people with the knowledge, understanding and skills to play an active part in society as informed and critical citizens who are socially and morally responsible. It aims to give them the confidence and conviction that they can act with others, have influence and make a difference in their communities. |
| The information on these pages will help all those interested in knowing more about citizenship education in England, in schools and in post-16 learning settings. |
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| www.education.leeds.ac.uk/research/cchre |
| University of Leeds.The Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education (CCHRE) was established to promote and develop research, consultancy and postgraduate studies in citizenship education and human rights education. It is a leading international centre in this field and welcomes students and researchers from around the world. The Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education is committed to developing more democratic and inclusive approaches to education, based on the principles of freedom, equality, justice and peace. |
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| www.bpb.de/themen/NL4E3C,0,Networking_European_Citizenship_Education_(NECE).html |
| Networking European Citizenship Education (NECE) |
| Europe is growing - so are our responsibilities as citizens. Civic education for the future of Europe has to reach new horizons. It has to connect people between Malta and Helsinki, between Warsaw and Lisbon. NECE is the platform for that emerging network. |
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| www.cewc-cymru.org.uk |
| Council for Education in World Citizenship-Cymru |
| CEWC-Cymru is an educational charity working with young people to promote active global citizenship in Wales. It also provides resources and training for PSE and citizenship education. |
| Citizenship Today Today is an on-line, fully bilingual resource designed to meet the requirements of the PSE Framework in Wales. In addition, many activities can be used in citizenship lessons in other parts of the UK, and by colleagues in other countries who wish to promote active global citizenship. |
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| www.hansardsociety.org.uk/programmes/citizenship_education |
| Citizenship Education - Connecting young people with democracy. |
| The Hansard Society's dynamic Citizenship Education Programme works with young people through schools and colleges to educate and inform them about parliamentary democracy and develop innovative ways to involve them in participatory democratic activities. |
| The Citizenship Education Programme has gained a strong reputation for producing innovative and student friendly projects including a new web site where young people actively discuss and explore political issues and ideas and find out how they can make a difference. |
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| www.ltscotland.org.uk/citizenship/index.asp |
| Learning and teaching Scotland - Education for Citizenship |
| Developing capability for thoughtful and responsible participation in political, social, economic and cultural life. The items presented are: About citizenship, Sharing practice, Creative teaching ideas, Management toolkit, Professional development. To each of the items there are links presenting: Websites with practical activities, National campaigns, Information, Organisations. |
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| www.ltscotland.org.uk/citizenship/creativeteaching/themes/globaleducation.asp |
| Websites with practical activities |
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| www.bbc.co.uk/schools/citizenx |
| BBC Education "Get involved" campaign. Written specifically for young people, this website is full of practical ways that they can get involved and make a difference in their schools, in their communities and even globally. Packed with ideas and advice on how students can get their projects up and running. |
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| www.globalgang.org.uk |
| GOOD GAMES. Lively website specifically for young people aged 7-14. It covers a range of issues including refugees, health, fair trade, peace and conflict, environment, disasters and hunger. Young people can get news on global issues, post messages, get help with homework and try out the ethically minded gamezone. Good section for teachers. |
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| www.globaldimension.org.uk |
| Guide to resources for all age groups and subjects which bring a global dimension to teaching. Includes climate change, poverty, water issues, fair trade and resources about individual countries. Find out how the global dimension is relevant to every subject in the curriculum. Useful section for teachers to exchange views and find information on professional development and school speaker services. |
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| www.globalgateway.org.uk |
| A one-stop-shop, providing quick access to information on developing an international dimension in the curriculum. An excellent international website from the British Council packed with useful ideas and resources. There is a simple partner finding tool so you can work with schools in other parts of the world, project ideas and guidelines on running your own project. |
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| www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus |
| United Nations Cyberschoolbus - Creative global learning and teaching project of the United Nations promoting education about international issues. Packed with teaching materials and activities for schools - all age groups. There is Russian variant of the site. |
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| www.worldaware.org.uk |
| Aims to promote understanding of international development issues. It produces geography, citizenship and sustainable development resources for the school curriculum. Focused on the English curriculum, but lots of interesting material. |
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| www.eurodesk.org.uk |
| Eurodesk is an information service on European opportunities for young people. Students can find information on work, study, travel and volunteering abroad. They also have free teaching resources on Europe and can offer support and information on any aspect of Europe to schools and colleges. |
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| http://europa.eu/youth/active_citizenship/index_eu_en.html |
| European Youth Portal - Gateway for young people aged 15-25, with information on work, study, volunteering, citizens' rights and active citizenship in European Union countries. |
| What do you need to be an active citizen? Do you need to be informed? Do you need to be trained? Do you need to know how to participate? Do you need to know where to participate? In this section find interesting links that will help you search for useful documents, projects and organisations that can be tools for promoting your active participation in society. |
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| www.ideas-forum.org.uk |
| International Development Education Association of Scotland (IDEAS) - Network of 40 organisations and individuals involved in Development Education and Education for Global Citizenship across Scotland. Access to excellent resources catalogue covering development and environmental education, gender and multicultural awareness, human rights and equal opportunities. Material covers early years through to post 16. |
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| www.ecs.org/html/educationIssues/CitizenshipEducation/CitEdDB_intro.asp |
| The NCLC has developed this database of state policies to support citizenship education for K-12 students. From this database, you can generate profiles of the state policies for citizenship education in individual states, create comparisons of specific types of citizenship education state policies across several states and view reports on state policies for citizenship education. |
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| www.avso.org/en/about/about.htm |
| Umbrella organisation for national and international non-profit organisations, focused on volunteer work. It contains direct links to its member organisations at European and national levels. |
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| www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/education/E.D.C |
| Education for Democratic Citizenship - This Council of Europe website is a big online library of articles, documents and projects. It gives information about activities carried out at European and national levels and contains some files in various European languages. |
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| www.aceproject.org |
| Election processes in detail - Read about every single aspect related to the organisation of elections in a country. Includes electoral systems, voting rights, parties and candidates, vote counting, media and elections, etc. It is an immense database containing case studies of different countries and a big library by country each with its respective electoral legislation. Overviews of the project are also available in Albanian and Serbian. |
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| www.euractiv.com |
| EU news, policy positions and actors. All you need to be an informed citizen about what is going on in the European agenda. Up-to-date news monitoring, in-depth policy sections and country dossiers. There is a guide for the EU's 10,000 most important actors! |
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| www.youthforum.org |
| European Youth Forum - Representing the interests of young people in Europe, it is the platform representing European youth organisations in international institutions, such as the European Union and the United Nations, on issues relevant to young people. There is a list of its member organisations including thorough information about their fields of work and contact details. |
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| www.eypej.org |
| European Youth Parliament - Are you young? Are you studying in Europe? Are you interested in issues that affect the society you live in? Then you might be interested in this organisation that seeks to increase young people's awareness of European issues. Each year it organises international events for people from 25 European countries, giving a wide group of young people the opportunity to speak out for themselves. |
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| www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/AdvancedSearch/Org/default |
| Idealist.org: looking for a non-profit organisation? This site offers an impressive searchable database of voluntary organisations by country and by field of work. There are more than 35,000 non-profit and community organisations included. You can also add your organisation's profile. |
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| www.idea.int |
| International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Articles, publications, analysis and case studies about democracy building processes around the world. Africa, Latin America, Caucasia and other regions are covered by this Institute that works helping developing institutions and democracy worldwide. Sign up to receive updated information about its activities and projects. |
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| www.osce.org/odihr |
| Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights This institution (part of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: OSCE) works to promote democratic elections and helps to consolidate democratic institutions in central and eastern Europe. Information on election observation and assistance, democratisation procedures, newsletters, information on country-specific projects, official documents in pdf format, etc. |
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| www.europarl.eu.int/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?id=48&languag |
| Parliament and you: Correspondence with citizens. |
| Have you ever thought of sending an enquiry to the European Parliament? On this website you will find the mailbox to do it. This portal allows communication between the European Parliament and the citizens. Access to all public documents is also available, not only from the Parliament but also from other European institutions. |
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| www.toolkitparticipation.com |
| Participation toolkit - This toolkit focuses on civil participation at the local level. Over 100 sample cases of civil participation projects in local governance are described and analysed here, along with articles and news bulletins updated regularly by the regional coordinators of the project. |
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| www.politeia.net |
| A virtual network of persons and institutions active in the field of citizenship and political education at the European level. General information about the network, its goals, newsletters and a useful list of links. Join the network to get in touch with persons and institutions working on citizenship education and participation. |
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| www.socialplatform.org/code/en/hp.asp |
| Social Platform of European NGOs |
| The list of members can give you an idea of where to participate and how to be active in the society. More than 300 pages of information on the work of social NGOs in relation to the EU policies. There is a guide to EU decision-making processes that will show you how to search for information and where to look for all type of documents in every institution. |
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| www.takingitglobal.org/home.html?width=1024 |
| Taking it Global: Inspire - Inform - Involve Are you informed? Do you want to get involved? Check out the website of this Internet based organisation offering information collected by young people for young people. You will have access to national websites containing youth related information from almost every country in the world. |
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| www.training-youth.net |
| Training Youthnet - Training opportunities, calls for participants, publications, materials… Information that will allow you to be active and to be involved! |
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Materials available for citizenship education