Citizenship at key stage 3    (Year 7-9)

Resources include:

• materials from Parliamentary education unit www.parliament.uk/education
• BBC Parliament and government CD-ROM (ISBN 0563465859) which includes election campaigns and videos
• useful websites, eg
  • www.parliament.uk (United Kingdom Parliament, House of Commons, House of Lords)
  • www.pm.gov.uk (10 Downing Street)
  • www.learn.co.uk/yvote (includes mock elections and online debates)
  • www.locata.co.uk/commons (to find out the name of your MP)
  • www.scottish.parliament.uk/ypt (information for young people and teachers on the Scottish parliament)
  • www.wales.gov.uk/youngvoice (information for young people on the National Assembly for Wales)
  • www.europarl.eu.int (European Parliament)
  • www.open.gov.uk (website for all UK government bodies)
  • www.hansard-society.org.uk (information on developing mock elections)
  • www.charter88.org.uk (information on democracy and elections)
  • www.citizen.org.uk (Institute for Citizenship)
  • www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk (news and information on tax and national insurance matters in the UK)
  • www.bbc.co.uk/politics (includes information on election results)
  • www.gksoft.com/govt (Governments on the WWW)
  • www.nfer.ac.uk/risheets.iea.htm (IEA Civics Project information)

NB: care should be taken when encouraging pupils to access websites