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Citizenship at key stage 3    (Year 7-9)

Unit 07: Local democracy

QCA

Resources

Resources include:

  • information leaflets from local authorities, eg information on the Local Agenda 21 strategy for the area, local community safety and health improvement plans
  • the National Healthy Schools programme
  • national and local newspapers
  • clips from television soap operas dealing with local issues/conflict
  • visits from local government representatives/employees to give presentations and answer pupils' questions
  • useful websites, eg
NB: care should be taken when encouraging pupils to access websites

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. What do I think about my local community?
2. What is my community concerned about?
3. How can we influence change?