Citizenship at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)

Unit 14: Developing skills of democratic participation

Resources

Resources include:

useful websites, eg

www.electoral-reform.org.uk (Electoral Reform Society)
www.statistics.gov.uk (National Statistics)
www.hansard-society.org.uk (includes information on how to organise mock trials)
www.schoolcouncils.org (information on setting up student and school councils)
www.locata.co.uk/commons (information on how to locate your MP)
www.ypp.org.uk (Young People's Parliament)

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. How can we make decisions as a class/year group/whole school?
	2. How can meetings be made more effective?
	3. How am I represented in my school?
	4. How can we improve communication?