Citizenship at key stage 3    (Year 7-9)

Resources include:

• the Central Bureau, which provides guidelines on setting up links, as well as information on Comenius, DfES and DFID grants available to UK schools. See www.centralbureau.org.uk/cbeschl.htm
• photo packs, available from your local Development Education Centre (DEC) or from other organisations, eg Oxfam. For further information on DECs contact the Development Education Association at www.dea.org.uk
• the education programmes of the Commonwealth Institute, see www.commonwealth.org.uk/education.
• The Institute for Citizenship's Speak out on European citizenship online discussion site, with opportunities for pupils to talk about European citizenship. See www.citizen.org.uk
• useful websites, eg
• www.oneworld.org (offers links to many other sites covering a wide variety of subjects)
• www.globaldimension.org.uk (a DFID site with access to resources and information on global issues)
• www.wotw.org.uk (a Central Bureau site, Windows on the world is an online database for schools and colleges
• www.wotw.org.uk/northsouth (a Central Bureau site with advice and case studies for north-south school linking)

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