Citizenship at key stage 4 (Year 10-11)

Unit 03: Challenging racism and discrimination

Resources

Resources include:

a variety of student texts, including Understanding Citizenship, Your Rights and Responsibilities and Young Citizen's Passport, published by the Citizenship Foundation
a unit on refugees in Activate!, produced by the Institute for Citizenship
the My England video, produced by the ACT theatre company (see www.dfes.gov.uk/citizenship for details)
useful websites, eg

www.cre.gov.uk (the Commission for Racial Equality; for information about ethnic diversity, the law - including the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 - and proposals from the European Commission for combating discrimination)
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
www.irr.org.uk (the Institute of Race Relations)
www.citfou.org.uk (the Citizenship Foundation)
www.qca.org.uk/ca/inclusion/respectforall/index.asp (for information on the Respect for All project)
www.britkid.org
www.heartstone.co.uk (for material supporting anti-racism education)

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. Where do we come from? What are our communities like?
	2. What is racism?
	3. How does the law protect citizens from discrimination and racism?
	4. How can we challenge racism and discrimination?