Citizenship at key stage 4    (Year 10-11)

Resources include:

• Europe in the round, an annually updated CD-ROM that provides facts and figures on countries across Europe. See www.dfes.gov.uk/citizenship for details
• local twinning associations, which can provide information and support to pupils investigating cultural and social issues
• the British Council's Education and Training Group provides guidelines on setting up school-linking projects and has information on grants available to UK schools (see www.centralbureau.org.uk)
• European Resource Centres, which provide a range of resources to support teaching about Europe (details available from the British Council)
• useful websites, eg
• www.citizen.org.uk/speak.htm (Speak Out! on European citizenship, an Institute for Citizenship discussion site for young people. A teacher's guide is available)
• www.fco.gov.uk (Foreign and Commonwealth Office, for information about Britain and the European Union)
• www.europarl.eu.int (European Parliament; includes information about the euro)
• www.euro.gov.uk (the Treasury's euro information website)
• www.ecb.int (European Central Bank)
• http://news.bbc.co.uk... (BBC news site, for information on the costs and benefits of the euro)