Young Citizens: Children as Active Citizens Around the World

Published

May 2002

Price

£15

ISBN

9781841870571

Young Citizens looks at children taking action in their communities.

Through the lives of five young citizens from different countries around the world, this activity and photo pack covers a broad range of citizenship themes.

The pack contains:

• 24 stand-alone activities, designed for use either over a number of weeks or as one-off lessons
• detailed plans for each activity to facilitate preparation
• a set of 16 colour photocards to encouage classroom discussion, and
• links to the citizenship curriculum presented at-a-glance to aid curriculum planning.

This pack should help teachers to approach the increasingly important subject of citizenship in a lively and innovative way while also introducing pupils to the lives of other children around the world.

Related reading

• Young Lives, Global Goals: Children, poverty and the UN Millennium Development Goals
• Home from Home: A guidance and resource pack for the welcome and inclusion of refugee children and families in school

• Families Pack: Stories, activities and photographs for approaching citizenship through the theme of families

• Working Children Worldwide: Child labour and globalisation — a cross-curricular pack for children aged 9-13