Free Citizenship KS3 Teaching Resources for Secondary Teachers

What Citizenship at KS3 Entails

At Key Stage 3, Citizenship continues to develop skills, knowledge and understanding that young people need in order to take an effective role in public life. For instance, rights, responsibilities, laws, justice and democracy continue to be examined following study of these at KS2. This area of the curriculum seeks to develop respect for diverse ideas, beliefs, cultures and shared values of UK citizens.

In Key Stage 3, pupils begin to take a more critical approach by exploring their opinions, the ideas of others, evaluating information and making informed judgements about political, social, ethical and moral issues. They build on what they learnt in KS2, with more depth and detailed analysis of certain topics. For some topics group work is essential as it helps develop skills in communication, understanding and analysis.

Key Concepts

There are three key concepts underpinning the curriculum: democracy and justice, rights and responsibilities and living together in a diverse UK society. It is expected that pupils will research and undertake enquiries to explore issues where sources of information are analysed and evaluated.

Teaching-Resources-UK has some great lesson plans and worksheets that will help and support the teaching of these key concepts (in their topic area). Every plan has tips and they also come with powerpoints to guide the direction of any lesson.

Resources

These resources can be used to support teaching and learning within the three key concepts as well as providing materials that relate to the range and content for Citizenship at Key Stage 3. There is a fantastic range of lesson plans, workshops, powerpoints, videos and more that provide support.

BT provides a selection of online activities that pupils can use to help develop their communication skills, learn about themselves and also learn about their peers. There is also a video resource and downloadable handbooks and teachers notes.