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Using Television To Teach Citizenship Guided From The British Film Institute

The British Film Institute provide a free guide on using television as part of the Citizenship curriculum. The use of television can give insights into local, national and global issues.

The vast majority of the population watch television and bringing this into the classroom can be a very motivational way of teaching and fostering children’s engagement with the world around them.

The British Film Institute provide a guide about television broadcasting and genres. This is useful background information for teachers who are preparing to use television as a tool for teaching. This information could also be used to produce materials that are age-appropriate for children and develop their understanding of a media that is more than likely commonplace in their everyday lives. As part of the guide, teachers are given information on possible ways of structuring lessons using television.

A list of downloadable files are also available that exemplify teaching Citizenship using television broadcasts.