Britkid

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Citizenship,

 

Learning About Race, Racism And Life With Britkid

This website provides background information about young people from a range of races and circumstances.

Pupils can read about the characters featured, their family situation, languages spoken, religion and issues in their lives. This provides good material for discussing diversity between individuals and different aspects that make up someone’s identity.

Lesson plans can be found that provide suggestions of how to use this aspect of the website in the classroom and the types of activities that pupils can engage in. It is useful in schools where there may not be frequent contact with ethnic minority groups and a good starting point for considering a range of issues.

Britkids also enables pupils to visit different locations in the imagined ‘Britchester’. When different locations are visited, discussions about specific issues are presented. There is also the option to access information on serious issues. The topics covered include UK immigration law, racist attacks, religious discrimination and even material on extreme right wing movements.