How is citizenship taught in schools

Relate these themes to your students' lives to help them understand what a good citizen means. Place a variety of books about citizenship in your classroom library. Books that build social and emotional intelligence and explore themes of citizenship through real-world experiences encourage children to be good citizens now and in the future as adults.

Give Children the Opportunity to Free Write or Draw Giving children an opportunity to share their own experiences through writing and art is one way of exploring citizenship themes. Here are a few of the example prompts. Choose a book to read together as a class. For example, you could choose to read The Colors of Us by Karen Katz to children and then discuss the ways Lena displayed good citizenship.

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Have a look at our primary resources Go-Givers — now available here on our main website. Citizenship is a statutory national curriculum subject There are many reasons to teach citizenship.

For a start, it is required by UK government since 1 July for private schools. It is an ideal tool for exploring British values, also required by the UK Government. We can teach our next generation how to be effective citizens through a systematic, intentional, and holistic approach.

We must return to the center one of the main functions of school—creating a well-formed electorate. We must create schools that place just as much value on teaching empathy and building collective action as we assign to solving a math problem and writing five-paragraph essays.

The ability to thrive in our world demands compassionate, motivated citizens, and our future depends on them. When students miss the opportunity to grow into effective members of society, our society suffers. But when young people are given the knowledge, mindsets, and skills that enable effective citizenship, they can change the world for the better.

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Join ACT Request new password. About Citizenship What is citizenship? How citizenship became part of the National Curriculum in England Politicians from all parties, teachers and young people campaigned for citizenship education to be part of the curriculum and there continues to be cross-party political support for the subject.