New Resources
Independent citizenship bodies have been hard at work devising and testing out new materials to help primary teachers. The Institute for Citizenship, for instance, has published, with Stanley Thornes, a teacher’s resource book for Key Stage One, and a Key Stage Two equivalent is due out later this year. (More information from www.citizen.org.uk). The book usefully sets out key topics such as helping, including and excluding others, caring for the environment, explaining different cultures, debating and voting, with questions and suggested activities. Large photographs of children engaged in these types of activities are intended to initiate and stimulate class discussion - and teachers who have already made use of them say they are proving helpful.