This is a worksheet and lesson powerpoint for Key Stage 2 and 3 Citizenship. Pupils use worksheet 1 to define the word ‘community’ after working as a pair. Worksheet 1 invites pupils to look at different people in the school community, and their roles within it. they make a spider diagram on the sheet. They can, as an extension, then choose one person and consider their role using questions on the powerpoint to stimulate their thinking. Sheet 2 is a layered sheet similar to an inference square on which are problems, causes, solutions and pupil actions. Pupils can consider problems within the school, and what they could do about them, with questions layered on sheet 2 for differentiation. The powerpoint supports all aspects of learning on the sheet, and invites pupils to discuss the role of a school council.

This is a resource for the teaching of local community. The powerpoint has within it a spider diagram task for students to complete, on who plays a role in looking after and protecting the local community. The cut and stick resource allows students to match up the different people and groups within the community to their roles. Answers are given in the powerpoint and discussion can be worked in through the feedback of these answers. As an extension, students can explain who is the most important part of the community, and how these people and groups are interdependent. The living graph excersize can be done with the ‘6. Ways of helping community cards’ resource. there are 15 methods shown - but not all need to be used in as smaller class, and it can be printed on different colour paper, for a second line to be made - this can lead to stimulating debate as students explain why they have lined themselves up as they have. This leads to a discussion on how ordinary people, and students themselves, can look after the community.

A cut and stick activity which leads to a piece of judgemental writing on the daily life and work of enlaved poeople. Students match up point of slave life to the evidence surrounding it. They stick each matched point and piece of evidence into the table. They then give their own explanation, such as ‘This was cruel because…’ Students can categorise and prioritise the different aspects of life, into areas such as social life, work and others. Homework vocab building task also included.

A card sort and written task on the positive and negative aspects of TNCs. There are two versions of the activities, for higher- and lower-ability students. Students classify the impacts as to whether they are positive and negative. Students then arrange them into categories such as job creation, job loss, effect on richer/poorer countries, money, environment. Students complete a scaffolded written task to describe and explain the best and worst impacts of TNCs. They finish by examining whether a boycott of TNCs such as Nike would have a positive or negative effect. A list of key words is provided on the lower-ability resource.

This is a card sort for students to look at working conditions and explain why they cause problems in LEDCs. Students can explain judgements on the biggest problems. More able students are invited to explain how to overcome these problems to improve working conditions, and what barriers to change exist.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise reasons for their food shopping habits. They can explain why they have these food shopping habits. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the morality of food miles. The card sort can be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

This is a card sort for students to match up laws and groups to their definitions. Students can explain what is the more important of these laws and organisations.

This is a card sort for students to categorise what the press are and are not allowed to do. Students can explain what is the more important of these liberties and responibilities.

This is a card sort for students to categorise workers’ rights and responsibilities. Students can explain what is the more important of their rights, and of their responsibilities.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that groups of people have migrated to Britain throughout history. They can also be arranged as a chronology exercise. There is a second version of the cards designed for less able students. The categorising task could be done as a venn diagram using the venn diagram template.

A worksheet differentiated for the higher-, medium- and lower-ability students, containing reasons for the abolition of the slave trade, and slavery itself. Could be used as a card sort or a colour-coded worksheet. Students can decide which factors help to end the slave trade, slavery itself, or both. Students can sort for political, economic social and cultural reasons. Students are invited to make decisions on the most important 3 reasons at the end of the sorting. This can lead to lively debate.