Citzenship: Active Citizenship Full SoW and Booklet

AQA Citizenship GCSE 4 units SOW

All you need to teach the GCSE AQA! No planning or knowledge needed, you are good to go with all four units. This will save you hundreds of hours of preparation and work. This helps cover large elements of PSHEE and British values as well as giving stuents another GCSE. This can be taught in 2 years with 4 hours a fortnight. Lessons have diverse pedagogical activities and styles that include group/independent work, think pair share, questioning, exam application and comprehension. Some tasks are supported by the AQA Citizenship textbook. Unit names: Unit 1: Politics and Participation Unit 2: Rights and Responsibilities Unit 3: Life in Modern Britain Unit 4: Active Citizenship **Unit Lesson Breakdown:** **Unit 1: Politics and Participation** Citizenship and identity Monarchy and rule Local government Voting and elections Political parties Government funding Democracy and the UK constitution Referendums Review Key structures and roles Forming and structuring a government How others govern themselves How can people make a difference in society? Key terms quiz **Unit 2: Rights and Resonsibilities** Laws Why Laws? International Law Rights and Responsibilities Rights and Responsibilities lesson 2 Rights and Responsibilities lesson 3 Rights and Responsibilities lesson 4 Change in Citizen’s Rights Trade Unions Employers Associations Industrial Action Dealing with Crime Youth Sentencing Universal Human Rights Universal Human Rights lesson 2 **Unit 3 Life in Modern Britain** Principles and Values British Values British Identity Identity and Migration Identity and Multiculturalism Assessment Media and Free Press Free Press Free Press and Censorship International Organisations BREXIT International Disputes NGOs Responses to Humanitarian Issues Assessment Making a Difference to Society Issues of Voter Turn Out MPs and How to Make a Difference Assessment/Peer marking **Unit 4 Active Citizenship** Active citizenship: This explores the unit, what it entails as well as different methods that can be used to affect change Impact of social action: looking at previous action and how it affected change Identifying an issue: this guides students through areas that they may wish to explore as well as looking at primary and secondary research. Planning: here students are guided through the planning process of what they are going to do to formulate a well thought out action plan Evaluation: looking at other social action as well as their own to evaluate how effective social action is.