Course outline/overview

Key Stage 3

Throughout KS3 students will follow a course which includes the following themes:

• What is citizenship?
• Human Rights
• Democracy and Justice
• Dealing with Conflict
• Animals and the Media
• People and the Environment
• Identities and Diversity

In developing this knowledge, students will be encouraged to develop the following skills:

• Independent thinking
• Creative enquiry
• Reflective learning
• Team working skills
• Self-management
• Effective participation.

Key Stage 4

GCSE specification Edexcel

The GCSE has four units:

• Unit 1: Rights and Responsibilities
  Power, Politics and the Media
  The Global Community
• Unit 2: Participating in Society
• Unit 3: Citizenship in context
• Unit 4 Citizenship Campaign