the process of learning how to take part in democracy and use Citizenship knowledge, skills and understanding to work together and try to make a positive difference in the world

an action or event organised by an individual or a group of people to achieve an aim

a person who actively takes responsibility, becomes involved in areas of public concern and tries to make a positive difference in their community

What can we do as active citizens to improve our community?

Citizenship

How can communities work together to create change?

What role does our school play in our local community?

What do charities, NGOs and groups do in our local community?

How can citizens get involved in community change?

What do we need to become active citizens in our community?

In this unit pupils examine what community means and the role it plays at their school. They explore what charities and NGOs do in their community and identify how they can become active citizens.

How can we make a difference in our communities?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which skill is **not** important for an active citizenship campaign?

By improving your citizenship skills, you can become an active citizen and improve your ...

What do citizenship skills equip us to be?

What do you have to engage in to become an active citizen?

It is important that active citizenship leads to {{}} change.

Match the stage with the active citizenship process.

Changemakers are people who make what sort of change in a community?

What do campaigners, volunteers, NGOs and charities spark in communities?

showing disapproval over something, e.g. holding banners up in the street

an act or process through which something becomes different

someone who wants change in the world and makes that change happen

Which group of people are more likely to use social media more than others to inspire change?

to encourage changemakers to make decisions

to participate in active citizenship for a particular aim

Match the campaign method with its purpose.

Exit Quiz

Which skill is not important for an active citizenship campaign?