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January 2012
Telephone lines for booking a school trip to Parliament. Be quick to book your school in! These tours and educational resources are really excellent, but usually book out for the whole of the following term on the day of opening!
The theme for 2012 asks us all to Speak Up, Speak Out to create a safer, better future.
The theme asks us to think about the rights, responsibility and duty we all have to speak up when we see or hear something which we believe to be wrong. It challenges us to learn about what happens when we don’t speak out and what can happen when we do use our voice.
HMD 2012 looks at how we make a choice when to speak up and considers the dangers in both choosing to speak out and not speaking up and asks us all to speak up against injustice and hatred today.
Using the famous Niemoller poem as an inspiration, the theme asks us to speak up today.
First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Martin Niemoeller
February 2012
08 Feb 12 - 08 Feb 12
Helping your pupils make sense of the world - teaching controversial and sensitive topics
Terrorism, justice, the role of the media, human rights, truth, religion, torture…today’s pupils are growing up in a world where these issues are constantly on the news agenda.
Are you equipped and confident to help your pupils make sense of these issues? Do you know the facts from the fiction? Do you know how to deal with difficult questions? Do you know who might be available to come and speak to your pupils?
This CPD will cover teaching approaches and techniques to enable pupils to engage critically and thoughtfully with the controversial, sensitive and topical issues on the agenda at this time.
Specifically this includes:
• News, propaganda and truth
• Dealing with sensitive, controversial and topical issues
• Using experts and personal experiences in the classroom
• Conspiracy theories and myth busting
• 9/11 and related controversies
At the end of the day, teachers will have the confidence to:
• Facilitate pupil learning and engagement with controversial issues
• Enable pupils to critically evaluate the sources of the information they receive
• Provide pupils with opportunities to explore alternative viewpoints and perspectives
• Tackle myths and controversies in the classroom
Timings
9.30 – 16.30, with tea and coffee from 9.30 – 10.00am
25 Feb 12 - 25 Feb 12
Expressing Citizenship
University of Leeds
ACT is participating in Expressing Citizenship, a project at the University of Leeds with Speakers Corner Trust to develop really excellent Citizenship teaching resources.
There's an opportunity for teachers to participate in developing the resources for teachers across the country.
In brief the project is to help young people develop speaking skills to enable them to engage with community and civic life. The project is working with Bold Creative to develop resources that can support your work so your input at this point is really important. This will be an opportunity for you to discuss your experiences with other teachers and to feed into the development of the educational tool and the teacher guides. I believe that it will be a very useful experience for you to come together with other Citizenship teachers and it will certainly be very useful for teachers across the country.
The meeting will be taking place on Saturday 25th February 11:00 - 13:00 at the University of Leeds. Travel expenses will be covered. ACT thinks that this is a great opportunity! Contact millicent.scott@teachingcitizenship.org.uk to sign up.
For further information Download brief project outline
July 2012
If you teach Citizenship then this is for you! You will find out about all the latest developments in Citizenship education (curriculum news, exam boards, best teaching practice etc) and meet other teachers from across the country.
We've got an exciting programme of workshops with ideas that can be taken straight into your classroom the following day. We'll also have a resources marketplace where you can pick up free teaching resources and find out about what's available.
There will be a good lunch and teaching for you to do all day! This CPD is for everyone teaching Citizenship or responsible for the subject in a primary or secondary school in England.
Details or book your place now at ACT on Eventbrite
