Citizenship and History

Welcome to this on-line self supported self-study UNIT on History and Citizenship Education. While the UNIT is designed for supported self-study we hope that you will work with a school mentor, and if available, a university tutor [Expert Learning Fellow or ELF].  

This Citizenship and History Education UNIT introduces History/Citizenship Education as a natural, central and integral element of the primary curriculum.

Overview

The History & Citizenship Education E-CPD Unit’s Five Sections

Summary of the units sections

Citizenship and history education: Portfolio, accreditation & second Masters module

Needs Analysis

The Reflective Diary

1. Section 1: History Education, Citizenship Education & Identity: Scepticism

1.1 Citizenship & the Curriculum

1.2 A central role for History in Citizenship education

1.3 Reflection and Review

1.4 Additional Reading & Information

2. Into the classroom

2.1 High Quality teaching and learning

2.2 A contemporary history curriculum

2.3 Planning a lesson

2.4 Early Years Pupil Understanding Of Their World's

2.5 Beliefs and Values

2.6 Additional Reading & Information

3. Role play: Drama and simulation

3.1 An introduction to role-play

3.2 History role play

3.3 Citizenship and the Viking Valley Simulation

3.4 Planning A Whole Class In-Tray [newsflash] Simulation

3.5 Additional Reading & Information

4. The environment, family & home, school, community & the locality

4.1 Primary History, The Curriculum and Citizenship: 2010+

4.2 Early Years, Family and Home

4.3 Migration, Immigration, Settlement and Social Transition

4.4 Community & the Locality

4.5 Local History & Children's Voices

4.6 Teaching Ideas and Approaches

4.7 A Scheme of work

4.8 Into the classroom

4.9 Additional Reading & Information

5. Teaching emotive and controversial issues and developing pupils' understanding

5.1 Introduction

5.2 ‘Cases': Developing pupil understanding

5.3 Developing Concepts

5.4 Conceptual Understanding: Slavery, Racism, Fairness and Justice: Museums and Classroom: Cases

5.5 Citizenship Education and Terrorism

5.6 Teaching and Emotional and Controversial Issue

5.7 A Presentation

5.8 Additional Reading & Information