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Extensive coverage of the curriculum for KS3 and KS4 Citizenship

Explore citizenship in depth with comprehensive and varied teaching material, like this detailed animated guide to the history of the EU. With 800 slides in total, Boardworks gives you everything you need to teach Citizenship on your whiteboard.

KS4: Europe – who decides?
KS4: Europe – who decides?
  • Comprises 28 fully interactive presentations, which are closely aligned to both the KS3 and KS4 QCA Schemes of Work.
  • KS4 is suitable for teaching the GCSE (Short Course) in Citizenship Studies.
  • The wealth of material contained in each presentation enables you to explore and teach Citizenship in detail.

Well-organised resources for whatever you’re teaching

Boardworks lessons are coherently structured and enhanced by a wealth of material to stimulate and inspire your students. Typical slides, like this one about the suffragettes’ struggle for the vote, combine the main points for teaching, clearly conveyed, with relevant illustrative material.

KS3: The struggle for the vote
KS3: The struggle for the vote
  • Clearly defined learning objectives at the beginning of each presentation enable you to organise and communicate the aims of the lessons to your class.
  • Accurate diagrams, colourful illustrations and relevant photographs supplement key facts and create variety and interest in lessons.
  • Printable contents guides provide a detailed overview of the content of the product and are a great aid when lesson planning.

Time saving and ready-to-teach

Boardworks lessons are fully prepared and ready-to-teach, saving you and your colleagues valuable preparation time. In this timeline of key dates in the development of Human Rights legislation, complex information is summarised in a fun yet informative way.

KS4: Human rights
KS4: Human rights
  • Interesting and varied activities enhance lessons and motivate your class.
  • Topical case studies, exciting media clips and thought-provoking source material enhance your students’ understanding of important issues.

Inspiringly interactive

Embrace the interactive potential of your whiteboard and explore citizenship in a unique, stimulating and easily recalled way. For example, explore who's who inside a Youth Court using this colourful interactive picture starter.

KS4: Young people and crime
KS4: Young people and crime
  • Introduce your students to important facts, theories and concepts with exciting animations and interactive diagrams.
  • Break down dense and difficult topics using step-by-step simulations, ‘click and reveal’ exercises and timeline activities.
  • Over 250 interactive activities are embedded throughout the lessons.

A wealth of exciting ideas

Encourage class participation and understanding of key topics with visually appealing and engaging activities. In this ‘drag and drop’ exercise, students act as town planners and work within a budget to decide which facilities would be most beneficial for a local area.

KS4: Business and enterprise
KS4: Business and enterprise
  • Motivate your students to explore different aspects of citizenship with original interactive projects and fun games.
  • Spark class discussion about current affairs, topical issues and important debates using voting charts, animated graphs and opinion panel activities.

Easy-to-use, flexible resources

With Boardworks KS3 and KS4 Citizenship, you can easily tailor the resources to the needs of your class. This typical slide about public service funding can be personalised to reflect students' local community, or edited in other ways to suit your own teaching style.

KS3: Leisure and sport in the local community
KS3: Leisure and sport in the local community
  • All lessons are created in PowerPoint for ease of use, versatility and editability.
  • Presentations can be added to and enhanced with your own ideas and resources. Simply delete, amend or add more text to differentiate the materials.
  • Activities can be used flexibly and incorporated into lessons in ways which suit the different learning requirements of your students.

Additional teaching support

Boardworks presentations are complemented by numerous additional resources to enhance your lessons in a multitude of ways. For example, the comprehensive interactive menu systems make it easy to find and select the material you want to teach, and incorporate it into your lesson structure.

Interactive menu system for KS4 Citizenship
Interactive menu system for KS4 Citizenship
  • Real-life case studies encourage empathy and understanding of sensitive issues.
  • Easily identifiable activity slides in each KS4 unit offer suggestions for further research opportunities and individual and group work.
  • Detailed, printable glossaries serve as useful tools for reference.

Engaging summary material

Round up your lessons with interesting and varied plenaries. For example, conclude a lesson on local democracy with this multiple-choice quiz, which assesses students' knowledge and understanding of the topic.

KS3: Local democracy
KS3: Local democracy
  • Motivational summary material helps students to master the subject and facilitates revision.
  • End-of-topic evaluation tasks and multiple choice quizzes underpin understanding of important terms, concepts and issues.