Citizenship
Work with education staff in museums to think about using museum collections to create resources that will focus on developing the two skill strands.
- Examine museums' collections to see how they can be linked to current events and real life issues.
- Look at some of the websites below and think about how you might use a local museum's resources to support the Citizenship Curriculum.
- Consider how the Citizenship Curriculum might link to another Curriculum subject such as History or Science.
Downloads
Museums Libraries and Archives North West for a publication Citizenship: A guide to developing resources for schools (PDF, 1.03 MB).
Museums Libraries and Archives London for Exploring Citizenship:A directory of Resources for teachers of Key Stages 1-4 (PDF, 1.27 MB).
Shadow Puppets (Brighton Museums and Galleries. Word DOC, 80Kb).
Useful Websites
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Museums, Libraries and Archives South East (MLA South East) case study The Citizen's Toolkit (Winchester's Military Museums).
Pitt Rivers Museum have a Clues and Questions workshop which links Key Stage 2 History and Citizenship. The art of recycling Key Stage 1 + 2 links Science and Citizenship.
The British Legion have a Citizenship pack for schools.