Citizenship Lesson Plans / KS4 - Active Citizenship - 6 lessons / Active Citizenship Lesson Plan 2 - Investigating the Range of Citizenship Activities

Connect the Learning

Reflect upon the previous lesson which explored the meaning of active citizenship.

The Big Picture

This lesson looks at the range of activities that could be undertaken in a community involvement project.

Learning Outcomes

To understand through guided research the range of activities that could be undertaken in a community involvement project.
To understand the role and potential value of external organisations in community involvement projects.

Introduction

Students complete the word association game, either as a whole group on a whiteboard or in groups using the worksheets provided. This could be concluded by a brief discussion about what they have found so far.

Activity

Individually or in small groups, students then use the activity ‘Investigating the range of active citizenship activities’, using their workbook sheets to record their thoughts and to establish whether each type of activity would interest them. They are then asked to record the advantages and disadvantages of working with organisations.