Our impartiality means that you can be confident that, whatever your subject area, using our political literacy resources will allow you to deliver an unbiased and accurate lesson or workshop.
The lesson plans are mapped to the curriculum and can be delivered to KS3/4 learners.
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This six-week scheme of work explores different elements of democracy and politics, including how to register to vote and to what to expect on polling day.
Young people will have the chance to design and implement their own campaign. You can use the full six-week programme, or choose the lessons which suit your group.
The lesson plans can also to be delivered during an off-timetable or drop down day.
Use the 5-15 minute activities in youth groups or form time to start to conversation about democracy. If you don’t normally teach democratic education, you can use the short activities as lesson starters.
This six-week scheme of work explores different elements of democracy and politics, including how to register to vote and to what to expect on polling day.
Young people will have the chance to design and implement their own campaign. You can use the full six-week programme, or choose the lessons which suit your group.
The lesson plans can also to be delivered during an off-timetable or drop down day.
Use the 5-15 minute activities in youth groups or form time to start to conversation about democracy. If you don’t normally teach democratic education, you can use the short activities as lesson starters.
Our impartiality means that you can be confident that, whatever your subject area, using our political literacy resources will allow you to deliver an unbiased and accurate lesson or workshop.
The lesson plans are mapped to the curriculum for S4-6 and wider outcomes, such as Unicef’s Rights Respecting School Awards and Sustainable Development Goals.
Our impartiality means that you can be confident that, whatever your subject area, using our political literacy resources will allow you to deliver an unbiased and accurate lesson or workshop.
This six-week scheme of work explores different elements of democracy and politics, including how to register to vote and to what to expect on polling day.
Young people will have the chance to design and implement their own campaign. You can use the full six-week programme, or choose the lessons which suit your group.
The lesson plans can also to be delivered during an off-timetable or drop down day.
Use the 5-15 minute activities in youth groups or registration time to start to conversation about democracy. If you don’t normally teach democratic education, you can use the short activities as lesson starters.
This six-week scheme of work explores different elements of democracy and politics, including how to register to vote and to what to expect on polling day.
Young people will have the chance to design and implement their own campaign. You can use the full six-week programme, or choose the lessons which suit your group.
The lesson plans can also to be delivered during an off-timetable or drop down day.
Use the 5-15 minute activities in youth groups or form time to start to conversation about democracy. If you don’t normally teach democratic education, you can use the short activities as lesson starters.
Good democracy education for Year 6 learners can be delivered in line with the following evidence-based principles and the associated knowledge, skills and experiences.
The Digital Dialogue: Wales programme offers free teacher CPD, three hours of teaching resources and online engagements with local and national politicians.
Funded by the Welsh Government, and designed to support the new curriculum, the programme brings together students and their local politicians through video conferencing, building understanding and relationships on both sides that will lead to real and tangible changes in their communities.
We have partnered with the Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) to create a series of teacher training videos to support you to deliver our six lesson plans to your students.
