Exam Board: Edexcel Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1 Citizenship Studies First teaching: September 2023 First exams: June 2024 Endorsed by Edexcel and approved by the Association for Citizenship Teaching to receive their Quality Mark. Citizenship Today continues to offer all the knowledge students require to do well and has been fully updated to reflect the DfE’s new content requirements for GCSE Citizenship Studies, including the UK’s departure from the European Union. This revised fourth edition of the bestselling title builds on the strengths of the first three editions, and includes up-to-date data. It combines clear coverage of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Citizenship specification with an engaging, student-focused approach. It is designed to help students become an active and engaged citizens, with thought-provoking case studies included throughout. The Student’s Book helps to: develop the skills and understanding required for the 2023 onwards Edexcel (9-1) specification engage with contemporary topics, issues and research builds confidence for the new assessment, with practice questions and annotated student answers at the end of each chapter. The Citizenship Today Student’s Book is accompanied by a Teacher’s File that provides detailed lesson plans, worksheets and assessment-preparation resources to support non-specialist teachers.

The Citizenship curriculum aims to help young people to participate more fully in society through the development of a range of relevant skills and knowledge. This book shows how a variety of teaching strategies can be used to teach citizenship skills across a range of curriculum subjects as well as in Citizenship lessons themselves. Topics covered include: developing discussion thinking through debate addressing controversial issues investigating citizenship learning through role play working in groups learning with simulations participation. A lively and practical book which will be invaluable to student teachers and their trainers, Citizenship co-ordinators in schools and advisors across the country. It combines issues of pedagogy with real classroom experiences and demonstrates just how students learn from different teaching strategies.

The Citizenship curriculum aims to help young people to participate more fully in society through the development of a range of relevant skills and knowledge. This book shows how a variety of teaching strategies can be used to teach citizenship skills across a range of curriculum subjects as well as in Citizenship lessons themselves. Topics covered include:

• developing discussion
• thinking through debate
• addressing controversial issues
• investigating citizenship
• learning through role play
• working in groups
• learning with simulations
• participation.

A lively and practical book which will be invaluable to student teachers and their trainers, Citizenship co-ordinators in schools and advisors across the country. It combines issues of pedagogy with real classroom experiences and demonstrates just how students learn from different teaching strategies.

This study guide, endorsed by the Home Office, is designed to accompany "Life in the United Kingdom: A Guide for New Residents" (3rd edition 2013, ISBN 9780113413409), the official handbook which covers all the questions that may be asked in the citizenship test (valid for tests taken from 25 March 2013). Chapter 1 provides general information about the Life in the UK test. Chapters 2 to 6 consist mainly of practice questions (each chapter has the same number as the relevant chapter in the main publication). Also included are a full ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) entry 3 level reading self-assessment test and additional sources of information.

Citizenship Today continues to offer all the knowledge students require to do well and will now focus on the exam, combining advice and practice questions to ensure success. The third edition of this best -selling title builds on the strengths of the first two. It continues to combine clear coverage of the Edexcel specification with an engaging, student-focused approach. Now fully extended to cover the full course GCSE it provides invaluable and extensive guidance on how to tackle the Citizenship Activity and Citizenship Campaign, as well as the written exam paper: providing exam questions at the end of every section for student practice. Citizenship Today is accompanied by a Teacher's File that provides detailed guidance and resources to support non-specialist teachers.

Citizenship Today for Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Citizenship Studies offers all the knowledge students require to do well and combining thorough course coverage with skills-building practice questions to support exam preparation. The fourth edition of this bestselling course combines clear coverage of the 2016 Edexcel GCSE (9-1) specification with an engaging approach. It is designed to motivate your students to become active and engaged citizens and to help you prepare them for examination success. This Teacher's Guide suggests ways to teach and add depth to every topic in the Student Book, with a focus on exam preparation. Save time on planning with a full two-year scheme of work. Pick up and teach each double-page topic in the Student Book with clearly structured lesson plans as well as prompts for discussion, homework activities, suggested answers and web links for students to explore further. Activities to suit a range of learning styles include traditional extended writing tasks alongside quizzes, crosswords, storyboards and whole-class competitions. Support and stretch all your learners with ready-made worksheets and 'Extra challenge' activities in each lesson plan. Check progress and build confidence for the examinations with regular short-answer tests and longer practice questions and mark schemes. Adapt the resources to the needs of your classes with the editable Word files on the CD-ROM.