December 2024 Citizenship subject update

Resources

Citizenship in the News

'Citizenship Studies in the News’ aims to stimulate discussion for GCSE Citizenship Studies by considering contemporary issues and their relevance to our lives.

We have compiled a range of current news articles* and linked these to the key questions, explored in themes A-D of the specification. You may wish to investigate and integrate into your teaching practice to help contextualise key issues and bring the subject to life!

Edition 11 includes the following articles:

• Theme A: "Michael Obafemi: Man sentenced for sending racist tweet" and "Haverfordwest councillor's alleged slave comments investigated"- Both articles come from The BBC
• Theme B: ‘"Labour wants tax rises to fall on the ‘broadest shoulders”. – written by Rafael Behr from The Guardian
• Theme C: "Call for biscuit and cake ban to protect children from sugar"- By Neil Shaw Assistant Editor for SurreyLive
• Theme D: "Ukraine war latest: 'Insane' if West gives Ukraine nuclear weapons, says Russia" - Published on Sky News

Citizenship Studies in the News (edition 11)

Update to Exam Question Overviews

We have updated the Exam Question Overview documents to include 2024 past questions for each section.
These provide an overview of the different questions asked on each section over the qualification cycle so you can see how a topic has been assessed in different ways.
*You will need your Edexcel Online login to access these as it includes the most recent exam materials.

Paper 1 Section A

Paper 1 Section B

Paper 1 Section C

Paper 1 Section D

Paper 2 Section A 

Paper 2 Section B 

Paper 2 Section C
 

Enrichment opportunities

Young Citizens: Big Legal Lesson

Young Citizens support teachers in running lessons and activities to improve student understanding about law. Every year, they run a range of activities known as the 'Big Legal Lesson'. This will run in February 2025. 
They provide materials to support taster activities, assemblies, lesson plans and media support packs.
To read more about the 'Big Legal Lesson' click the link below: 

The Big Legal Lesson - Young Citizens

ACT membership

Earn a free School & College membership by involving your 16-19yos in ACT research!

Have your 16-19-year-olds complete a quick 15-minute survey to help ACT understand the impact of Citizenship education on democratic engagement before 20th December, and get discounts of up to 100% on School and College membership!  Students just need to mention your school/college at the end of the survey to qualify.

20-30 responses = 25% off / 30-60 responses = 50% off / 60+ responses = 100% off 

For more information and supporting resources click the link below: 

Earn a free School & College membership