Global citizenship brings together education for citizenship, international education and sustainable development education and recognises the common outcomes and principles of these three areas. All curriculum areas can contribute to developing the skills, attributes and knowledge that will create active global citizens.
Visit the Education Scotland pages on:
Aged 12 and overA variety of resources to support young people aged 12 and over to know and understand their rights.
Me and My Rights
Me and My Community
Me and My Learning
Me at Home
Me and My Scotland
How Much Do You Know
Improtate
Diary
Whole Group Role Play
Problem Page
Vox Pop
The Rights Factor
Newspaper Front Cover & Article
Monologue & Character Hot-seating
Campaign
Storyboard and Film-making
Aged 11 and underA variety of resources to support children under 11 years old to know and understand their rights. Continue reading Rights Resource Pack
The Commissioner and his team produce lots of reports and documents on issues that are important to children and young people in Scotland.
Some of the most useful can be found below. Get in touch if you are looking for help or information that you can’t find here.
The Commissioner has made a leaflet to help children and young people discover what he does and how he can help them. Find out more.
The Scottish Youth Parliament is the democratically elected voice of Scotland’s young people. We are a young people’s parliament, designed by young people and led by young people for the benefit of young people. We are committed to ensuring young people are heard by the decision makers of Scotland and we are determined to campaign on the issues which matter most to Scotland’s youth.
Visit the SYP website for uptodate information, campaigns, events and resources.
Me + Us engages children in an exploration of what makes them unique and what connects them to others. Though their personal and group investigation children document their cultural identity, heritage and discover the meaning and experience of sectarianism in Scotland’s communities. Children work together to explore how we might make Scotland an inclusive nation; the best place to grow up. Every child produces a portrait and artist statement which reveals to their audience of peers and adults who they are.
For the past few months children in 6 Local Investigation Teams have been working on their Me + Us project. Check out the map below to see where the teams are based. Examples of their work can be seen in the Me + Us GALLERY
At the beginning of Me + Us workshops, the children shared their initial thoughts by interviewing each other for this video.
You are invited to use this pack to facilitate your own Me + Us project. Click on the Arrows to open panels where you can download the different PDF parts of the Resource Pack.
Children’s Parliament gives children the opportunity to voice their ideas, thoughts and feelings so that their concerns and opinions can be listened to and included in our social and political landscape.
Visit the Children’s Parliament website.
View Children’s Parliament’s ‘Seen+Heard’ brochure.
Email: info@childrensparliament.org.uk | Tel: 0131 558 9030
Huge resource to support local practitioners, policy makers, managers and strategists develop their understanding of children’s rights and how to adopt a children’s rights perspective to their work.
Full training presentations with guidance for CYP, professionals from many multi-agency partners, parents and elected members.
Particularly useful for secondary schools working towards the Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA), this resource encourages young people to think about the nature of human rights and some of the dilemmas that may arise. The approach provides structures for teaching skills about thinking and forming opinions, as well as speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Based on Article 27 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the right to a decent standard of living, this resource encourages young people to explore global citizenship and economic well-being. Topical issues relating to money will help young people make choices that are both financially and economically sound. Case studies bring a global perspective. Just Living is relevant to many secondary-level curriculum areas, especially the Economic Well-being and Financial Capability strands of PSHE.
Website inlcudes notes, powerpoints, videos and resources.
