PSHE & Citizenship Resource List - KS3 And 4

PSHE & Citizenship Resource List

KS3 and 4

Activate! Jim Hudson, et al Institute for Citizenship is a comprehensive range of resources for KS 3 includes assessment, differentiation and links with key skills.

ISBN 0-7487-6019-9

Bullying at School, Andrew Mellor, The Scottish Council for Research in Education, ISBN 1 860030 35 1, a booklet for parents provides up-to date information and advice and describes what families should look out for and what they can do to get help.

Citizenship, Andy Collins et al, Letts is a GCSE Short Course Resoure Pack covering advice on setting up a programme, INSET and student’s logbook. ISBN 1-84085-701-3

Citizenship 11-16, TACADE, is a very useful teacher’s resource with manageable and motivating lesson ideas and well researched background material.

Citizenship Resource pack, Duncan Watts, LCP, provides a wide range of activities to suit different teachers’ approaches for Years 7 – 11.

Citizenship today, Chris Culshaw et al, Collins supports the Edexcel GCSE Short Course. Very practical teacher’s book has a CD. ISBN 0-00-71364-9

Consuming Passions, National Consumer Council et al is a well researched and up to date KS 4 teaching resource for exploring the consumer strand of Citizenship

Drinking, the facts about alcohol and you! Matthew Wyman, Hodder Children’s Books Wise Guide series ISBN 0-340-81805-0 provides easily accessible factual advice.

Drug Education, ASDAN for pupils with SEN supplies a range of pupil modules written in a straightforward manner on cards. Teacher notes are provided but do not include information on drugs. Pupils are encouraged to be interactive and reflective.

Economic Citizenship, NatWest et al up to date and comprehensive this provides sound -KS 4 lesson plans covering business, ethics, credit, loans, recession etc

Emotional Literacy for Key Stages 3 and 4 Betty Rudd Lucky Duck

ISBN 1 90431 509 7 deals with teenage issues in building up emotional strengths

Fairworld Cookbook, OXFAM ISBN 0 304 34944 5 presents mouth watering recipes from around the world with gorgeous illustrations.

Freedom! Human Rights Education Pack, eds Amnesty International, Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0 –340-73058-7 explores basic human rights through up-to-date stories, background material and activities. It makes excellent cross-curricular connections.

Games Games Games, The Woodcraft Folk ISBN 1 873695 03 0 is an updated version of the popular, practical resource for organising a wide range of super games.

GCSE Citizenship Studies Coursework Guide, Richard Davison et al, Collins specifically covers practical, participative requirements. ISBN 1-84303-289-9

Girlpower – how far does it go? Jo Adams, Sheffield Centre for HIV and Sexual Health, ISBN 0-9531898-0-5 provides sound insights and overviews from very experienced practitioners plus many motivating exercises including self-esteem, assertiveness, rights and sexual health.

Good Thinking series Ted Huddlestone and Don Rowe, Citizenship Foundation ISBN

0-237-52167-9 covers justice, rights and responsibilities etc. Very teacher friendly.

Human Relationship skills, Richard Nelson-Jones, Cassell, ISBN 0-304-31963-7 is highly insightful, informative and challenging and deserves to be read widely.

Let’s hear it for the boys! Eds Gill Lenderyou and Caroline Ray, National Children’s Bureau is an important teacher’s handbook for understanding and addressing the needs of boys and young men.

Let’s talk about sex and relationships, Hansa Patel-Kanwal and Gill Frances Lenderyou Sex Education Forum, ISBN 1-900990-36-9 gives clear guidance for young people in public care for foster carers and professionals.

Let’s talk relationships… Vanessa Rogers, Youth Work Press

ISBN 0-86155-236-9 offers rich, varied and easy to follow range of PSHE activities to encourage young people to talk about sensitive issues and take responsibility.

Out of Order Andrew Peters, Evans ISBN 0-237-52316-7 is an illustrated, humorous and thought provoking collection of poetry covering bullying, falling in and out of love, being drunk, being homeless and more. To be used at teacher’s discretion.

PSHE & Citizenship for KS 3, Jackie Hill et al, Evans ISBN 0237-52631-X provides a range of flexible teaching materials to support the PSHE and Citizenship frameworks. Aimed at active involvement by pupils.

Rollercoaster, Rotherham Education Authority is a game designed to explain some of the physical and emotional changes that happen at puberty. Includes naming of parts, changes, growing up and menstruation. Recommended for years 5 – 8 dependent on your School’s SRE policy.

Sex and Relationships Education, ASDAN for pupils with SEN provides teacher notes and activities for pupils published in the form of separate modules. It covers the key issues and provides a range of valuable tasks that are motivating for pupils. Many pupils will be able to access the cards independently. The teacher notes do not include information on contraception and STIs.

Sex and Sexuality, Franklin Watts, ISBN 0 7496 2457 4 is for pupils themselves to read and look at photos and cartoon strip style stories about body changes, developing relationships and different sexualities. Sensitively and well addressed – good for a school library.

The Anti-Bullying Handbook, Keith Sullivan, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 558388 4 is a valuable teachers’ resource for understanding bullying and considering ways to prevent it. Keith Sullivan has a long and proven track record in this field and the book reflects his skills.

Trust me, MultiMedia, Education and Training Production a high impact 35 minute video backed with a full script and excellent teacher’s manual. Through exploring a young couple’s sex and relationship issues it addresses unplanned teenage pregnancy issues by looking at emotional, social and legal implications from both a male and female perspective.

The PeerAid Book, The IBIS Trust and CSV Education for Citizenship ISBN 0 907829 74 0 This collection of three books (Project Pofiles, A Toolkit, Ways and Means) provides a stimulating resource for peer education projects. Many varied case studies, games and activities to promote personal and social skills and descriptions of pupils’ input on addressing sex and relationships education, anti-bullying, drug awareness and behaviour.

President for a day, Creative Teaching Supplies is a computer game that helps pupils to discover the issues and solutions surrounding global issues. The player becomes the fictional president and interacts with a variety of advisers. It’s fun well as being very useful in RE, Geography and Citizenship lessons.

Purple Ronnie's little books on Boyfriends, Girls etc- small, fun humorous with a light touch - needs to suit your school's approach. Boxtree

Stress, Anita Naik, Wise Guides Hodder Childrend,s ISBN 0-34—78776-7, is easy to read with cartoon drawings and provides reliable advice and support.

Talking rights: taking responsibility UNICEF Simply written and straightforward information with many ideas for activities, that pupils like.

Understanding Citizenship, Tony Thorpe, Citizenship Foundation is a KS 3 course featuring topical case studies and interesting activiites. ISBN 0-340-78077-0

Values in Action, Christian Aid is a thin but highly useful RE pack of coloured posters, teachers’ notes and worksheets focusing on three different people: an Indian Hindu woman, a Jamaican Rastafarian woman and a Ghanaian Christian man.

Workmatters, UNISON et al provides an up to date and comprehensive KS 4 resource for exploring the employment strand of Citizenship

Your Life, John Foster, Collins is a practical and progressive course with teacher’s and pupil’s resources covering PSHE & C at KS 3. ISBN 0-00-327354-7

Your future, John Foster and Diane Craven, Collins is a series of pupil and teacher resources for teaching PSHE for 14-16 year olds and follows on from the popular Your Life series.

Set of five SRE booklets from the Family Planning Association: Love S.T.I.N.G.S, 4 Boys, 4 Girls, Is everybody doing it and Abortion. These small, colourful booklets are highly recommended for pupils.

Four books specifically written for teenagers and illustrated with black and white line drawings and cartoons:

Bliss, The Smart Girl’s Guide to Sex, Kerry Parnell, Piccadilly Press is a collection of short and informative answers to questions that teenagers ask. The approach is direct and easy to read and also dispels lots of the myths e.g. you can’t get pregnant if you are on the pill. Young people really like this book, just ensure it is in line with a school’s SRE policy.

Eating, improve your body image, Anita Naik, Hodder Headline with Susie Orbach as consultant. Another book that appeals to young people as it is written in a short, snappy magazine-style but does not withhold important messages such as those concerning for example bulimia and compulsive eating and how to support or be supported.

Don’t give me grief, Elaine Sishton and Charlotte Russell, John Hunt Publishing,explains the basics of why we feel as we do in reaction to grief, loss and change. It covers confrontations, coping with endings, feeling different, physical changes and lots more.

Stress City! Same authors and publisher as above. This book outlines the causes and symptoms of stress and provides potted, but very useful advice on how to cope.

Miscellaneous resources

Cards

Strength Cards, St Luke’s Innovative Resources with gentle humorous pictures of animals illustrating strengths such as organised, competent, determined and 45 others encourage pupils to recognise, name and talk about their many strong points.

Games

Alcohol dilemmas, Healthwise, is a card game that gives information about alcohol and allows pupils ways of exploring the options in a wide range of alcohol related situations. Highly rated in local schools by pupils and teachers.

Videos

Alcohol in the dock, Alpha Films is a 20 minute video aimed to encourage discussion about alcohol. Produced by young people it considers health implications, the law, a publican’s viewpoints and finally the opinions of secondary school pupils. A reasonable resource for opening a debate.

Bully for You, Athena Information Management for secondary schools this is a good video with up-to-date scenarios of bullying situations in schools followed by young peoples' discussions. Short teacher's manual is useful.

Colour blind DfES Children & Young People's Unit provides a 20 minute series of interviews and comments on being British, Citizenship and racism. Includes input from Meera Syal, the Dreem Teem and John Denham, then Labour Minister for Young People.

Sound facilitator's pack with motivating exercises. Recommended.

Dead drunk, BBC is a hard hitting, poignant story about a teenager Jay and the effect of alcohol on his life and that of his mother and his friend. Accompanied by a CD with supporting information.

Grief in the family, Leeds Animation Workshop looks at the ways children and young people respond to grief and what adults can do. Gentle, effective and straightforward.

The video and booklet are for adults working with bereaved families and children.

HIV Risky business, Children with AIDS Chairty provides an excellent short video on various individuals who might have AIDS and the main issues. Tel: 020 7233 5966

Lifeschool, BBC, is a series of four programmes on SRE looking at sex from the point of view of young people. Recommended for 14 - 16 year olds it is ively and up to date but schools will want to ascertain that all is in line with their school’s SRE policies.

Sex Education, BBC covers research into teenagers’ attitudes to sex, STIs and body images with young people talking freely about their feelings and experiences. It contains much that is stimulating and worthwhile and schools will want to ascertain that all the material is in line with their school’s SRE policies.

Talking about Race, Channel Four engages a group of young people from different cultures who spend a weekend together in Cambridge to discuss race, culture and identity. Excellent material for stimulating class discussions.

The A-Z of Love and Sex, Channel 4 Learning, cover diverse aspects of SRE in very upfront and straightforward ways directly allowing young people to speak for themselves. Accompanied by a resource book and notes. Valuable for promoting discussions. Schools will want to ascertain it is in line with their school’s SRE policies.

The Gap, Young Voice and Arc Theatre Company convincingly shows parents of South Asian and European origin and their teenage children grappling with differing views on 21st century jobs. An excellent resource for looking at family relationships and parenting skills. Accompanied by useful teacher's handbook.

Turning Points, BBC, covers a wide spectrum of SRE issues such as body image, first sexual encounter and STIs for ll- 14 year olds and emphasises where to go for information and advice. Again check it is in line with school's policy.

SEN videos

The Lyric, First Field, has been developed by SPOD to help teachers provide support for 14-18 year old disabled young people. The video is a lively documentary addressing self image, sexuality, relationships, sex. Frank and honest interviews with young people who have disabilities. Very good teacher pack full of activities.

Equal opportunities

Go for it! Centre for Education and Industry and DfEE is an up-to-date resource pack for work experience preparation which offers a superb collection of workshop ideas with motivating cast studies, photographs, role plays etc.

Safe for all, Stonewall provides extremely sound and pragmatic new guidance for challenging homophobic behaviour and language. It recognises schools’ independence and provides appropriate teaching strategies and methods at different key stages.

What’s stopping you? Equal Opportunities Commission is an excellent pack of materials giving schools ideas and strategies to help staff and pupils challenge stereotyping.

Background documents

A Teacher's Guide to Anger Management, Paul Blum, Routledge looks at this problem and gives teachers ways of addressing it in practical terms giving advice on both short term and longer term interventions. ISBN 0-415-23198-1

Fixing It? Young people, drugs and disadvantage, Margaret Melrose, Russell House Publishing makes the connections between drug use and social and emotional deprivation with lucid descriptions of how life experiences can affect young people's consumption of drugs including volatile substances. ISBN 1-898924-79-1

Health needs of school age children , Zarrina Kurtz and Rosemary Thornes, funded by DfEE and the Dept of Health under the Healthy Schools Programme. This study reports their findings into key health areas of pupils including smoking, depression, risky behaviour, diet, STIs drinking alcohol, emotional health. It is based on interviews with parents/carers, school staff and pupils.