Three-Year Course Planner

Edexcel GCSE Citizenship

Three-year course planner

This three-yearcourse planner is based on a similar number of guided learning hours as the two-year version, but recognising that many colleagues may need to deliver the course over a three-year period and start in Year 9. As such,Theme E ‘Taking Citizenship Action’ has been placed towards the end of Year 10 where students will have developed their understanding of Citizenship and be able to address their chosen option with greater maturity. One lesson of Theme D ‘Power and influence’ is structured before this, to allow students to consider different options that citizens can take to influence and make a difference, which should set them up for their action.

Date w/b / Week / Lesson overview
Autumn term 2016, start of Year 9
Theme A: Living together in the UK
5 Sept / Week 1 / Introduction to the course
12 Sept / Week 2 / What is a community?
Theme A3
19 Sept / Week 3 / A melting pot?
Theme A1
26 Sept / Week 4 / Religious understanding
Theme A3
3 Oct / Week 5 / Changing patterns
Theme A1
10 Oct / Week 6 / Study changing patterns locally
Theme A1
17 Oct / Week 7 / Migration – why does it happen? (Economic refugees/asylum seekers)
Theme A2
Half-term
24 Oct / Week 8 / Migration – advantages/disadvantages
Theme A2
7 Nov / Week 9 / What is identity? Identity in the UK
Theme A4
14 Nov / Week 10 / What is respect? Introduction to human rights
Themes A3, A5
21 Nov / Week 11 / How did human rights begin?
Theme A6
28 Nov / Week 12 / Human rights in the community/equality and discrimination
Theme A3
5 Dec / Week 13 / How can we develop community cohesion?
Theme A3
12 Dec / Week 14 / Can human rights conflict with each other?
Theme A5
Christmas break followed by Spring term
2 Jan 2017 / Week 15 / The difference between legal and moral rights
Theme A5
9 Jan / Week 16 / Political rights
Theme A5
16 Jan / Week 17 / Should we scrap the Human Rights Act?
Theme A6
23 Jan / Week 18 / Rights in the workplace
Theme A5, D2
30 Jan / Week 19 / Rights and duties of citizens/rule of law
Theme A5, C2
6 Feb / Week 20 / Who represents us?
Theme A7
13 Feb / Week 21 / Exam technique practice
Half-term
27 Feb / Week 22 / How does the council work?
Theme A7
6 March / Week 23 / What does the council do?
Theme A8
13 March / Week 24 / Identifying local problems/solutions
Theme A8
20 March / Week 25 / Presentations and Q&A with local councillor
Theme A7, A8
27 March / Week 26 / Review and breathing space
3 Apr / Week 27 / End-of-module internal assessment
Easter break followed by Summer term
24 Apr / Week 28 / End-of-module internal assessment feedback and peer-marking
Theme B: Democracy at work in the UK
1 May / Week 29 / Getting elected – how does it work?
Theme B1
8 May / Week 30 / Does every vote actually count?
Themes B1, B2
15 May / Week 31 / Who shall I vote for?
Theme B1
22 May / Week 32 / Class mock-election preparation
Themes B1, B2
Half-term
5 June / Week 33 / Class mock election and count
Themes B1, B2
12 June / Week 34 / Getting into power
Theme B3
19 June / Week 35 / Forming a government
Theme B3
26 June / Week 36 / Exam technique practice
3 July / Week 37 / How are laws made?
Themes B5, B6
10 July / Week 38 / Westminster –does it need reforming?
Theme B4
17 July / Week 39 / Preparation for visit by Peers in Schools Programme or local MP
Themes B4, B5, B6
Start of summer break, end of Year 9/start of Year 10
4 Sept / Week 40 / Q&A session led by Peers in Schools Programme or local MP
Themes B4, B5, B6
11 Sept / Week 41 / Apart or together? The United Kingdom
Theme B7
18 Sept / Week 42 / How are we governed?
Theme B3
25 Sept / Week 43 / Balancing the budget (lesson 1)
Theme B8
2 Oct / Week 44 / Balancing the budget (lesson 2)
Theme B8
9 Oct / Week 45 / Review and breathing space
16 Oct / Week 46 / End-of-module internal assessment
23 Oct / Week 47 / End-of-module internal assessment and peer-marking feedback
Half-term
Theme C: Law and Justice
7 Nov / Week 48 / What is the point of law?
Theme C1
14 Nov / Week 49 / What is the law?
Theme C2
21 Nov / Week 50 / Criminal and civil law: what’s the difference?
Theme C3
28 Nov / Week 51 / Who puts the law into practice?
Theme C4
5 Dec / Week 52 / Criminal courts: how do they work and what are their functions?
Theme C5
12 Dec / Week 53 / How are civil disputes solved?
Theme C5
19 Dec / Week 54 / What sort of sentence?
Theme C8
Christmas break followed by Spring term
8 Jan 2018 / Week 55 / Court role-play preparation
Theme C8
15 Jan / Week 56 / Court role-play presentation
Theme C8
22 Jan / Week 57 / Q&A with Magistrates in the Community
Theme C4
29 Jan / Week 58 / Young people and the justice system
Theme C6
5 Jan / Week 59 / What’s happening to crime?
Themes C4, C5, C7
12 Feb / Week 60 / Prepare group presentations ahead of the PCC’s visit on how best to reduce youth crime
Themes C1, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8
Half-term
26 Feb / Week 61 / Q&A with local Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) presenting ideas about reducing crime
Themes C1, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8
5 Mar / Week 62 / The law: a citizen’s rights and responsibilities
Theme C2
12 Mar / Week 63 / Review and breathing space
Theme D: Power and influence (Part 1)
19 Mar / Week 64 / How to contribute and have influence in a democratic society?
Theme D1
Theme E: Taking Citizenship Action
26 Mar / Week 65 / Stage 1: Identify issue, form a team and carry out initial research
2 Apr / Week 66
Easter break followed by Summer term
23 Apr / Week 67 / Stage 2: Carry out primary research (surveys, write letters, etc.)
30 Apr / Week 68
7 May / Week 69 / Stage 3: Review research and analyse different viewpoints held
14 May / Week 70
21 May / Week 71 / Stage 4: Plan action
Half-term
28 May / Week 72 / Stage 5: Carry out action
5 June / Week 73
11 June / Week 74 / Stage 6: Evaluate
18 June / Week 75
25 June / Week 76 / Review and breathing space
2 July / Week 77
9 July / Week 78 / How best to write about your project in the exam?
Summer break/end of Year 10, start of Year 11
Theme D: Power and influence (Part 2)
2 Sept / Week 79 / Having your say in other parts of the world: comparing democracies and dictatorships
Theme D1
9 Sept / Week 80 / Group presentations: case studies of individual democracies and dictatorships
Theme D1
16 Sept / Week 81 / What is the media and what is its role in society?
Theme D3
23 Sept / Week 82 / Why should the press be free?
Theme D3
30 Oct / Week 83 / Sampling media, telling fact from opinion exercise
Theme D4
7 Oct / Week 84 / Is the media honest and truthful, and how is it regulated?
Theme D4
14 Oct / Week 85 / Exam technique practice
21 Oct / Week 86 / Does the media just report or shape public opinion?
Theme D5
Half-term
4 Nov / Week 87 / What does the EU do (and how is it different fromthe Council of Europe)?
Theme D6
11 Nov / Week 88 / Benefits of EU membership and what its critics say
Theme D6
18 Nov / Week 89 / EU simulation exercise,Part 1
Theme D6
25 Nov / Week 90 / EU simulation exercise,Part 2
Theme D6
2 Dec / Week 91 / Q&A with an MEP
Theme D6
9 Dec / Week 92 / The UK’s membership of the UN –is it an effective tool to end disagreements and conflicts?
Themes D7, D8
16 Dec / Week 93 / Review and breathing space
Christmas break followed by Spring term
6 Jan 2019 / Week 94 / Revision and Y11 mock exams
13 Jan / Week 95 / Revision and Y11 mock exams
20 Jan / Week 96 / Review of mock exam paper and exam technique
27 Jan / Week 96 / Model UN role-play preparation
3 Jan / Week 98 / Model UN role-play
10 Feb / Week 99 / Is there still a point to the Commonwealth?
Themes D7
24 Feb / Week 100 / Are NATO and the World Trade Organisation a force for good in the world?
Theme D8
2 Mar / Week 101 / Working together: case-study research on the work of international development organisations (NGOs)
Theme D8
Half-term
16 Mar / Week 102 / Revision
23 Mar / Week 103 / Revision
30 Mar / Week 104 / Revision
6 Apr / Week 105 / Revision
Easter break followed by Summer examinations
27 Apr / Week 106 / Revision
4 May / Week 107 / Revision
11 May / Week 108 / Revision
18 May / Week 109 / Revision
25 May / Week 110 / Revision