Political processes
Knowledge and understanding of political processes and how individuals can make an effective political contribution.
Websites with practical activities
BBC Scotland Education - Citizenship: Using Democracy
Games and activities looking at laws, making decisions and democracy for young people aged 10-12.
BBC Scotland Education - Citizen X
Online activities for ages 11-14 covering rights and responsibilities, community action, crime and global community amongst others. Excellent lesson plans and materials to help pupils understand how Westminster and elections work - see in particular the lesson plan on Government and Parliament.
Explore Parliament
UK Parliament's education website aimed at young people, which has everything you could ever want to know about the Parliament. The website can be a bit tricky to find your way around but good explanations of how Parliament works.
Government and Parliament
Directgov
Details of government information and services. Advice and information on how the UK is governed and the public services you can access online. Interesting features and broadcast archive which includes Prime Minister's Questions, the Budget and the Queen's Speech.
Scottish Parliament Education Service
Works with young people, teachers and those interested in learning about the Parliament. Lots of excellent education packs, activities and worksheets which are tied into the Scottish curriculum including People in Society and Modern Studies.
Organisations
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
UK organisation which aims to prevent and resolve problems between employers and their workforces and which provides impartial information and advice.
Hansard Society
Independent, non-partisan, educational charity which promotes effective parliamentary democracy. It has a citizenship education programme for young people and lots of good information on parliament, government and e-democracy.
It must be emphasised that inclusion of these web links does not in any way represent endorsement by Learning and Teaching Scotland, nor are we responsible for the content of external websites.