Resources

We offer a number of different resources to help teachers develop skills of democratic participation.

Skills for Democracy

This pack is designed to help young people explore and evaluate the skills that they need to participate in democracy. The skills covered, which were short-listed after consultation with 250 young people, are:

• Communication
• Decision making
• Meeting
• Compromise
• Debate

Students develop the skills through classroom activities on 6 topics related to democracy: Fairtrade, The Perfect Candidate, The Voluntary Sector, Non-Formal Democracy, The Role of the Media and Devolution. Each activity comprises a lesson plan, a topic information sheet, a skills sheet and any worksheets that may be required. Also included are self-assessment sheets, which use the image of the Greek Parthenon with skills marked on the pillars.

The pack is available free through Citizenship Today, our online membership system. Alternatively, hard copies cost £10 in one language (English or Welsh) or £15 in both languages.