Year 8 Local & Global Citizenship - Ready to Teach Resource
Complete Year 8 Local & Global Citizenship Programme – Full Term (16 Lessons)
This comprehensive, ready-to-teach Year 8 Local & Global Citizenship programme provides a full term of expertly structured lessons covering Human Rights, Children’s Rights, Identity, Diversity, Prejudice, Discrimination and Sectarianism, with clear progression throughout.
Designed to reduce planning time while maintaining high-quality, meaningful learning, this resource is ideal for both specialist and non-specialist teachers delivering Citizenship / LLW.
What’s Included:
16 fully structured lessons (full term coverage)
Clear lesson flow: Prepare → Learn → Apply → Review
Student worksheets for every lesson
Assessment for Learning embedded throughout
Extended writing tasks & discussion prompts
Two assessed CM-style tasks with success criteria:
Human Rights Presentation
Diversity Acrostic Poem
Self-assessment and reflection tasks in every lesson
Literacy support including sentence starters, definitions and key vocabulary
Key Topics Covered:
What is Local & Global Citizenship?
Human Rights & the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Children’s Rights (UNCRC – Provision, Protection, Participation)
Social Responsibility
Identity & Belonging
Diversity in Northern Ireland
Celebrating Diversity
Prejudice & Discrimination
Sectarianism in Northern Ireland
Tackling Sectarianism
Final reflection on Citizenship and society
Why Teachers Will Love This Resource:
✔ Covers a full term – no additional planning required
✔ Keeps pupils structured, focused and engaged
✔ Suitable for mixed-ability classes
✔ Encourages thoughtful discussion without losing classroom control
✔ Excellent for Northern Ireland contexts, but easily adaptable elsewhere
✔ Ideal for observations, inspections or curriculum evidence




















