FREE KS2 Citizenship Overview + Complete Sample Lesson

Explore the Verity Citizenship programme with this free, ready-to-teach starter pack.

Designed for Years 3–6, this free download introduces the complete KS2 Citizenship scheme and includes a full sample lesson, Why Do We Have Rules?, allowing teachers to experience the quality, structure and no-prep approach before purchasing individual units or the complete programme.

The free pack includes:

The complete KS2 Citizenship Scheme Overview
A detailed 40–45 minute sample lesson plan
The matching presentation deck
The Rules, Rights and Responsibilities Knowledge Organiser

The sample lesson introduces pupils to the purpose of rules, fairness and shared responsibility while modelling the engaging teaching style used throughout the complete programme.

The full Verity Citizenship scheme includes six complete units covering law and rights, democracy, financial literacy, media literacy, environmental responsibility and active citizenship, with assemblies, Circle Time sessions, full lessons, presentation decks and teacher resources.

Aligned with established Citizenship education and taught with political impartiality, the programme helps schools prepare confidently for statutory primary Citizenship from September 2028.

Aligned to the statutory Citizenship programmes of study for the National Curriculum in England (Department for Education; © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0; source: gov.uk) and informed by the active-citizenship approach associated with the Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT; © ACT; source: teachingcitizenship.org.uk).

This resource references those approaches as concepts and does not reproduce ACT’s published materials or any programme-of-study text beyond fair citation. Taught with balance and political impartiality, in line with the duties in the Education Act 1996.

Not affiliated with, endorsed by or produced by the Association for Citizenship Teaching or the DfE.

All lesson content, slides, artwork and wording are original to Verity Education. © Verity Education 2026. Licensed for use within the purchasing school.