Citizenship within Mathematics

A DfES document identifying Citizenship within the Mathematics Curriculum - Click here

These teaching resources are aimed at Years 4 to 7 and have been divided into six broad topics.
Cars Home Sports
Entertainment Environment Travel
The material for this resource has been developed by David Burghes, John Hiscocks and Frank Tapson at the centre for innovation in Mathematics Teaching, University of Exeter and prepared by Liz Holland

 

These 4 documents are word files that can be amended for your own use and were written by Matthew Linney
Which Job Can you afford it? Misleading Graphs 1
Answers Answers Misleading Graphs 2

Developing financial capability

NatWest bank alongside the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg) have put together the materials for an Enterprise day - Click here to download

Pfeg have put together the My Money Mathematics resource
Teacher Handbook - Click here       Resources Guide - Click here      Resource Sheets - Click here

We also have the My Money Teacher’s Handbooks for Maths - Click here   and for PSHE - Click here

If you are looking for additional resources from Pfeg - Click here

Credit Cards & Mortgages - This spreadsheet allows you to experiment with different scenarios when dealing with credit cards and mortgages (There are two sheets) by changing the loan and interest rates and investigating the effect this has on the loan period and interest paid.  

Nuffield Citizenship
 

There are a number of areas of maths which make a valuable contribution to Citizenship. Numerical relationships are at the heart of Citizenship because they help to explain many of the issues which interest students. This group of lessons, which has been developed for maths teachers by maths teachers, looks at dealing with data, solving numerical problems, percentages and a range of other concepts and tools.

The lessons are in the context of topics including food miles, tax payers and the make up of UK population, all prime areas for the use of maths as it helps students to understand what’s going on. Click here

Nuffield Financial Management

A wide range of Starter Activities, Assignments and Skill Sheets

Foundation Level (GCSE D-G)
Making Sense of Money
Managing Money

 Foundation Level (GCSE A*-C)
Calculating Finances

Economic Citizen shows how to prepare budget, outlines loans, and how to compare between offers. Teachers' notes and pupils' worksheets on buying a car and credit rating.  This is a 106 page pdf document which explores a range of business issues. 

Modelling Demand and Supply Forces in the Market Place

There are a lot of games which simulate market demand and supply, but this is the only one I know of that achieves this in a way that will satisfy paper & pencil purists - Click here

Bowland Case Studies

Explorers: The 2nd task in the Explorers case study presents a simple trading scenario
Water Availability: Students need to determine which country requires water aid.
Reducing Road Accidents: Students need to decide how to spend a £10,000 budget on Road Safety measures
Outbreak: Requires students to decide how to spend their budget on vaccinating a population to prevent an outbreak of a disease.
Highway Link Design: Students have to optimise the cost of building a bypass

These materials have been sent to all Secondary Schools in KS3 - It can be accessed online here

Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Inland Revenue and Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise
The Red Box is an interactive citizenship website from Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Inland Revenue and Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise for 7- to 16-year-olds.
Through playing games and answering questions, students learn about tax and public spending. The site also contains background information, worksheets and lesson plans for teachers. The latest version of the Shockwave plug-in is required to access this website.
www.redbox.gov.uk

Mathematical Mistakes
A site dedicated to the listing of mathematical mistakes made over and over by advertisers, the media, reporters, politicians, activists, and in general many non-math people.
www.members.cox.net/mathmistakes/