Online Citizenship Resources

The Nuffield Foundation
This section of the Nuffield website allows you to download teaching and learning activities. For each module they offer: starters, assignments, skill activities and a list of useful web links which they have checked for their relevance. Topics include Bank Statements, Best Buys, Bills, Car Costs ...
www.fsmq.org/resources/index.asp

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

The Financial Services Authority
This site is to help young people and adults develop their financial capability. That is, to enable them to become questioning and informed consumers of financial services and to manage their finances effectively.
www.fsa.gov.uk/consumer/teaching/index

Budgeting for beginners
www.thestaffs.co.uk/budget/

Talking Tax
Teachers Notes
Teachers notes give you the activity objectives, teaching guidance and answers together with a description of each key term used in the pack.

Activity Sheets
Many of the activities which include debate and role play are linked to the video price £9.99 details on the link below. Use the activities that best meet the needs of your students and feel free to rework them if you wish.
www.pfeg.org/Resources/Detail/default.asp?ResourceID=129

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/