HODs Classroom
The Civic Trust’s educational vision is to enable future generations of citizens to make informed decisions about and bring positive change to their neighbourhoods. Exploring the multiple relationships between people and places, this innovative online Teachers’ Resource conveys a concept of community awareness and active citizenship that is based on an understanding and knowledge about where and how we live and how we interact with our environment. In doing so, we hope to promote a sense of belonging and help create social cohesion in our communities.
Expanding upon each pupil’s/student’s personal experience, the modules we have created and will create in the future uses their local knowledge, starting with the most familiar and recognisable local buildings (i.e. their homes or Living Spaces, and Places of Faith) as the core, and then moving outwards into the places and spaces that form their community.
The resource seeks to develop knowledge, understanding and skills rather than fulfilling formal National Curriculum modules. I.e. the activities created for Places of Faith could be used at any Key Stage by any teacher to devise work appropriate for their particular pupils/students. It has been designed for teachers to use with the variety of technologies now available in the classroom such as White Boards. The possibilities of using the downloadable materials – videos, images, activity sheets, transcripts – are endless. Equally, it is possible to mix and match activities from the different units.