Written by the Citizenship Foundation and produced in partnership with OCR, this second edition of the best-selling textbook has been fully revised to meet the content requirements of the new OCR full and short course GCSE in Citizenship Studies specification.
- Helps students engage in and understand important Citizenship issues by combining a lively text with up-to-date case studies, relevant activities and a stimulating selection of written and visual sources
- Covers both the short and full courses, giving teachers flexibility in course coverage
- Supports the requirements of the 2009 OCR GCSE Citizenship Studies specification
Features include:
Accessible introductions to key topics
- Relevant and thought-provoking case studies
- Clear indication of full course content - giving teachers flexibility to teach both the short and full courses alongside each other
- Mapping to the specification - giving teachers an at-a-glance view of how the content supports the OCR specification
This new edition is supported by a teacher's resource book which gives detailed guidance on examination and controlled assessment techniques, as well as modelling the active citizenship requirements of the specification. It gives ideas on how schools can cover the new community cohesion agenda. It also supports teachers using the student book by giving answers to the activities.

This book is part of a book series called Ocr Citizenship Studies .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Hodder Education .

Tony Thorpe is a freelance writer and consultant for the Citizenship Foundation.

This book has the following chapters: 1. Introduction Citizenship Studies 2. Rules and laws It's the rule The law machine 3. Human rights What are human rights? Human rights law International human rights 4. Family and school Family School 5. Consumer law Consumer rights Consumer wrongs Consumer complaints 6. Employment Looking for work Working for a living Trade unions Losing your job 7. Economy Managing the economy World trade Poverty 8. Community Coming to Britain Identity Unequal Britain Older people Housing 9. Making a difference Voting and elections Party politics Campaigning 10. Government National government Devolution Local government European government Forms of government 11. Media The power of the media 12. Environment Climate change Choices for the future 13. Justice Civil law Criminal law