Publisher's Synopsis
Headlines: Violenceis one of a series of books and accompanying
CD-ROMs which offer primary school teachers much-needed support for
teaching controversial issues. Published in association with the
Citizenship Foundation, theHeadlinestitles provide background knowledge and
practical teaching resources to introduce and appropriately manage
discussions of sensitive, controversial and topical issues with
confidence.
Children of all ages are now regularly exposed to media coverage of controversial topics. When a news story hits the
headlines, schools will naturally want to respond to the questions,
fears and concerns of their pupils with sensitivity, accuracy and
balance. TheHeadlinestitles have been produced specifically to help teachers
face this challenge. Features include: topic background knowledge and
presentation of opposing arguments and viewpoints; advice on how to
avoid bias; lively lesson plans; reproducible
pupil resources including activity sheets, information sheets, case
studies and news reports.
Each accompanying CD-ROM includes: editable versions of pupil the
activity sheets, so they can be adapted in response
to topical news stories; additional resource materials and photographs
to display on a whiteboard as a focus for discussion; additional
background information for teachers.
