This manual contains nine teaching units in Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) and Human Rights Education (HRE). As both the title, Taking part in Democracy, and the cover picture indicate, the units in this manual address students in their role as young citizens. Each unit offers a specific approach to empower and encourage the students to participate in their communities.
Each unit can be used by itself or combined with other units in many different ways. The whole manual comprises a curriculum of competence training for taking part in democracy.
The units, consisting of four lessons each, are intended for students at upper secondary level (grades 10-12). Each unit focuses on a key concept related to EDC and HRE: identity – responsibility – diversity and pluralism – conflict – rules and law – government and politics – equality – liberty – media. This set of nine key concepts links this manual to the companion volumes for primary level and lower secondary level (EDC/HRE, volumes II and III). Together, the three volumes provide a spiral curriculum of key concepts in EDC and HRE.
Each unit focuses on a key concept and consists of four lessons. For each lesson, a sequence of suggested teaching steps is described in detail, as far as this is reasonably possible. Handouts are supplied in a separate manual for students.
To cite this resource: Gollob, R., Krapf, P. and Weindinger, W. (Eds.) (2010). Taking Part in Democracy - EDC/HRE Volume IV - Lesson plans for upper secondary level on democratic citizenship and human rights education. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
