Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) is the professional subject association for those involved in citizenship education. This resource offers: some news summaries; details of training programme; a diary; a members' only discussion board; a number of categorised (by school phase) summaries of case studies; a small number of teaching resources; a list of categorised links (some annotated) to other websites.

The web site of the Centre for Citizenship Studies at the School of Education, University of leicester, UK. This resource contains: summaries of current and recent research activities; links to three other websites managed by the Centre (CITTI, Global Dimension and Global Citizenship Portal); and contact details. There is an indication that teaching and learning resources and other information related to the 'Distance Learning for Citizenship' course will be presented soon (18/9/2000).

The UK government department for education and skills (DES) offers this website to provide support and information to schools and parents about the new curriculum subject of citizenship education. There is a section for teachers, for pupils and for parents & governors. There are a few sample lesson plans, schemes of work and some stimulation material for pupils. There is also a substantial selection of annotated links to other websites catergorised under nine headings.

The Citizenship Foundation describes itself as "an independent charity working to promote more effective citizenship through education about the law, democracy and society." It was founded in 1989. The website offers: some teaching support materials (mostly own publications); a substantial number of categorised summaries of case study materials; details of its own training programmes; and a section called 'active learning'. This latter section is about legal oriented presentations/debates available to schools in certain parts of the country.

Initial guidance for schools on the citizenship curriculum orders from the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA). Has links to statutory orders for KS3+4 and non-statutory guidance for KS1+2, schemes of work, assessment guidance togther with news and updates.

A resource from University of Leicester's Centre for Citizenship Studies. It describes itself as "a site to support collaboration between the Institutions offering Initial Teacher Training in Citizenship from September 2001". The website offers a select bibliography of literature; a number categorised links (some annotated) to other websites.

The www resource of Civitas, a non governmental organisation which aims to "strengthen effective education for informed and responsible citizenship in new and established democracies around the world". The Civitas secretariat is based in Strasbourg, France. The site contains teaching resources (bibliographies, curricula, lesson plans (also in Spanish and French) and textbooks); a collection of significant documents; the CIVITAS on-line Journal; directories of information on organizations and programs; NGO newsletters; calendars of events and information on CIVITAS activities and events. The Journal publishes bi-monthly and has an archive covering the period present to May 1997. There are several articles which deal with religion, morality and ideology in democratic society. The teaching resources section contains lesson plans on subjects like authority, justice, rights & responsibilities.

Citizenship education website at the (Department for Education and Skills) DFES. "A source of information about education for Citizenship in the curriculum for young people in schools and colleges in England." There are 3 sections: teachers; students; parents and governors. The teachers section includes advice on creating a school policy for citizenship based on a whole school approach

A resource of Learning and Teaching Scotland, this website provides material supporting the implementation of the policy paper 'Education for Citizenship in Scotland'. The website has: the paper itself in downloadable form; a number of categorised case studies (some downloadable); a significant selection of materials to assist evaluation of provision including a number of subject specific teacher contributions (again as downloadable documents) and questionnaires; annotated links to other websites; and an archive of relevant reports and documents.

A Council of Europe project. It describes itself: "The main purpose of education for democratic citizenship is to strengthen democratic societies by fostering and perpetuating a vibrant democratic culture." This website contains: links to information about project activities in the Council and in member states; links to documents organised by type, subject, language and country