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Citizenship Studies
All students will study this short - course GCSE in Citizenship Studies from ECEXCEL, the course is designed to fit with the short - course GCSE to give one full GCSE.
Paper 1 Citizenship Today
Written Paper 1 hour 15 minutes - 60%
Paper 1 will be drawn from a Citizenship Activity and three themes:
- Theme 1: Human Rights
- Theme 2: Power, Politics and the Media
- Theme 3: The Global Village
The paper is divided into three sections:
- Section A will require students to evaluate a Citizenship Activity.
- Section B will contain data response questions.
- Section C will consist of questions drawn from the three themes above.
The Citizenship Activity will be examined in Section A.
Themes 1, 2 and 3 will be examined in Sections B and C.
Paper 2 Participating in Society
Internal Assessment Portfolio - 40%
Students will be required to take part in a school or community - based activity and to reflect on the process of participation in the activity in a single assignment. Students will be required to complete a Front Sheet starting the nature of the assignment and a four - page Response Form containing the following sections:
- Section One: Planning
- Section Two: Activity Log
- Section Three: Communication: with supporting evidence
- Section Four: Evaluating
This paper will be internally assessed and externally moderated.