Active Citizens Global Toolkit - Active Citizens - British Council

Contents
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................3
About this toolkit and Acknowledgements................................................................4
About Active Citizens.........................................................................................................5
The participants’ experience..........................................................................................7
The Active Citizens Learning Journey.........................................................................9
Explanation of terms....................................................................................................... 11
Planning Delivery Recommendations ...................................................................... 13
Recruiting Participants .................................................................................................. 14
Principles to support delivery..................................................................................... 15
Monitoring and evaluation............................................................................................ 16
Designing your workshop............................................................................................. 17
Tips for delivering your workshop............................................................................. 18
Facilitation techniques................................................................................................... 19
Useful skills for Active Citizens ................................................................................... 23
Workshop activities......................................................................................................... 26
Introduction activities .................................................................................................... 27
Me (Identity and culture)............................................................................................... 40
Me and You (Dialogue)................................................................................................... 59
We together (Local and global citizenship)............................................................ 72
Planning Social Action................................................................................................. 100
International Study Visits and Networking .......................................................... 117
Annexe.............................................................................................................................. 125
Annexe 1: Dialogue in Focus.................................................................................... 126
Annexe 2: International Study Visits...................................................................... 151
Annexe 3: Active Citizens Publicity Toolkit.......................................................... 162
Annexe 4: Resources .................................................................................................. 169
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