ContinYou is one of the UK's leading education charities. We believe that every child and young person must have an education that enables them to develop to their full potential.
Islam and Citizenship Education (ICE)
The ICE project, funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (now the Department for Education) and the Department for Communities and Local Government, aims to:
- educate children and young people about their roles and responsibilities as Muslims within British society
- encourage children and young people to link and share experiences they have in their madrasahs and schools
- make children and young people aware that to be a good Muslim you need to be a good citizen and vice versa.
Fifty lesson plans have been developed, 25 for KS2 and 25 for KS3. These lessons can be categorised into four clusters:
Cluster 1: The skills of citizenship and Islamic enquiry
Cluster 2: Rights and responsibilities
Cluster 3: Identity and diversity
Cluster 4: Democracy and justice.
Topics covered include:
- What is citizenship?
- Resolving conflict
- Community cohesion
- Living in a multi-faith society
- Being a British Muslim
- Islam and the environment
- Equality issues: roles of men and women
- Dealing with racism and bullying
- Good Muslim, good citizen.
All the materials developed are now available online and can be downloaded from www.theiceproject.com.