General Information

Consumer Education Resource and Information Centre

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Ask CEdRIC aims to provide consumer educators and teachers with all they need to teach the consumer education-related aspects of the Citizenship curriculum.

Ask CEdRIC has been developed by Trading Standards Officers with guidance from PSHE/Citizenship Co-ordinators and teachers to ensure that it is suitable for use in the classroom.

Ask CEdRIC has areas suitable for KS1- 4 and has been designed to fit in with the Citizenship curriculum and the National Consumer Education Partnership framework (www.ncep.org.uk/pages/framework.htm).

The site provides you with ready-made:

• Teaching Plans
• Information about how each unit fits into the Citizenship curriculum
• Teaching Notes
• Student Worksheets
• Practical Activities
• Class and Schools Projects

The site also provides useful links other related sites which provide material and resources that will support teaching in the classroom.

Materials and resources are regularly updated to keep abreast of any changes to legislation, working practice or the Citizenship syllabus.

Citizenship and PSHE � Framework for Consumer Education
Course Frameworks

KEY STAGE 1

Unit title	Year 1 and 2
Rights, Rules & Responsibilities	Making Rules
Skills for Active Citizenship	Keeping Safe and Healthy
Communities & Identity	My Money

KEY STAGE 2

Unit title	Year 3 and 4	Year 5 and 6
Rights, Rules & Responsibilities	Making Rules	Rules and the Law
Skills for Active Citizenship	Healthy & Safe Lifestyles	Making Consumer Choices
Communities & Identity	Our Environment	My Community

KEY STAGE 3

Unit title	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9
Rights & Responsibilities	What is a Consumer?	Consumer/Trader Rights and Responsibilities	Exercising my Consumer Rights
Government & Democracy	Local Government and its role in helping the Consumer	Central Government and its role in helping the Consumer	Role of Europe in helping the Consumer
Communities & Identity	Consumer and Traders in my local Community	Consumer Choice and Expectations	Ethical Consumerism

KEY STAGE 4

Unit title	Years 10 and 11
Rights & Responsibilities	Practical Consumer Law	Personal Finance
Government & Democracy	Making Law	Consumers, Business and the Economy
Communities & Identity	Consumers and the Environment	Global Citizenship

The Ask CEdRIC website was developed by Cambridgeshire County Council Trading Standards (www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/community/consumer/education/) with support from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (www.berr.gov.uk/)

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