Marine Careers: A lesson devised by the Marine Society which looks at careers in the merchant shipping industry, including separate teacher notes and presentation slides. For further information, please go to www.marine-society.org.

Key Stage 3 - Citizenship - Marine Careers Info Slides [Acrobat (.pdf) - 699Kb - 09.06.2005]

Key Stage 3 - Citizenship - Marine Careers Teachers Notes [Acrobat (.pdf) - 794Kb - 09.06.2005]

Key Stage 3 - Citizenship - Marine Careers Pupil Worksheets [Acrobat (.pdf) - 284Kb - 09.06.2005]

Women in the Royal Navy: A lesson which looks at the role of women in the British Navy from Nelson's time to the present day.

Key Stage 3 - Citizenship - Women in the Royal Navy [Acrobat (.pdf) - 273Kb - 09.06.2005]

A Fleet of Nations: A series of five lessons that look at the multi-cultural nature of the Naval fleets at Trafalgar and makes comparisons with the present-day Royal Navy.

Key Stage 3 - Citizenship - Lesson 1: Who are the British? [Acrobat (.pdf) - 161Kb - 09.06.2005]

Key Stage 3 - Citizenship - Lesson 2: The 'British' Fleet at Trafalgar [Acrobat (.pdf) - 599Kb - 09.06.2005]

Key Stage 3 - Citizenship - Lesson 3: Naval Recruitment Then and Now [Acrobat (.pdf) - 342Kb - 09.06.2005]

Key Stage 3 - Citizenship - Lesson 4: Life Onboard Then and Now* [Acrobat (.pdf) - 125Kb - 09.06.2005]

Key Stage 3 - Citizenship - Lesson 5: Recruiting Sailors for Today's Royal Navy* [Acrobat (.pdf) - 317Kb - 09.06.2005]

*Lesson 4 and 5 require a download of a video clip depicting life in today's Navy.

To download the video resource, you may need to right click on the link below and select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As" depending on your browser, and then choose the desired folder on your PC to save the video in. Please note that these are large files and may take some time if you do not have a fast connection:

• Life in today's Navy - AVI format - for Windows Media Player (23 MB)
• Life in today's Navy - MOV format - for Quicktime (18 MB)

The need for a Royal Navy: This lesson plan will allow pupils to understand the Governments role in controlling the Royal Navy and appreciate the UK's dependence on Maritime Trade. Class discussions will allow pupils to understand what the Royal Navy is used for.

Key Stage 3 - Citizenship - Why we Need a Navy [Acrobat (.pdf) - 158 Kb - 14.01.2005]

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