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Citizenship Lesson 1: What does terrorism look like?

This lesson explores different examples of terrorist activity; inspired by different ideologies and perpetrated by a range of terrorist organisations.

The objectives for this lesson are:

  • To define ‘terrorism’ and identify what terrorism looks like
  • To analyse who decides and determines what terrorism is
  • To explore different extreme actions and differentiate between terrorism, criminality and activism

These slides provide a model for teachers to use in the classroom (updated July 2024).

Slides: What does terrorism look like?

This document explains the full lesson plan and how it links to other elements of the SINCE 9/11 education programme.

Citizenship programme overview