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Last Updated: Tuesday November 17 2009 13:11 GMT

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Arts
European Capital of Culture 2008
The Turner prize
Art and the individual: Richard Billingham
Business
How much does a hit single cost?
Copyright
Be your own chancellor
Commonwealth
The Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth - people and places
The Commonwealth - members and structure
Crime and justice
Asbos
Knifecrime
CCTV - Privacy or safety?
Fox hunting debate
Do celebs have a right to a private life?
Respect
Locking up teenage criminals
Curfews
Ramblers and walkers' right to roam
What happens after someone is arrested?
Damilola Taylor: Young people in court
The Leeds' footballers' trial
Defining crime
Committing crime or just having fun?
Environment
Amazon deforestation
Wind power in the UK
Chewing gum tax: Polluter pays
World Day for Water
Can small actions change the World?
Asian Tsunami
Should we cull animals?
Sea pollution
Exploiting Antarctica
The real cost of coffee
Endangered species
European Union
EU constitution
A new flag for Europe
Eurovision
The euro quiz
Globalisation
Getting an education
The G8 summit
School twinning
Pen pals
How fair is international trade?
Is Radio 1 British enough?
Comic Relief
Band Aid 20
Could trade replace aid?
World hunger - causes and solutions
11 September: Teaching resources
The Cricket World Cup
Afghanistan in ruins
The changing countryside
The Queen's Speech
Government
What is The Cabinet?
Spending public money
Quality of life for kids
People power
Child poverty - The Wrong Trainers
Royal Family debate
Royal wedding - line of succession
Royal role models
The House of Lords
Kids' commissioner
Balance the Budget
A young mayor
The NHS: Central government spending
The Jubilee celebrations
What's planning permission?
Human rights
Strike!
Death penalty debate
Human rights
Guantanamo Bay
Child poverty in Argentina
Amnesty International
Guide: Asylum seekers
What is a war criminal?
Child slaves
Media influence
Reporting on conflict
Animals in the media
Kid Nation - Reality TV
Shocking images
Harry Potter debate
Guns and music
Violent computer games
School Day: South Africa
Media standards
Who chooses the news?
Tobacco adverts debate
Rich lists
Violent game adverts debate
Computer violence debate
Ethnic stereotypes in the media
The Olympics
Olympic creed
Race, religion and identity
Inclusive celebration - Hallowe'en
Remembering the Holocaust
Religious festivals and diversity
Ramadan - living in a diverse world
Can you teach 'Britishness'?
Diwali
Ramadan
Race riots
Science and ethics
Cloning
Lie detectors
Animal testing debate
Space exploration debate
Human genome project
Robot soldiers
United Nations
UN resolution on Iraq
Introduction to the UN
Prisoners of war
Child labour in developing countries
What does the UN do for children?
Voting
Comparing voting systems
Afghanistan election case study
Which political issues really matter?
Lower the UK voting age?
Iraqi elections
War and peace
Remembrance Day
Misplaced blame
Arab-Israeli conflict
The Red Cross
Protests against Bush
Peacekeepers in Haiti
War with Iraq
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