Year 7

What is an active citizen?

Year 7

What is an active citizen?

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at what we mean by active citizenship and the skills and attributes of an active citizen.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What is the name of the subject which allows you to study different aspects of society and equips you with the skills to become an active citizen?
Correct answer: Citizenship
Geography
PSHE
Religious Studies
Q2.
When looking at the economy in citizenship, which of the following will you study?
Human Rights
Correct answer: Money and Finance
Social Change
The Media and Free Press
Q3.
If you wanted to make a change in society and you used a method of collecting signatures which method would you be using?
Demonstration
Ethical Consumption
Joining a Press Group
Correct answer: Petitioning
Q4.
True or False: UK society is multiethnic?
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
Who is the leader of the government?
The Chancellor
The Monarch (King/Queen)
Correct answer: The Prime Minister
The Speaker

5 Questions

Q1.
Bayard Rustin suggested Martin Luther King should use violence in the fight for civil rights.
Correct answer: False
True
Q2.
Jamie Oliver's campaigns are all linked to climate change.
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist.
False
Correct answer: True
Q4.
Which of the following BEST describes a boycott?
Joining together as a group and taking to the streets to protest
Meeting with your MP
Others
Correct answer: Refusing to buy a product or use service as a form of protest
Writing a letter to your MP
Q5.
Which of the following is NOT a skill normally associated with being an active citizen?
Analysis
Communication
Correct answer: Knitting
Resilience