What is citizenship?
I can explain what the subject of citizenship includes, what social change is and how statistics can help enact social change.
What is citizenship?
I can explain what the subject of citizenship includes, what social change is and how statistics can help enact social change.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Citizenship covers concepts such as the law, democracy, the economy, identities, communities and rights.
- There are many ways to make social change happen like volunteering, pressure groups and lobbying.
- Statistics help me understand society and social change.
Keywords
Citizen - a person who was born in a particular country and has certain rights or has been given certain rights because of having lived there
Democracy - a word from Ancient Greece that means 'rule by the people'; in a democracy citizens are able to vote in regular and fair elections for representatives who will make laws and decisions on their behalf
Social change - changes that occur in society over time
Statistics - pieces of data or facts gathered in the form of numbers
Common misconception
Citizenship is only about legal status.
Citizenship is all about being part of a society and being an active citizen.
Equipment
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
geography
English
maths
citizenship
Exit quiz
6 Questions
changes which occur over time, e.g., behaviour patterns
a person who is legally accepted as belonging to a country
system of government in which citizens vote in regular, fair elections