Year 10
How can we carry out research for an active citizenship project?
Year 10
How can we carry out research for an active citizenship project?
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn why carrying out research is important in the successful planning of a Citizenship Action Project. We will look at the difference between primary and secondary research, and we will look at different ways that they can be carried out. We will go on to see the impact research can have on our original plans and how sometimes it is necessary to adapt these.
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6 Questions
Q1.
When you choose your topic, the skills that the exam board will be looking for are your abilities to plan practical citizenship actions and deliver benefits or change for a particular community or wider society.
False
Q2.
Petitions, letter writing, supporting a case, campaigning, organising demonstrations are all…
Benefits to a group
Changes that can be made
Illegal
Q3.
Your active citizenship project should link to the specification for your GCSE course.
False
Q4.
Your citizenship interests are important so that you can choose a topic that you will enjoy and succeed in.
False
Q5.
Politics, democracy and the government; law and justice; rights; Britain’s relationship with the rest of the world are all the big issues that you can choose from for your citizenship action project.
False
Q6.
You need to be able to present your own and others’ viewpoints and represent the views of others in relation to citizenship issues, causes, situations and concepts.
False
5 Questions
Q1.
Primary research is made by somebody else but helps your investigation.
True
Q2.
What topic did Tyler want to focus on for his active citizenship project?
Climate Change
Crime
Recycling
Q3.
Newspapers are an example of what type of research?
Primary
Q4.
Who did Tyler e-mail to find out about homelessness in his local area?
His teacher
The American Government
The Government
Q5.
Tyler gathered information through research and enquiry. Why was it important to interpret the evidence gathered?
So he could put it to one side and think about it later
To march in to the local council and start making accusations