Active Citizenship Flashcards
What is a campaign?
Actions or events organised by an individual or a group if people to achieve an aim.
What are some methods of protest?
Lobbying, boycotting, protest, petition, direct action.
What is lobbying?
Trying to persuade someone in power to support your campaign.
Which campaign successfully made school dinners healthier?
Jamie Oliver’s healthy school meals. He used public petitions, spreading awareness in the media, and public protests to force policy makers to improve school dinners.
Which campaign provided free sanitary products in schools?
Amika George created a petition to persuade the government to provide funding for sanitary products in schools. She gained over 200,000 signatures and it was successfully debate in parliament.
Which campaign used boycotting?
The apartheid in South Africa. The UK boycotted South Africa by refusing the trade with the country, along with sports boycotting by refusing to play against South Africa in sports competitions.
Which campaign used direct action?
Just stop oil and extinction rebellion. They both campaign for environmental rights. The direct action includes hunger strikes, lying in the roads in Westminster, and throwing paint at the Houses of Parliament.
What is a pressure group?
Groups of citizens who join together to bring about change on an issue they believe is important.
Which campaign used lobbying?
Marcus Rashford wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to campaign to increase free school meals for students in the school holidays.
What is a petition?
A formal request, usually signed by many people, asking an authority to take action on a particular issue.
What is direct action?
Taking immediate, direct steps to protest or create change, like strikes, sit-ins or protests.
What is boycotting?
Boycotting is the act of refusing to buy or use goods or services from a company or country to protest against its actions or policies.
What is civil disobedience?
Civil disobedience is the peaceful refusal to obey laws or commands that are considered unjust, often as a form of protest.
What is a protest?
A protest is a public demonstration or action taken to express strong disagreement or opposition to something, often to bring about change.
What is my active citizenship project on?
Adding health warnings to the back of vapes.
What primary research did I do?
Survey asking my local community about their opinions on vaping. I got 32 replies.
What secondary research did I do?
I used the websites: gov.uk, NHS, CDC.gov to research the health implications of vaping
Who did I lobby?
My current MP Catherine West
How did I lobby her?
By sending her an email documenting our cause and asking for her support
Why did I make a petition? Was it successful?
To advocate for my cause to my local community. It got 50 signatures so was successful
Did my campaign meet my aims?
Yes as we were able to inform our local community about the dangers of vaping. However, we weren’t able to successfully Lobby our MP
How could I improve my project if I did it again?
I would email/ lobby my MP earlier as the election was called midway through the project
