Active Citizenship Flashcards
(25 cards)
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?
Wrote a survey, sent it to my local community (family and friends), got 32 replies, about the reason why they started vaping, for how long and the side effects
What secondary research did I do?
Gov.uk, CDC.gov and the NHS website. Vapes contain diacetyl causing lung disease and heavy metals causing cancer. Smoking reduced greatly once health warnings were added.
Who did I lobby?
My MP Catherine West
How did I lobby her?
Sent her an email summarising our project and persuading her to join the cause
Why did I make a petition? Was it successful?
Made a petition to educate my local community about the benefits of health warnings on the back of vapes. We got 50 signatures from friends and family
Did my campaign meet my aims?
Yes - got 50 signatures on my petition and 32 replies allowing me to raise awareness about the benefits of health warnings
How could I improve my project if I did it again?
I would have lobbied other people of power as I didn’t receive a reply from my MP limiting the effect of my project
Why am I passionate about my project?
I’ve witnessed the effects of vaping on my friends who were ignorant to the detrimental effect vaping has on their health. I am passionate about educating my local community with health warnings.
What campaign used protesting?
Black lives matter, people pulled down statues of slave traders and happened in major cities
