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Year 8 Citizenship Study Guides
Every lesson below links to a pupil-friendly study guide with key notes, vocabulary, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
How can citizens bring about change?
- How can we campaign and influence change? Study Guide
- How do citizens take action? Study Guide
- How do groups create change in society? Study Guide
- What can effective change look like? Study Guide
- Why are select committees important in a democracy? Study Guide
- Why do changemakers play an important role in democracy? Study Guide
How does the media affect us?
- Does the media create more harm than good? Study Guide
- How does the media hold those in power to account? Study Guide
- Should we believe everything we see in the media? Study Guide
- What is the media? Study Guide
- What is the role of the media in a democracy? Study Guide
- What responsibilities does the media have? Study Guide
How does the political system work in the UK?
- How do elections work? Study Guide
- How does devolved government work? Study Guide
- How is the UK Government organised? Study Guide
- What do MPs do? Study Guide
- What do political parties do? Study Guide
- What happens after a general election? Study Guide
- What is the difference between the Government and Parliament? Study Guide
What can we do about global problems?
- How can we take responsible action on global problems? Study Guide
- How is plastic damaging the environment? Study Guide
- What actions can we take to address climate change? Study Guide
- Why are there still some human rights abuses today? Study Guide
- Why is fracking controversial? Study Guide
- Why is poverty still a global problem? Study Guide
What is the law and how is it changed?
- Can citizens change laws? Study Guide
- Deliberative discussion: Should the age of criminal responsibility be changed? Study Guide
- How are laws made? Criminal vs civil law Study Guide
- How is the criminal justice system applied to young people? Study Guide
- What are laws? Study Guide
- What is the age of criminal responsibility? Study Guide
Why was the struggle for the vote important today?
- How can we exercise democratic rights without a vote? Study Guide
- How did the Chartists affect the political rights we have today? Study Guide
- How have our political rights changed over time? Study Guide
- Should 16- and 17-year-olds be allowed to vote in elections? Study Guide
- Which methods were most successful in the fight for female suffrage? Study Guide
- Why does voting matter? Study Guide